Friday, March 18, 2011

March 18

March 18

ROYAL BIRTHDAY


Prince Eudes of Orleans, Duke of Angouleme   {1968} (youngest son of Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Duke of France & Princess Marie Therese of Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier, Duchess of Wurttemburg)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Infanta Elena of Spain & Jaime de Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada   {1995} (separated November 13, 2007; divorced November 25, 2009; divorced registered January 21, 2010)




Prince Jean of Luxembourg & Diane De Guerre   {2009}





HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

37   The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
235   Emperor Alexander Severus & his mother Julia Mamaea are murdered by legionaires near Moguntiacum (modern Mainz), ending the Severan dynasty.
1229   Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade.
1438   Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1608   Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
1913   King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
1970   Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1496   Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England; wife of Louis XII of France (d.1533)
1555   Francois, Duke of Anjou (d.1584)
1609   King Frederik III of Denmark (d.1670)

1848   Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (d.1939)


DEATHS

235   Alexander Severus, Roman emperor
978   King Edward the Martyr of England
1227   Pope Honorius III
1583   King Magnus of Livonia
1746   Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia
1913   King George I of Greece

1933   Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian prince
1965   King Farouk I of Egypt

1983   King Umberto II of Italy

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