ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau & Marie-Helene "Marilene" van den Broek {1997}
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
King Alfonso XII of Spain & Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria {1879}
The Prince George, Duke of Kent, Earl of Saint Andrews, Baron Downpatrick & Princess Marina of Greece + Denmark {1934}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
800 Charlemagne [Carolus Magnus/Charles "the Great"], King of the Franks + Lombards, Emperor of the Romans, arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
1394 King Taejo of Joseon Korea [Yi Seong-gye/Yi Dan], founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesong to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1338 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, de jure 4th Earl of Ulster + 5th Baron of Connaught, son of King Edward III of England (d.1368)
1427 Emperor Zhengtong/Tianshun of Ming China [Zhu Qizhen] (d.1464)
1690 Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Empress Catherine II "the Great" of Russia (d.1747)
1835 Empress Dowager Cixi of China [Manchu Qing Dynasty] (d.1908)
DEATHS
741 Pope Gregory III
1253 Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine
1268 Pope Clement IV
1314 King Philippe IV "the Fair" of France, King of Navarre + Count of Champagne [as Philip I]
1378 Charles/Karel/Karl/Carolus IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born Wenceslaus/Vaclav) + King of Italy, King of Bohemia + Count of Luxembourg, King of the Romans + King in Germany, King of Burgundy
1600 King Nanda Bayin of Burma
1632 Friedrich V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia [as Fridrich I, "the Winter King"]
1780 Empress consort Maria Theresia of the Holy Roman Empire, Queen consort of Germany, Queen of Hungary + Croatia, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Galicia + Lodomeria, Duchess of Burgundy, Styria, Carinthia + Carniola, Grand Princess of Transylvania, Margravine of Moravia, Duchess of Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Guelders, Wurrtemberg, Upper + Lower Silesia, Milan, Mantua, Parma, Piacenza, Princess of Swabia, Princely Countess of Habsburg, Flanders + Tyrol, Margravine of Upper + Lower Lusatia, Countess of Namur, Lady of the Wendish Mark, Duchess of Lorraine + Bar, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
1883 Emperor Hiep Hoa of Vietnam [aka Nguyen Phuc Hong Dat]
2009 Prince Alexander/Alexandre of Belgium (half-brother of King Albert II of the Belgians)
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