The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Viscount Severn {1964} (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld & Pieter van Vollenhoven {1965}
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
The Prince Edward, The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Dublin & Princess Alexandra of Denmark {1863}
Crown Prince Carol of Romania & Princess Helen/Elena of Greece + Denmark {1921} [divorced June 21, 1928]
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld & Jhr. Claus von/van Amsberg {1966}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
298 Emperor Maximian of the Roman Empire concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
1607 Susenyos defeats the combines armies of Yaqob I of Ethiopia and Patriarch/Abuna Petros II of Ethiopia at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
1629 King Charles I of England, Scotland + Ireland dissolves the Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1814 Emperor Napoleon I of the French is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1831 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe I of the French to support his war in Algeria.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1415 Grand Prince Vasily II "the Blind" of Moscow (d.1462)
1452 King Fernando/Ferdinand II + V "the Catholic" of Aragon, Castile + Leon, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia + Navarre, Count of Barcelona (d.1516)
1503 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, King of the Romans, King in Germany, King of Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Cumania + Bulgaria, Prince-Infante in Spain, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia + Carniola, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of Luxembourg, Upper + Lower Silesia, Wurrtemberg, + Teck, Prince of Swabia, Princely Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg + Gorizia, Landgrave of Alsace, Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire, Margrave of Upper + Lower Lusatia, Lord of the Wendish March (d.1564)
1776 Duchess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia, Electress consort of Brandenburg (d.1810)
1845 Tsar Alexander III "the Peacemaker" of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias (d.1894)
DEATH
1391 King Stjepan Tvrtko I of Bosnia, King of Croatia + Dalmatia
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