February 26
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Prince Ernst August of Hanover {1954}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
364 Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1266 Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German & Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as King of Sicily & Naples.
1658 Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
1794 Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen burns down.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
1876 Korea's status as a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty (China) is ended by a treaty.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1361 Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d.1419)
1746 Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, Duchess of Piacenza (d.1806)
1861 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d.1948)
1909 King Talal of Jordan (d.1972)
Saturday, February 26, 2011
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