May 10
Feast Day of Saint Damien of Molokai
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess consort Lalla Salma of Morocco {1978} [wife of King Mohammed VI of Morocco]
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Archduke Otto of Austria, Crown Prince of Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia & Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen {1951}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of Emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of King Edward I of England.
1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article in The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This provokes riots in London.
1774 Louis XVI becomes King of France.
1796 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1833 The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Le Van Duyet by Emperor Minh Mang provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
213 Claudius II, Roman Emperor (d.270)
1265 Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d.1317)
1756 Singu Min, King of Burma (d.1782)
1788 Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Queen consort of Wurttemburg (d.1819)
DEATHS
1034 King Mieszko II of Poland
1290 Duke Rudolph II of Austria
1424 Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
1737 Emperor Nakamikado of Japan
1774 King Louis XV of France
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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