Wednesday, May 11, 2011

May 10

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

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