May 11

May 11

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark   {1942} [sister of King Constantine II of Greece & of Queen Sofia of Spain]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

912   Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

1891   The Otsu incident:  Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Tsar Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzo.  He is rescued by Prince George of Greece & Denmark.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1733   Princess Victoire of France, daughter of King Louis XV of France (d.1799)

DEATHS

912   Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor
1304   Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler
1760   King Alaungpaya, founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma
2007   Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan Head of State (O le Ao le Malo)