May 20
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Greece & Denmark {1967} (son of King Constantine II of Greece)
Luis Beltran Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon {1973} [son of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz (sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]
Lady Cosima Windsor {2010} [daughter of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (son of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK})]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1217 The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
1293 King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcala.
1813 Emperor Napoleon I of France leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined forces of Russia & Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
1927 Treaty of Jedda: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the kingdoms of Hejaz & Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1315 Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess consort of Normady, Countess consort of Anjou & Maine, wife of King Jean II of France (d.1349)
1883 King Faisal I of Iraq (d.1933)
DEATHS
685 King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
1277 Pope John XXI
1285 John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus
1622 Osman II "the Young", Ottoman Sultan
1648 King Wladyslaw IV Vasa of Poland
Sunday, May 22, 2011
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