May 22
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Sodermanland & Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Princess of Bologna & Duchess of Galliera 1823 [civil proxy marriage, they were married in person on June 19] {aka the future King Oscar I of Sweden & Queen consort Josefina of Sweden}
Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias, Prince of Viana, Prince of Girona, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera, Lord of Balaguer & Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano 2004
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
334 BC The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
1377 Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
1455 War of the Roses: at the First Battle of St.Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats & captures King Henry VI of England.
1809 On the second & last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH
1770 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, The Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (d.1840)
DEATHS
337 Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
748 Empress Gensho of Japan
1068 Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan
1667 Pope Alexander VII
1859 King Ferdinando II of the Two Sicilies
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