June 27
ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar {1995}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1709 Tsar Peter the Great of Russia defeats King Carl XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava (June 27 Old Style).
1743 War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Dettingen: On the battlefield in Bavaria, King George II of Great Britain, Ireland, + Hanover personally leads troops into battle, the last time a British monarch would command troops in the field.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1040 King Saint Laszlo I of Hungary (d.1095)
1350 Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire (d.1425)
1462 King Louis XII of France (d.1515)
1550 King Charles IX of France (d.1574)
DEATHS
1162 Eudes (Odo) II, Duke of Burgundy
1458 King Alfonso "the Magnanimous" V of Aragon, (as the III) Valencia, (as the II) Majorca, (II) Sardinia, (II) Corsica, Sicily + (as the I) Naples, (as the IV) Count of Barcelona
1655 Eleonore (Eleonora) Gonzaga, Archduchess consort of Austria, Queen consort of Germany, Queen consort of Hungary + Bohemia, 2nd wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
1773 Mentewab, Dowager Empress of Ethiopia
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