July 16
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Maria of Liechtenstein, Countess Kalnoky de Korospatak {1975} [wife of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]
Sheikha Sheema bint Nasser Al Khalifa of Bahrain {2010} [daughter of Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain (son of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1054 Three Roman legates break relations between Eastern and Western Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal Bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy, frequently described as the start of the East-West Schism.
1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: after Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, King Sancho VII of Navarre, King Pedro II of Aragon, & King Afonso II of Portugal defest those of the Berber Muslim leader, Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
1377 Coronation of King Richard II of England.
1909 Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son, Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1931 Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
1951 King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH
1611 Queen consort Cecylia Renata of Poland, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, Archduchess (as Cecilia Renata) of Austria (d.1644)
DEATH
1216 Pope Innocent III
1324 Emperor Go-Uda of Japan
1342 King Charles I of Hungary + Croatia (aka Charles Robert or Caroberto)
1557 Duchess Anne of Cleves, (former Queen consort of England as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England)
2005 Prince/Crown Prince/Emperor Gu of Korea
Sunday, July 17, 2011
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