ROYAL WEDDING
Prince Albert II of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois, Marquis de Baux, Count of Polignac & Charlene Wittstock (aka Charlene, Princess of Monaco as of July 1, 2011) {2011} [religious]
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar {1972} (son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar)
ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Prince Albert of Belgium, Prince of Liege & Paola, Princess Ruffo di Calabria {1959}
Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte, Duke of Saxony & Carla Maria de la Soledad Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu {1993}
ROYAL CHRISTENING
Maud Angelica Behn {2003} [daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
626 Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate.
706 In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an.
963 The imperial army proclaimes Nicephorus Phocus Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea (now Kayseri in Central Anatolia, Turkey).
1298 The Battle of Gollheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1561 Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
1871 King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
419 Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (d.455)
1262 Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d.1312)
1363 Queen Maria of Sicily, Duchess of Athens
1492 Princess Elizabeth [Tudor] of England, daughter of King Henry VII of England (d.1495)
1698 Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d.1780)
1849 Queen consort Maria Theresa of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1903 King Olav V of Norway (d.1991)
DEATHS
1298 King Adolf of Germany, King of the Romans, Count of Nassau
1504 Prince [& Saint] Stefan III "the Great" of Moldavia
1674 Eberhard III, Duke of Wurttemberg
1932 King Manuel II of Portugal + the Algarves
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