Tuesday, July 5, 2011

July 3

July 3

Feast Day of Saint Thomas the Apostle 



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Duchess Sophie in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria   {1993}








ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg   {1995} [son of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (son of Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein)]



HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

324   Battle of Adrianople:  Emperor [& Saint] Constatine I "the Great" of the Roman Empire defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. 

987   Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.


1849   The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power.  This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.

1996   Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1423   King Louis XI "the Prudent/Cunning" of France (d.1483)

1442   Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d.1500)
1676   Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (d.1747)

1743   Queen consort Sophia Magdalena of Sweden, Princess of Denmark + Norway



DEATHS

1642   Marie de' Medici, Queen consort of France + Navarre

1704   Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyavna of Russia, Regent of Russia

1918   Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire

1934   Prince consort Hendrik of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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