July 5

July 5

Independence Day in Venezuela

Independence Day in Algeria

Independence Day in Cape Verde

Constitution Day in Armenia

Feast Day of Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria (Roman Catholic Church)

Feast Day of Saints Cyril & Methodius (Roman Catholic Church in Czech Republic & Slovakia)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Eliane van Vollenhoven   {2009} [daughter of Prince Floris of Oranje-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Helena of the United Kingdom & Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein   {1866}

Prince Henri of Orleans, Dauphin of France & Duchess Marie Therese of Wurttemberg   {1957} (civilly divorced in 1984; annulled by Catholic Church in 2009)

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1321   Joan of the Tower, Princess of England, Queen consort of Scots, first wife of King David II of Scotland (d.1362)
1547   Garzia de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany (d.1562)
1670   Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Dowager Duchess of Parma (d.1748)

1717   King-Consort Pedro III of Portugal + the Algarves, Infante of Portugal, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza, co-ruler as consort with his wife [and niece], Queen Maria I of Portugal + the Algarves (d.1786)

1805   Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, French prince (d.1870)


DEATHS

1316   Infante Ferdinand/Fernan of Majorca
1375   Charles III, Count of Alencon
1666   Albrecht VI of Bavaria, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg