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This day in Royal History: February 8th

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Pittsburgh Historical Fiction Examiner

What happened in Royal History on February 8th?

  • 1191: Yaroslav II of Russia is born
  • 1204: Alexius IV Angelus, Eastern Roman Emperor dies
  • 1250: Robert I of Artois dies
  • 1291: King Afonso IV of Portugal is born
  • 1296: King Prezemysl II of Polan dies
  • 1405: Constantine IX Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor is born
  • 1487: Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg is born
  • 1587: Mary, Queen of Scots is executed on the command of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England
  • 1601: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex rebels against Queen Elizabeth I of England
  • 1696: Tsar Ivan V of Russia dies
  • 1720: Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan is born
  • 1762: Emperor Gia Long is born
  • 1772: Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, wife to Frederick, Prince of Wales and mother to King George III of the United Kingdom dies
  • 1792: Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Hungary, and Bohemia, wife to William I of Wurttemberg and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor is born
  • 1798: Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia is born
  • 1952: Elizabeth II is officially proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom
  • 1960: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an order that her family is the House of Windsor
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Kayla Posney is a lover of British and European historical fiction. She has interviewed and worked with numerous historical fiction authors in the field. A proclaimed Anglophile, Kayla has visited London many times and viewed the castles and final resting places of many of the historical...

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