#OnThisDay in 1890 Từ Cung Hoàng thái hậu, Empress Dowager of Vietnam, was born. She was the concubine of Emperor Khải Định and the mother of Emperor Bảo Đại. She died on 9 November 1980.

#OnThisDay in 1794 Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen was born as the daughter of Frederick, the future Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his wife Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She died on 6 April 1825.

#OnThisDay in 1890 Fusako, Princess Kane was born as the daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan and one of his consorts, Sono Sachiko. On 29 April 1909, Princess Kane married Prince Kitashirakawa and they had four children together. She died on 11 August 1974.

#OnThisDay in 1845 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia died.

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#OnThisDay in 1620 Archduchess Eleanor of Austria died. She was born in 1582 as the daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. She took the veil in 1607 after several failed marriage negotiations. She went blind a few years before her death at the age of 37.

#OnThisDay in 1271 Isabella of Aragon died. She was born in 1248 as the daughter of King James I of Aragon and his second wife Violant of Hungary. On 28 May 1262, Isabella married the future King Philip III of France, and they had four sons, though not all survived to adulthood.

#OnThisDay in 1941 Susan Cullen-Ward, titular Queen of Albania, was born in Sydney as the daughter of Alan Robert Cullen-Ward and his wife, Phyllis Dorothea Murray-Prior.

#OnThisDay in 2013 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced her intention to abdicate in favour of her son Willem-Alexander.

#OnThisDay in 1868 Empress Xiaodingjing was born as the daughter of Guixiang and Lady Aisin Gioro. On 6 February 1889, she married the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. They had no children together. She died on 22 February 1913.

#OnThisDay in 1805 Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria, was born as the daughter of the future King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Caroline of Baden.

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#OnThisDay in 1836 Wilhelmine of Baden died. She was born in 1788 as the daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt. On 19 June 1804, she married the future Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and they had seven children together.

#OnThisDay in 2001 Marie José of Belgium, Queen of Italy, died.

#OnThisDay in 2005 Princess Fawzia of Egypt died. She was born in 1940 as the daughter of King Farouk I of Egypt and Queen Farida.

#OnThisDay in 1892 Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria was born as the daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and Marie Valerie of Austria. On 19 September 1912, she married Georg, Count von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems and they had four children. She died on 29 January 1930.

#OnThisDay in 1062 Adelaide of Hungary died. She was born in 1040 as the daughter of the future King Andrew I of Hungary and Anastasia of Kyiv. In 1058, she married Vratislav II, Duke (later King) of Bohemia and they had four children together.

#OnThisDay in 1805 Maria Anna of Bavaria was born as the daughter of the future King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Caroline of Baden. On 24 April 1833, she married the future King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, but they had no children. She died on 13 September 1877.

#OnThisDay in 1567 Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel was born as the daughter of William IV, the future Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Sabine of Württemberg. On 8 June 1589, she married Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg and they had fourteen children. She died on 21 November 1626.

#OnThisDay in 1708 Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia was born as the daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Empress Catherine I of Russia. On 22 November 1724, she married Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and they had one son. She died shortly after his birth in 1728.

#OnThisDay in 1606 the trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began, ending with their execution on January 31.

#OnThisDay in 1613 Anna of Saxony died. She was born in 1567 as the daughter of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Anna of Denmark. On 16 January 1586, she married John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach. She was imprisoned by her husband after having an affair.

#OnThisDay in 1782 Princess Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau died. She was born in 1716 as the daughter of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Anna Louise Föhse. On 13 February 1739, she married Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and they had two daughters together.

#OnThisDay in 1844 Cecilia of Sweden died from puerperal fever shortly after giving birth to her third but only surviving child. She was born in 1807 as the daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden. On 5 May 1831, she married Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg.

#OnThisDay in 1242 Margaret of Hungary was born as the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. She became a nun at the Monastery of the Blessed Virgin. She died on 18 January 1270 and was beatified in 1789.

#OnThisDay in 1771 Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dietz died. She was born in 1689 as the daughter of Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz and Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau. She was named after her godmother, Queen Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, who was present at her baptism.

#OnthisDay in 1627 Princess Cecilia of Sweden died. She was born in 1540 as the daughter of King Gustav I and Margaret Leijonhufvud. In 1564, she married Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and they had seven children, though not all lived to adulthood.

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#OnThisDay in 1873 Amélie of Leuchtenberg died. She was born in 1812 as the daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais and his wife Princess Augusta of Bavaria. On 2 August 1829, she married the widowed Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and they had one daughter together before she was widowed in 1834.

#OnThisDay in 1568 Lady Catherine Grey died.

#OnThisDay in 946 Edith of England died. She was born around 910 as the daughter of King Edward the Elder by his second wife, Ælfflæd. In 930, she married the future Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and they had at least two children together.

#OnThisDay in 1838 Marie of Orléans’ residence burned down after a small stove for warming chocolate tipped over. She was not injured.

#OnThisDay in 1632 Marie Charlotte de La Trémoille was born as the daughter of Henri de La Trémoille, 3rd Duke of Thouars and Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne. On 10 June 1662, she married the future Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena and they had five children together. She died on 24 August 1682.

#OnThisDay in 1759 Countess Johanna Katharina Victoria von Montfort-Tettnang died. She was born in 1678 as the daughter of Count Johann Anton I of Montfort-Tettnang and Countess Maria Viktoria von Spaur und Flavon.

#OnThisDay in 1795 Baroness Amalie of Hochberg was born as the daughter of Charles Frederick, future Grand Duke of Baden and Louise Caroline of Hochberg. On 19 April 1818, she married Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg and they had seven children. She died on 14 September 1869.

#OnThisDay in 1795 Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia died. She was born in 1792 as the daughter of the future Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.

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#OnThisDay in 1567 Archduchess Margaret of Austria was born as the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor by his wife Maria of Spain. She refused to marry King Philip II of Spain and took the veil as Sister Margaret of the Cross. She died on 5 July 1633.

#OnThisDay in 1865 Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg was born as the daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. On 27 April 1884, she married Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, and they had nine children. She died in 1927

#OnThisDay in 1308 King Edward II of England married Isabella of France.

#OnThisDay in 1121 Adeliza of Louvain, Queen of England, was crowned.

#OnThisDay in 1700 the future Queen Anne of Great Britain was delivered of a stillborn son, who had been “dead in her a month.”

#OnThisDay in 1978 Charlene Lynette Wittstock, Princess of Monaco, was born as the daughter of Michael Kenneth Wittstock and Lynette Humberstone.

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