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2012 Event - United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria

2012 Event - All members of the Commonwealth of Nations, who have the British Monarch as their head of state, agree to the Succession of the Crown Bill, enabling a female child, for the first time, to become monarch

2012 Event - Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming monarch of the U.K and seven sovereign states in the Commonwealth of Nations

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning monarch in Britain

1991 Event - Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress

1967 Death - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80

1962 Death - Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71

1950 Birthday - Michael Monarch, born in Los Angeles, California, rock guitarist, Steppenwolf

1946 Death - Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies

1930 Death - Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies

1922 Death - Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73

1918 Event - Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne

1917 Event - Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar

1887 Birthday - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch

1885 Death - Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78

1882 Event - Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king

1881 Event - Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch

1881 Event - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch

1881 Event - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch

1881 Event - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch

1873 Death - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53

1872 Death - Pavel P Gagarin, Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82

1866 Event - Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die

1865 Death - Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70

1857 Death - Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72

1848 Birthday - Albert HK, monarch of Monaco, 1889-1922

1837 Event - Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

1836 Death - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal, dies at 75

1820 Death - M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca, dies at 43, dies

1820 Birthday - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia, Wallachia and Romania

1814 Event - Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands

1806 Birthday - Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia, 1842-58

1795 Birthday - Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I

1791 Death - Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies

1789 Birthday - Pavel P. Gagarin, Russian monarch

1784 Birthday - Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven

1777 Birthday - M. A. Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino

1772 Death - Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75

1760 Birthday - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal

1748 Birthday - Amalia Furstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn

1739 Birthday - Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II

1727 Death - George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67

1723 Death - Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81

1723 Death - Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49

1722 Event - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia

1716 Event - Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom

1714 Event - Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes king George I of England

1708 Event - Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC

1706 Event - Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria

1703 Death - Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered

1700 Event - Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia

1697 Event - Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king

1697 Event - Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic

1696 Birthday - August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen

1696 Birthday - Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general

1694 Event - Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen

1691 Death - Johan Georg III, monarch of Saxon (1680-91), dies at 44

1687 Birthday - Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz

1685 Death - Karel, monarch of Palts, dies

1673 Birthday - Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanians historian/monarch of Moldova, 1710-11

1672 Event - Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands

1666 Birthday - Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz

1660 Birthday - Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain

1659 Event - Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II

1646 Event - Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry

1642 Birthday - Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence, 1670-1723

1627 Death - Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies

1626 Event - Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg

1626 Event - Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld

1623 Event - Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts

1619 Event - Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia

1610 Birthday - Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane

1598 Event - Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands

1553 Death - Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32

1547 Event - Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel

1547 Event - Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg

1545 Death - Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop/monarch of Mainz, dies at 55

1539 Event - Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt

1537 Death - Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated

1532 Death - Johan de Standvastige, monarch of Saxon (Schmalkaldisch), dies

1530 Event - Luther advises protestant monarch compromise

1521 Birthday - Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen, 1547-53

1516 Death - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37

1490 Birthday - Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal

1479 Birthday - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence

1468 Birthday - Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon

1405 Death - Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", Crippled, Mongols monarch, dies at about 68

1401 Event - Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad

1389 Death - Dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39

1380 Event - Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols

1372 Birthday - Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg, 1417-40

1350 Birthday - Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal

1338 Event - German monarch signs Treaty of Rense

1338 Event - German monarch declares pope and king's decree redundant

1326 Death - Reinald I, earl of Gelre/monarch, went insane, dies

1283 Death - Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies

1282 Death - Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies

1240 Death - Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies

1112 Death - Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies

1000 Event - Monarch Istvan crowned king of Hungary

900 Death - Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies

811 Event - Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine

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