Thanking Yvonne Strong Royal Events Roman Emperor Constantine I defeated his rival Licinus at the Battle of Adrianople on 3 July 324 Hugh Capet, the founder of the Capetian dynasty, was crowned king of France on 3 July 987 The Treaty of Delft was signed between Jacqueline of Bavaria and Philip the Good of Burgundy on 3 July 1428 Charles III of Spain was crowned King of Naples (Charles VII) and Sicily (Charles V) on 3 July 1735 The funeral of the assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie took place on 3 July 1914 Royal Births Louis XI (the Cunning) of France was born on 3 July 1423 Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd Emperor of Japan, was born on 3 July 1442 Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, was born on 3 July 1676 Wilhelmine of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great and wife of Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was born on 3 July 1709 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway, consort of Gustav III of Sweden, was born on 3 July 1746 Princess Feodora Adelheid of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was born on 3 July 1874 Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, son of the Duke of Edinburghs sister Theodora of Greece, was born on 3 July 1933 Royal Weddings and Divorces James II of Scotland married Mary of Guelders on 3 July 1449 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, married Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV, on 3 July 1468 Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, son of Alfonso XIII of Spain, married his second wife, Marta Rocafort-Altuzarran, on 3 July 1937 Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein married Duchess Sophie in Bavaria on 3 July 1993 Royal Deaths Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, was killed on 3 July 1090 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Henry I Marie de Medici, consort of Henry IV of France, died on 3 July 1642 Dorothea Jordan, actress and mistress of William Duke of Clarence (later William IV), died on 3 (or possibly 5) July 1816 Little Crow, Chief of the Mdewakanton (Santee) Dakota Sioux, was killed on 3 July 1863 Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V died on 3 July 1918 and was succeeded by his brother Mehmed VI Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, consort of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, died on 3 July 1934
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