Birthdays:
1974 ~ Seth Green (né Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green), American actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1967 ~ Rachel Cusk, Canadian-born novelist. She was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1964 ~ Arlie Petters (né Arlie Oswald Petters), Belizean mathematical physicist. He was born in Stann Creek Town, British Honduras, present-day Dangriga, Belize.
1957 ~ Karine Chemia, French historian of mathematics.
1955 ~ John Grisham (né John Ray Grisham, Jr.), American novelist and attorney. He was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
1953 ~ Mary Steenburgen (née Mary Nell Steenburgen), American actress. Her second husband is Ted Danson. She was born in Newport, Arkansas.
1948 ~ Brian Shul (d. May 20, 2023), American fighter pilot who came back from a fireball. He was an attack pilot during the Vietnam War. He flew over 200 combat missions and was shot down near the end of the War. He was so badly burned that he was not believed to be able to survive. He was also an accomplished photographer. He was born in Quantico, Virginia. He died of cardiac arrest at age 75 in Reno, Nevada.
1943 ~ Creed Bratton (né William Charles Schneider), American actor best known for his role a Creed in the television sit-com The Office. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
1942 ~ Robert Klein, American comedian, and actor. He was born in The Bronx, New York.
1941 ~ Nick Nolte (né Nicholas King Nolte), American actor. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1940 ~ Ted Koppel, (né Edward James Martin Koppel) British-born American broadcast journalist. He was the anchor for Nightline. He was born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.
1932 ~ John Williams (né John Towner Williams), American composer and conductor. He composed music for many movies. He was also the principal conductor of the Boston Pops from 1980 to 1993. He was born in Queens, New York.
1931 ~ James Dean (né James Bryon Dean; d. Sept. 30, 1955), American actor, best known for his role in Rebel Without a Cause. He was born in Marion, Indiana. He was killed in an automobile accident in Cholame, California. He died at age 24.
1928 ~ Jack Larson (né Jack Edward Larson, d. Sept. 20, 2015), American actor and playwright who couldn’t escape his role as Jimmy Olsen from Superman. He was born and died in Los Angeles, California. He was 87 years old.
1925 ~ Jack Lemmon (né John Uhler Lemmon, III; d. June 27, 2001), American actor. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He died at age 76 in Los Angeles, California.
1924 ~ Lisel Mueller (née Elisabeth Neumann; d. Feb. 21, 2020), German-born poet. She was born in Hamburg, Germany. She and her family fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and settled in the United States. She died in Chicago, Illinois 13 days after her 96th birthday.
1923 ~ Robert Rietti (né Lucio Herbert Rietti; d. Apr. 3, 2015), British voice actor who played Bond villains again and again. He was born and died in London, England. He was 92 years old.
1922 ~ Audrey Meadows (née Audrey Cotter; d. Feb. 3, 1996), American actress. She is best known for her role as Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners. She was born in New York, New York. She died of lung cancer 5 days before her 70thbirthday in Beverly Hills, California.
1921 ~ Lana Turner (née Julia Jean Turner; d. June 29, 1995), American actress. She had 7 husbands. She was born in Wallace, Idaho. She died of esophageal cancer at age 74 in Los Angeles, California.
1914 ~ Bill Finger (né Milton Finger; d. Jan. 18, 1974), American author and co-creator, along with Bob Kane, of Batman. He was born in Denver, Colorado. He died of heart disease 21 days before his 60th birthday in Manhattan, New York.
1911 ~ Elizabeth Bishop (d. Oct. 6, 1979), American poet. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 68.
1906 ~ Chester Carlson (né Chester Floyd Carlson; b. Sept. 19, 1968), American physicist and inventor of Xerography or mimeography. He was born in Seattle, Washington. He died of a heart attack at age 62 in New York, New York.
1894 ~ King Vidor (né King Wallis Vidor; d. Nov. 1, 1982), American film director. He was born in Galveston, Texas. He died at age 88 in Paso Robles, California.
1882 ~ Thomas Selfridge (né Thomas Etholen Selfridge; d. Sept. 17, 1908), American lieutenant and first known airplane crash fatality. He was a passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright. He was born in San Francisco, California. The crash occurred in Fort Myer, Virginia. He was 26 years old.
1878 ~ Martin Buber (d. June 13, 1965), Austrian-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and theologian. He was born in Vienna, Austria. He died at age 87 in Jerusalem, Israel.
1876 ~ Paula Modersohn-Becker (née Paula Becker; d. Nov. 30, 1907), German painter and artist. She is best known for being the first known female to paint nude self-portraits. She died at age 31 of a postpartum embolism.
1850 ~ Kate Chopin (née Katherine O’Flaherty, d. Aug. 22, 1904), American author who set many of her stories in Louisiana. She was born and died, however, in St Louis, Missouri. She died of a brain hemorrhage at age 54.
1828 ~ Jules Verne (né Jules Gabriel Verne; d. Mar. 24, 1905), French science fiction writer. He is best known for such novels as Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. He was born in Nantes, France. He died of diabetes at age 77 in Amiens, France.
1822 ~ Maxime Du Camp (d. Feb. 9, 1894), French photographer and journalist. He was born in Paris, France. He died 1 day after his 72nd birthday in Baden-Baden, Germany.
1820 ~ William Sherman (né William Tecumseh Sherman; d. Feb. 14, 1891), American Union general in the American Civil War. Prior to serving in the Army, he served as the president of the Louisiana State University. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio. He died 6 days after his 71st birthday in New York, New York.
1819 ~ John Ruskin (d. Jan. 20, 1900), English author. He was born in London, England. He died 19 days before his 81stbirthday.
1798 ~ Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (d. Sept. 9, 1849), member of the Russian royal family. He married Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. They married in 1824. He was of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. He was the 10th child and 4th son of Paul I, Tsar of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. He died at age 51 in Warsaw, Poland.
1794 ~ Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (d. Mar. 25, 1867), German analytical chemist. He is best known for identifying caffeine and discovering the mydriatic effect of belladonna. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. He died at age 73.
1792 ~ Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (d. Feb. 9, 1873), Empress consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary. She was the 4th and final wife of Francis I, Emperor of Austria. They married in 1816. He had previously been known as Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, however, he had abdicated that throne prior to his marriage to Caroline, thus she was never the Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire. Francis was her second husband. Her first marriage in 1808, was an arranged political marriage to William, Crown Prince of Württemberg (1781 ~ 1864). This marriage was annulled in 1814. She was of the House of Wittelsbach. She was the daughter of Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was Roman Catholic. She died 1 day after her 81st birthday.
1700 ~ Daniel Bernoulli (d. Mar. 17, 1782), Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist. He died at age 82 in Basel, Republic of the Swiss.
1291 ~ Alfonso IV, King of Portugal and the Algarve (d. May 28, 1357). He ruled Portugal from January 1325 until his death in May 1357. He was known as Alfonso the Brave. He was married to Beatrice of Castile (1293 ~ 1359). They married in 1309. They were the parents of Peter I, King of Portugal. He was of the Portuguese House of Burgundy. He was the only legitimate son of Denis, King of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon. He died at age 66.
412 ~ Proclus Lycaeus (d. Apr. 17, 485), Greek mathematician and philosopher. These are the traditional dates for is birth and death. He died at age 73.
120 ~ Vettius Valens (d. 175), Greek astronomer and mathematician. He is believed to have been born on February 8, 120, but the date of his death is not known.
Events that Changed the World:
2021 ~ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in a score of 31 to 9 in Super Bowl LV.
2005 ~ Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (1928 ~ 2014) and Mahmoud Abbas (b. 1935) met at a summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt and agreed to a ceasefire, pledging to end the violence of intifada. In addition, the leaders agreed that Israel would hand over control of five (5) West Bank towns, including Jericho, to the Palestinians.
1978 ~ The proceedings of the United States Senate were broadcast for the first time on radio.
1971 ~ The NASDAQ stock market index opened for the first time.
1965 ~ Eastern Airlines Flight 663, heading from Boston to Atlanta, Georgia with a stop-over in New York, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All passengers and crew were killed.
1963 ~ Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem (1914 ~ 1963), the Prime Minister of Iraq, was overthrown by the Ba’ath Party. He was executed the following day, on February 9, 1963.
1963 ~ Travel, financial and commercial transactions by citizens of the United States to Cuba became illegal by act of the Kennedy administration.
1960 ~ The official groundbreaking for the Hollywood Walk of Fame took place. The first permanent brass star would be completed near the end of March. The first stars to be honored included: Joanne Woodward (b. 1930), Olive Borden (1906 ~ 1947), Ronald Colman (1891 ~ 1958), Louise Fazenza (1895 ~ 1962), Preston Foster (1900 ~ 1970), Burt Lancaster (1913 ~ 1994), Edward Sedgwick (1889 ~ 1953), and Ernest Torrence (1878 ~ 1933).
1960 ~ Queen Elizabeth II (1926 ~ 2022) of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council stating that she and her family would henceforth be known as the House of Windsor and that her descendants will take the name “Mountbatten-Windsor”.
1952 ~ Elizabeth II (1926 ~ 2022) was formally proclaimed as Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.
1950 ~ The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, came into being.
1946 ~ The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible was published. This Bible became the first serious competition to the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. Both Bibles were translations into English.
1924 ~ Nevada became the first state in the United States to use the gas chamber to execute convicted criminals. Gee Jon (1895 ~ 1924), a Chinese national and gang member, was executed for the murder of an elderly member of a rival gang.
1922 ~ President Warren G. Harding (1865 ~ 1923) first used a radio in the White House.
1915 ~ D.W. Griffith’s controversial film, The Birth of a Nation, premiered in Los Angeles.
1910 ~ The Boy Scouts of America became incorporated.
1887 ~ The Dawes General Allotment Act authorized the United States President to survey Native American tribal lands and divide it into individual allotments to effect. The law was named after Henry Dawes (Oct. 30, 1816 ~ Feb. 5, 1903), a United States Senator from Massachusetts.
1865 ~ The State of Delaware rejected the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution and instead voted to continue the practice of slavery. Slavery was outlawed in the entire United States when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states in December 1865. It was not until February 12, 1901 before Delaware finally ratified the 13th Amendment.
1837 ~ Richard Johnson (1780 ~ 1850) became the first and only United States Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. He served under President Martin Van Buren (1782 ~ 1862) as the 9th Vice President.
1693 ~ The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia was granted a royal charter by William III, King of England (1650 ~ 1701) and Mary II, Queen of England (1662 ~ 1694).
1676 ~ Feodor III (1661 ~ 1682) became Tsar of Russia.
1601 ~ Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565 ~ 1601) rebelled against Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533 ~ 1603); however, the revolt was quickly crushed. Devereux would be beheaded 17 days later.
1587 ~ Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 ~ 1587) was executed in suspicion of having been involved in a plot to kill her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533 ~ 1603).
421 ~ Constantius III (d. 421) became the co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire with his brother-in-law, Honorius (384 ~ 423). He died in September 421 after just seven months becoming Emperor.
Good-Byes:
2023 ~ Burt Bacharach (né Burt Freeman Bacharach; b. May 12, 1928), American songwriter, composer, and pianist who crafted complex classics. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He died at age 94 in Los Angeles, California.
2022 ~ Luc Montagnier (né Luc Antoine Montagnier; b. Aug. 18, 1932), French microbiologist and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). He was born in Chabris, France. He died at age 89 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
2021 ~ Mary Wilson (b. Mar. 6, 1944), African-American singer and founding member of The Supremes. She sang with that trailblazing group longer than any other member. She was born in Greenville, Mississippi. She died of heart disease in Henderson, Nevada about a month before her 77th birthday.
2020 ~ Robert Conrad (né Conrad Robert Falk; b. Mar. 1, 1935), American TV national hero who threw himself into dangerous roles. He was best known for his role as Secret Service agent James T. West on the television show The Wild, Wild West. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Malibu, California 22 days before his 85th birthday.
2018 ~ Ben Agajanian (né Benjamin James Agajanian; b. Aug. 28, 1919), American “Toeless Wonder” who became an NFL Kicker. In 1941, he suffered a gruesome injury when his right foot was caught in an elevator, damaging his toes beyond repair. Despite his injury, he was still able to kick a football. He was born in Santa Ana, California. He died at age 98 in Cathedral City, California.
2017 ~ Sir Peter Mansfield (b. Oct. 9, 1933), British scientist who helped develop the MRI scanner. He was a pioneer in the field of magnetic resonance imaging. He was the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died at age 83.
2015 ~ Kenji Ekuan (b. Sept. 11, 1929), former Buddhist monk who became an industrial designer and helped shape modern Japan. He designed such items as the bullet train and the red-capped Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser. He was born and died in Tokyo, Japan. He was 85 years old.
2013 ~ James DePreist (né James Anderson DePreist; b. Nov. 21, 1936), African-American conductor who was unfazed by polio. He was one of the first African-American conductors on the world stage. He was the nephew of singer Marion Anderson. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 76 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
2012 ~ John Fairfax (b. May 21, 1937), British adventurer who rowed across oceans. In 1969, he became the first person to row across an ocean when he rowed across the Atlantic. He was born in Rome, Italy. He died at age 74 in Henderson, Nevada.
2012 ~ Gunther Plaut (né Wolf Gunther Plaut; b. Nov. 1, 1912), German-born Canadian rabbi and writer who guided Reform Judaism. He was born in Münster, Germany. He died at age 99 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2010 ~ John Murtha (né John Patrick Murtha, Jr.; b. June 17, 1932), American congressman from Pennsylvania. He served in the United State House of Representatives. He was considered a hawk but he renounced the war in Iraq. He was born in New Martinsville, West Virginia. He died of complications of gall bladder surgery at age 77 in Arlington, Virginia.
2008 ~ Robert Jastrow (b. Sept. 7, 1925), American astronomer who brought outer space down to earth. He was also a science writer. He was born in New York, New York. He died at age 82 in Arlington, Virginia.
2008 ~ Phyllis A. Whitney (née Phyllis Ayame Whitney; b. Sept. 9, 1903), American author of gothic mystery novels. She was born in Japan. She died of pneumonia at age 104 in Faber, Virginia.
2007 ~ Anna Nicole Smith (née Vickie Lynn Hogan, b. Nov. 28, 1967), American model, entertainer and television personality. She was best known for her 2nd marriage to the 89-year-old billionaire, J. Howard Marshall. She was born in Houston, Texas. She died in Hollywood, Florida of a drug overdose at age 39.
2002 ~ Vesta Roy (née Vesta M. Coward; b. Mar. 26, 1925), Acting Governor of New Hampshire. She served as Governor for only a few days, December 29, 1982 until January 6, 1983, after the sitting governor, Hugh Gallen, died in office. She was the first woman to serve both as President of the New Hampshire Senate and Acting Governor of New Hampshire. She was born in Dearborn, Michigan. She died at age 76 in Kenmore, New York.
1999 ~ Dame Iris Murdoch (née Jean Iris Murdoch; b. July 15, 1919), Irish writer. She was born in Dublin, Ireland. She died at age 79.
1998 ~ Enoch Powell (né John Enoch Powell, b. June 16, 1912), British politician, classical scholar and poet. He died at age 85.
1998 ~ Halldór Kiljan Laxness (né Halldór Guõjónsson; b. Apr. 23, 1902), Icelandic writer and recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born and died in Reykjavik, Iceland. He died at age 95.
1992 ~ Stanley Dunham (né Stanley Armour Dunham; b. Mar. 23, 1918), maternal grandfather of President Barack Obama. He was born in Wichita, Kansas. He died at age 73 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1985 ~ Sir William Lyons (b. Sept. 4, 1901), English industrialist and businessman. He was a co-founder of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which became Jaguar cars. He died at age 83.
1978 ~ Oscar Chapman (né Oscar Littleton Chapman; b. Oct. 22, 1898), 34th United States Secretary of the Interior. He served under President Harry S. Truman from December 1949 until January 1953. He was born in Omega, Virginia. He died at age 81 in Washington, D.C.
1975 ~ Sir Robert Robinson (b. Sept. 13, 1886), English chemist and recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He died at age 88.
1960 ~ Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (b. Nov. 9, 1880), British architect and designer of the iconic red telephone box. He died at age 79.
1959 ~ William J. Donovan (né William Joseph Donovan; b. Jan. 1, 1883), American Director of the Office of Strategic Services, precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. He is known as the Father of American Intelligence. He was born in Buffalo, New York. He died just over a month after his 76th birthday in Washington, D.C.
1957 ~ John von Neumann (né Neumann János Lajos; b. Dec. 28, 1903), Hungarian-born American mathematician. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He died of cancer at age 53 in Washington, D.C.
1957 ~ Walther Bothe (né Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe; b. Jan. 8, 1891), German physicist and recipient of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died a month after his 66th birthday in Heidelberg, West Germany.
1956 ~ Connie Mack, (né Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy; b. Dec. 22, 1862), American baseball manager and executive who helped organize Baseball’s American League. He was born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts. He died at age 93 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1946 ~ Felix Hoffman (b. Jan. 21, 1868), German chemist credited with synthesizing aspirin. He died 18 days after his 78th birthday.
1941 ~ Willis Van Devanter (b. Apr. 17, 1859), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President William Taft. He replaced Edward White on the Court. He was succeeded by Hugo Black. He served on the Court from December 1910 until June 1937. He was born in Marion, Indiana. He died in Washington, D.C., at age 81.
1936 ~ Charles Curtis (b. Jan. 25, 1860), 31st United States Vice President. He served under President Herbert Hoover, from March 1929 until March 1933. He was a member of the Kaw Nation; thus, he was also the first Native American to be elected a United States Senator when he was as a Senator from Kansas in 1907. He served two non-consecutive terms in the United States Senate. He was born in North Topeka, Kansas Territory. He died of a heart attack 15 days after his 76th birthday in Washington, D.C.
1935 ~ Max Liebermann (b. July 20, 1847), German painter and printmaker. He was a leading Impressionist painter in Germany. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. He died at age 87.
1918 ~ Louis Renault (b. May 21, 1843), French jurist and recipient of the 1907 Nobel Peace Prize. He was born in Autun, France. He died at age 74 in Barbizon, France.
1873 ~ John W. Geary (né John White Geary; b. Dec. 30, 1819), 16th Governor of Pennsylvania and 1st Mayor of San Francisco, California. He was also a Union General during the American Civil War. He served as Pennsylvania’s governor from January 1867 until January 1873. He served as Mayor of San Francisco from May 1850 until May 1851. He was born and died in Pennsylvania. He was 53 at the time of his death.
1772 ~ Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Nov. 30, 1719), Princess of Wales through her marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales. He died before becoming King, so she was never the Queen Consort. She was the mother of George III, King of England. She was of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. She was the daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst. She died of throat cancer at age 52.
1725 ~ Peter I, Tsar of Russia (b. June 9, 1672). He was also known as Peter the Great. He co-ruled with his older half-brother, Ivan V, for a few years before Ivan’s death in 1696. Peter led a cultural reform in Russia, based on Western’s Europe’s Enlightenment. He married twice. His first wife was Eudoxia Lupukhina (1669 ~ 1731). They married in 1689 and divorced 9 years later. After they divorced, he married Martha Skavronskaya (1684 ~ 1727). They married in 1707. She became known as Catherine I, Empress of Russia after their marriage. He was of the House of Romanov. He was the son of Tsar Alexis I, Tsar of Russia and his second wife, Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. He died at age 52 on the 49thanniversary of his father’s death and the 29th anniversary of his half-brother’s death.
1696 ~ Ivan V, Tsar of Russia (b. Sept. 6, 1666). He ruled Russia jointly with his younger half-brother, Peter I. He was Tsar from May 1682 until his death in February 1696. He was married to Praskovia Saltykova (1664 ~ 1723). They married in 1684. He was of the House of Romanov. He was the son of Alexis, Tsar of Russia and Maria Ilyinichan Miloslavskaya. He died on the 20th anniversary of his father’s death. His brother, Peter the Great, died on the 29thanniversary of his death. He was 29 years old at the time of his death.
1676 ~ Alexis I, Tsar of Russia (b. Mar. 19, 1629). He was Tsar from July 12, 1645 until his death. He was married twice. His first wife was Maria Ilyinichan Miloslavskaya (1624 ~ 1669). They married in 1648. After her death, he married Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina (1651 ~ 1694). They married in 1671. He was of the House of Romanov. He was the son of Michael, Tsar of Russia and Eudoxia Streshneva. He died at age 46. His son, Ivan V, Tsar of Russia died on the 20th anniversary of his death and his other son, Peter the Great, died on the 49th anniversary of his death.
1587 ~ Mary, Queen of Scots (b. Dec. 8, 1542). She reigned as Queen from December 1542 until July 1567. She is also known as Mary Stuart. Her father died when she was just six days old, thus she ascended to the throne as a baby. In 1558, she married Francis II, King of France (1544 ~ 1560), making her, briefly the Queen consort of France. Francis, however, he died 2 years after they married. She later married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546 ~ 1567), her cousin. They had a son, James. Following the murder of Lord Darnley, Mary married James Hepburn (1534 ~ 1578). Mary was forced to abdicate in favor or her son, James. She was of the House of Stuart. She was the daughter of James V, King of Scotland and Mary of Guise. She was Roman Catholic. She was executed on suspicion of having been involved in a plot to kill her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England. She was 44 at the time of her execution.
1382 ~ Princess Blanche of France (b. Apr. 1, 1328), Duchess of Orléans through her marriage to Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336 ~ 1375). They married in 1345. She was of the House of Capet. She was the posthumous daughter of Charles IV, King of France and his third wife, Jeanne d’Évreux. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 53.
1314 ~ Helen of Anjou (b. 1235), Queen consort of Serbia. She was the wife of Stefan Uroš I, King of Serbia (1223 ~ 1277). Little is known of her life. She was born Roman Catholic but converted to Serbian Orthodox upon her marriage.
1296 ~ Przemysł II, King of Poland (b. Oct. 14, 1257). He ruled over Poland from 1295 until his death a year later. He was the first to receive the hereditary title of king. He was married three times. His first wife was Ludgarde of Mecklenburg (1260 ~ 1283). Little is known of her life, other than she died at about age 22 or 23. There were no children of this marriage and the two may have separated shortly before her death. His second wife was Richeza of Sweden (1270 ~ 1292). Little is known of her life other than she died at about age 21 or 22. His third wife was Margaret of Brandenburg (1270 ~ 1315). He was of the House of Piast. He was the son of Przemysł I, Duke of Greater Poland and Elizabeth of Wrocław. He was Roman Catholic. He died at age 38.
1135 ~ Elvira of Castile (b. 1100), Queen consort of Sicily and first wife of Roger II, King of Sicily (1095 ~ 1154). She was of the House of Jiménez. She was the legitimate daughter of Alfonso VI, King of Castile and his fourth wife, Isabella. The exact date of her birth is not known. She is believed to have died of an illness.
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