1994 Death of Pu Chieh, heir to the Manchu Throne.
Effectively ending the dynasty of the "Last Emperor".
1757 Birthday of Friderike, Countess von Schlieben, Duchess of Holstein-Sonderberg-Gluksburg [there is a Romanov connection in there somewhere]
and in 1556, birthday of Evdokia Ivanova, daughter of Tsar Ivan IV & Anastasia Romanovna [Zaharin-Juriev]
sadly, the little GD lived only until June.
Also, 1823, birthday of Friedrich Franz II Grand Duke of Meklenburg-Schwerin, father of G.D. Marie Pavlovna [b. 1854]
AND 1792 Henriette d'Oultremont de Wegimont, Countess of Nassau. Married Willem I King of the Netherlands
Whose son, Frederik of the Netherlands was born on this day, 1797 [different mother, obviously]