1997 Death Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81 1977 Event Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself 1967 Event Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne 1937 Birthday Tony Anthony, Clarksburg, West Virginia, actor, Treasure of 4 Crowns 1926 Event Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1916 Birthday Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns 1882 Event Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king 1751 Event Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden 1547 Event Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow 1474 Event Isabella crowns herself queen of Castilie and Aragon 1452 Event Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor 1229 Event German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 1215 Event Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 1212 Event Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king 1209 Event Pope Innocent II crowns German king Otto of Wittelsbach 1155 Event Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor 1133 Event Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor 1130 Event Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily 1111 Event Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II 1111 Event Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor 1087 Event German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad 1084 Event Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV 1059 Event Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France 1054 Event Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king 1046 Event Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor 1028 Event German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king 1027 Event John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor 1026 Event Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy 1014 Event Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor 996 Event Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas 996 Event Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor 987 Event French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king 962 Event Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor 823 Event Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France 813 Event Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor 800 Event Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor 355 Event Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain
