Tuesday, May 3, 2011

May 3

May 3

Constitution Day in Poland

Constitution Day in Japan


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, Sheikha of Dubai   {1974} [half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan & wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai]

Autumn Phillips   {1978} [wife of Peter Phillips (grandson of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)]



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Infanta Cristina of Spain & Inaki Urdangarin y Liebaert   {1997}




ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno & Tjalling ten Cate   {2008}




HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1491   Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of Joao I.
1860   Carl XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1951   London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

612   Constatine III, Byzantine Emperor (d.641)
1415   Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of King Edward IV of England & King Richard III of England (d.1495)
1446   Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d.1503)

1746   Princess Elisabeth of France, sister of King Louis XVI of France (d.1794)

1826   King Carl XV of Sweden & Norway (IV) (d.1872)

1870   Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d.1948)




DEATHS

1152   Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England
1270   King Bela IV of Hungary
1294   John I, Duke of Brabant
1481   Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan
1758   Pope Benedict XIV

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