Sunday, December 4, 2011

December 4

2nd Sunday of Advent  (Christianity)


Feast of Saint Barbara  (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox & Anglican), aka Eid il-Burbara (for Arab Christians in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan & Palestine)


Navy Day in India 


Navy Day in Italy

Thai Environment Day  (Thailand)



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ANNIVERSARY

The Princess Anne, Princess Royal & Commander Timothy Laurence   {1992}


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant & Jonkvrouw Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz   {1999}
















HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

771   King Carloman I of the Franks dies leaving his brother, Charlemagne, King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.

1259   King Louis IX of France and King Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to the French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.

1676   Battle of Lund:  A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.

1745   Prince Charles Edward Stuart's ["Bonnie Prince Charlie"/"The Young Pretender] army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1711   Infanta Barbara of Portugal, Princess of Brazil, Queen consort of Spain (d.1758)



DEATHS

771   King Carloman I of the Franks

1214   King William I "the Lion"/"the Rough" of Scotland


1270   Theobald II/V "the Young", Count of Champagne + Brie, King of Navarre

1334   Pope John XXII


1459   Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein, Duke of Southern Jutland

1696   Empress Meisho of Japan

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