Thursday, January 26, 2012

January 26, 2012

Australia Day  (Official National Day of Australia)




Republic Day in India






Duarte Day in the Dominican Republic









ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan & Princess Nagako Kuni   {1924}





HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1736   King Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1497   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d.1557)

1763   King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden, King of Norway {as Carl III Johan}, Prince of Pontecorvo (1806-1810) {born Jean Baptiste Bernadotte} (d.1844)


1914   Imperial Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Durru Shehvar Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Princess of Berar {daughter of Sultan Abdulmecid/Abdul-Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire; wife of Prince Azam Jah of Hyderabad, Prince of Berar (son of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Nizam of The Princely State of Hyderabad)} (d.2006)




DEATHS

946   Princess Eadgyth/Edith/AEdgyth of England, Holy Roman Empress consort, Queen consort of Germany

1947   Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Vasterbotten {West Bothnia}


1990   Princess Genevieve of Montenegro {mother of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro}
                                                                       (pictured here holding her son Nikola)

1996   Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg

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