Wednesday, February 15, 2012

February 15, 2012

Susan B. Anthony Day  (USA)


Flag Day in Canada



Candlemas  (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)


John Frum Day in Vanuatu



National Day in Serbia



Nirvna {or Parinirvana} Day  (Mahayana Buddhism/East Asia)


Total Defence Day in Singapore







HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

590   Khosrau [Khosrow/Chosroes/Xosrov] II is crowned King of Persia.

1113   Pope Paschal II issues a bull sanctioning the establishment of the Order of Hospitallers.


1637   Ferdinand III {Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, King of the Romans, King of Germany} becomes Holy Roman Emperor.


1952   King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland is buried in St.George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1715   King Louis XV of France + Navarre (d.1774)



DEATHS

1145   Pope Lucius II


1637   Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, King in Germany, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Cumania, + Bulgaria, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia, + Carniola, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of Luxembourg, of the Higher + Lower Silesia, of Wurttemberg + Teck, Prince of Swabia, Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg + Goritia, Marquess of the Holy Roman Empire, Burgovia, the Higher + Lower Lusace, Lord of the Marquisate of Slavonia, of Port Naon + Salines

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