February 19, 2012

Armed Forces Day in Mexico

Flag Day in Turkmenistan

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

The Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, The Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh   {1960} (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

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

                                                                   (random photo of the couple before marriage)


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Infante Dinis of Portugal Duke of Porto,   {2000} (son of Prince Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza)

                                                         


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

197   Emperor Septimius Severus of the Roman Empire defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum [Lyon], the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.

356   Emperor Constantius II of the Roman Empire issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.

1594   Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine/Katarzyna/Kotryna/Katariina/Katarina "the Jagiellonian" of Poland {Duchess of Finland, Queen consort of Sweden, Grand Princess of Finland} in 1587, King Sigismund/Zygmunt/Zigmantas Vasa III of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father King Johan III of Sweden in 1592.

1921   Reza Shah Pahlavi {the future Shah of Iran} takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1630  Emperor Shivaji Maharaj of the Maratha Empire {in modern-day India} (d.1680)

1913   Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza (d.2007)

DEATHS

1670   King Frederik III of Denmark + Norway