Monday, February 27, 2012

February 27, 2012

Feast of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows  (Roman Catholic)


Great Lent begins  (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)


National Day in the Dominican Republic (Independence from Haiti 1844)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Victoria Patricia "Patsy" of Connaught, Princess of Great Britain + Ireland & Captain The Hon. Alexander Ramsay {1919}


Crown Prince George of Greece, Duke of Sparta & Princess Elisabeth of Romania   {1921}






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

380   Edict of Thessalonica:  Emperor Theodosius I "the Great" of the Roman Empire, with co-Emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.

425   The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II "the Younger/the Calligrapher" of the Byzantine Empire at the urging of his wife Empress consort Aelia Eudocia Augusta.

1594   King Henri III of Navarre is crowned King of France, as Henri IV.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

272   Emperor Saint Constantine I "the Great" of the Roman Empire (d.337)


1711   Constatin Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia, Prince of Moldavia (d.1769)

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