Saturday, February 4, 2012

February 4, 2012

World Cancer Day



Independence Day in Sri Lanka  (1948)



ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Marie Helene "Marilene" of Orange-Nassau   {1970} [wife of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]





HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

211   Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.  He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarreling sons.

960   The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song China takes place, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.




DEATHS

211   Emperor Septimius Severus of the Roman Empire


708   Pope Sisinnius


1694   Tsaritsa consort Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina of Russia


2002   Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg {previously Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland}

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