Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14, 2012


St. Valentine's Day

Feast of Saints Cyril + Methodius  (Roman Catholic)

Arizona Statehood Day  (Arizona, USA)

Oregon Statehood Day  (Oregon, USA)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau + Jagerndorf, Count of Rietberg   {1945}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Maria Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld & Jorge Perez y Guillermo   {1975}

Lord Frederick Windsor & Sophie Winkleman   {2009}

                                                             (random photo of the couple)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Hereditary Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista   {1981}

ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain [as King]   {2002}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

842   King Charles II "the Bald" of West Francia {future Holy Roman Emperor} and King Louis/Ludwig II "the German/the Bavarian" of Bavaria {future King of East Francia} swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.

1014   Pope Benedict VIII crowns King Henry of Germany + Italy, Duke of Bavaria, as Holy Roman Emperor.

1076   Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV.

1945   President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Abdul-Aziz "Ibn Saud" of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relationship.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1483   Zahid-ud-din Muhammad Babur [/Baber/Babar], Mughal Emperor (d.1530)

1847   Princess Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen consort of Portugal + the Algarves (d.1911)

DEATHS

1229   Ragnvald/Rognvaldr Godredsson, King of the Isles

1317   Marguerite/Margaret of France, Queen consort of England

1400   King Richard II of England

1714   Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain

1782   King Singu Min of Burma, Prince of Singu