Tuesday, January 31, 2012

January 31, 2012

Feast of Saint John Bosco  (Roman Catholic)


Independence Day in Nauru  (1968)



ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Marquis of Veere + Vlissingen, Count of Buren, Culemborg, + Leerdam, Count of Dietz, Katzenelnbogen, + Spiegelberg, Count of Viaden, Viscount of Antwerp, Baron of Breda, Cranendonck, Cuijik, Eindhoven, Grave, + Liesveld, Baron of Diest, Herstal, + Warneton, Baron of Bielstein, Baron of Arlay + Nozeroy, Hereditary Lord of Ameland, Lord of Baarn, Borculo, Bredevoort, Geertruindenberg, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Klundert, Lichtenvoorde, 't Loo, Naaldwijk, Niervaart, Polanen, Steenbergen, Sint Maartensdijk, Soest, Ter Eem, Willemstad, + Zevenbergen, Lord of Butgenbach, Sankt Vith, + Turnhout, Lord of Besancon + Montfort, Lord of Daasburg   {1938}



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia & Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza of Kaszon + Imperfalva   {1993}















Monday, January 30, 2012

January 30, 2012

Martyrs' Day in India







School Day of Non-Violence + Peace in Spain




ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan   {1962}


The Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias, Prince of Girona, Prince of Viana, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera, Lord of Balaguer   {1968} (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)


Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah of Jordan   {2005} (son of King Abdullah II of Jordan)


Sunday, January 29, 2012

January 29, 2012

Feast of Saint Francis de Sales  (Roman Catholic, traditional)


Constitution Day in Gibraltar  (2006)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Angela Brown   {2000} [religious]













ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait   {2006}


Saturday, January 28, 2012

January 28, 2012

Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas  (Roman Catholic, new)



Army Day in Armenia  (1992)



International Data Privacy Day




ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Erling Sven Lorentzen   {1923} [husband of Princess Ragnhild of Norway (sister of King Harald V of Norway)]


Princess Salima Aga Khan (Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole)   {1940} (ex-wife of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV)


King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1950}


Princess Ameerah of Brunei   {2008} (daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)
                 {shown here in the arms of her mother, (Azrinaz Mazhar), next to her brother (Prince 'Abdul Wakeel)}

Friday, January 27, 2012

January 27, 2012

International Holocaust Remembrance Day










Feast of Saint Devota/Devote  (Roman Catholic/Corsica + Monaco)




Feast of Saint Sava  (Serbian Orthodox Church, New Style calendar date)




ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma + Piacenza   {1970} [son of Princess Irene of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Michael of Montenegro & Genevieve Prigent   {1941} [divorced Aug. 11, 1949]


Princess Caroline of Monaco & Prince Ernst August of Hanover   {1999} [religious]

Thursday, January 26, 2012

January 26, 2012

Australia Day  (Official National Day of Australia)




Republic Day in India






Duarte Day in the Dominican Republic









ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan & Princess Nagako Kuni   {1924}