June 20, 2012

Summer Solstice  (Northern hemisphere) / Beginning of "Midsummer" Celebrations (Northern hemisphere) @ 23:09 / 11:09pm

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

(Birgitte) Princess Richard, Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Ulster, Baroness Culloden   {1946} [wife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

Prince Moulay Rachid ben al-Hassan of Morocco   {1970} (brother of King Mohammed VI of Morocco)

ROYAL CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar   {2000}

                                                                 (photo unrelated to coronation)


ROYAL INAUGURATION ANNIVERSARY

Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Tufuga Tupuola Efi, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa   {2007}

                                                                   (photo unrelated to inauguration)


DEATHS

1837   King William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick

1856   Tancrede Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois

May 11, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Irene of Greece + Denmark   {1942} (sister of King Constantine II of Greece & sister of Queen Sofia of Spain)

Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan, Princess Royal of Jordan   {1951} (aunt of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck of Bhutan   {1963} (4th polygamous wife of King-Father Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan; aunt of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck of Bhutan)

ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Tufuga Tupuola Efi, O le Ao o le Malo [(Royal) Ruler/Head of State] of Samoa   {2007}

DEATH

2007   Malietoa Tanumafili II, O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa

January 4, 2012

Eleventh Day of Christmas  (Christianity)

Feast of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton  (Roman Catholic)

Independence Day in Myanmar/Burma  (1948)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Elizabeth Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills   {1989} [daughter of Princess Elena of Romania (daughter of King Michael of Romania)]


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Alexander Johannsmann   {2010}

ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai   {2006}