June 28, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah of Jordan   {1994} (son of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Maria Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld & Jorge Perez y Guillermo   {1975} [divorced 1996]

Princess Caroline of Monaco & Philippe Junot   {1978} [civil] [divorced Oct. 9, 1980; annulled 1992]

Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria & Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg   {1991} [civil]

DEATHS

1914   Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Crown Prince Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Duke of Modena

1914   Countess Sophie/Zofie Chotek von Chotkow + Wognin, Princess of Hohenberg, Duchess of Hohenberg

June 27, 2012

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Alexandra of Greece & Nicolas Mirzayantz   {1998} [religious]

ROYAL ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar   {1995}

June 26, 2012

Flag Day in Romania

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg   {1987} [daughter of Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (brother of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein) & Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg (sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau   {2005} [daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

DEATHS

1830   King George IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick

1922   Prince Albert I of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois

June 25, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait   {1937}

June 24, 2012

Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist  (Western Christianity: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran; especially Quebec, Canada; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia + Ukraine + Serbia {June 24 is New Style date}, Spain, UK, USA, etc.)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan & Khaled Edward Blair   {2005}

June 23, 2012

National Day in Luxembourg {The Grand Duke's Official Birthday}

St. John's Eve  {Christianity: Roman Catholic; Northern Europe, Scandinavia; UK (England, Cornwall), Romania, Estonia, Latvia, France, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Canada, USA, Shetland Islands (Scotland), Brazil, Spain, Puerto Rico}

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala   {1974} [daughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

Princess Maria-Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {2003} (daughter of Prince Carlo/Charles of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro)

                           (pictured in orange/pink/white, to the right - closest to her father - the eldest of the 2 girls)


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Albert II of Monaco, Marquis of Baux & Charlene Wittstock   {2010}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Miguel Urdangarin y de Borbon, Grandee of Spain   {2002} [son of Infanta Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca (daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

ROYAL INAUGURATION / ENTHRONEMENT / CONSECRATION ANNIVERSARY

King Harald V of Norway   {1991}