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Friday, April 29, 2011

April 29

April 29

Arbor Day (USA)


Feast of St. Catherine of Siena (new)






ROYAL WEDDING DAY!

Prince William of Wales & Catherine Middleton   {2011} (as of today TRH The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge)





ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1944} (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)

Maud Angelica Behn   {2003} [daughter of Princess Martha-Louise of Norway (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)]

Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand   {2005} [son of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand (son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand)]
(pictured here with his parents)

Infanta Sofia of Spain   {2007} [daughter of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]






ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevich of Russia & Princess Anastasia of Montenegro   {1907}

Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld & Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma   {1964} [divorced 1981]





HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1818   Tsar Alexander II of Russia (d.1881)

1876   Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia (d.1930)

1901   Emperor Hirohito of Japan (d.1989) (aka Emperor Showa)



DEATHS

926   Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
1688   Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg

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