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Friday, April 8, 2011

April 8

April 8

Hanamatsuri in Japan, the celebration of Buddha's birthday 2011


ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Leah Behn   {2005} (daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway)






ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris & Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza   {1931}

The Prince of Wales (the future Prince Regent, and finally King George IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland) & Princess Caroline of Brunswick   {1795}


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1139   Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
1149   Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tesculum.
2005   Over 4 million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1320   King Pedro I of Portugal (d.1367)
1605   King Felipe IV of Spain (d.1665)

1818   King Christian IX of Denmark (d.1906)

1875   King Albert I of Belgium (d.1934)

1930   Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma (d.2010)



DEATHS

956   Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy
1143   John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor
1364   King Jean II of France
1970   Prince Felix of Luxembourg, Prince of Bourbon-Parma

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