Happy Halloween!

October 31

Halloween {aka All Hallows' Eve or All Saints' Eve} (USA, Ireland, Canada, UK, & other countries in Europe, North America, South America, & Asia)

Samhain begins {in the Northern hemisphere} (Gaels, Welsh & Neopagans)

Reformation Day (Slovenia & Protestant churches)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg   {1916} [formerly known as Prince Carl Johan of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna] (uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)

King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia   {1922}

Princess Margaretha of Sweden   {1934} (sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)

Princess Norberta "Nora" of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Dowager Marchioness of Marino   {1950} (sister of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran   {1960}

Maria de Fatima Simonetta Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon   {1968} [daughter of Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, Dowager Viscountess de la Torre (sister of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

Infanta Leonor of Spain   {2005} [daughter of Infante Felipe of Spain, Prince of Asturias (son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Charles/Carlo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria & Camilla Crociani   {1998} (now known as the Duke & Duchess of Castro)

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

475   Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1345   King Fernando I of Portugal (d.1383)

1391   King Duarte "the Philosopher/the Eloquent" of Portugal (d.1438)

1424   King Wladyslaw III of Poland, King of Hungary, Dalmatia + Croatia, Supreme Prince of Lithuania, Lord & Heir of Pomerania + Ruthenia (d.1444)

1636   Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire (d.1679)

1705   Pope Clement XIV (d.1774)

1838   King Luis I of Portugal + the Algarves (d.1889)

1851   Queen consort Louise of Denmark, Princess of Sweden (d.1926)

DEATHS

1214   Princess Eleanor of England, Queen consort [as Leonor] of Castile

1448   John VIII Palaiologos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

1723   Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

1732   King Vittorio Amedeo II of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy

1733   Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Wurttemberg

1765   Prince William Augustus of Great Britain, Duke of Cumberland

October 30

Mischief Night  {aka Devil's Night, Hell Night, Cabbage Night, etc} (UK, Canada, USA)

Reformation Sunday (Lutheran, Reform & other Protestant churches in the USA)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sophie von Lattorff   {2009} [daughter of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Michael of Kent & Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz   {1978} [Religious: Anglican]

October 29

Republic Day in Turkey  (1923)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg   {1934} [husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece + Denmark   {1998} [son of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Greece + Denmark (son of King Constantine II of Greece)]

DEATHS

King Gustaf V of Sweden   {1950}

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Ulster, Baroness Culloden   {2004} [aunt (by marriage) of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland]

October 28

Feast of Saints Simon & Jude  (Roman Catholic)

Frankenstein Friday

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Sophie/Sofia of Romania   {1957} (daughter of King Michael I of Romania)

Julia Ogilvy   {1964} [wife of James Ogilvy (son of Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Princess of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria   {1967} [wife of Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (son of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)]

Princess Tessy of Luxembourg   {1985} [wife of Prince Louis of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince/Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV & Sarah "Sally" Frances Croker-Poole (afterward took the name Salima)   {1969} [religious]

DEATH

Empress Anna Ivanovna of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias   {1740}

October 27

Independence Day in Saint Vincent + the Grenadines  (1979)

Independence Day in Turkmenistan  (1991)

Navy Day  (USA)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi of Iran   {1940} (half-sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran & 1st cousin of King Fuad II of Egypt)

Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau   {1969} [wife of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

Princess Altinai of Montenegro   {1977} (daughter of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro)


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

King George I of Greece, Prince of Denmark & Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia   {1867}

Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, Duke of Sparta, Prince of Denmark & Princess Sophie of Prussia   {1889} (the future King Constantine I of Greece & Queen consort Sophie of Greece)

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Noah of Luxembourg   {2007} [son of Prince Louis of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]