Freedom + Democracy Day in Chad
Great Union Day/National Day in Romania (1918 & 1990)
Military Abolition Day in Costa Rica (1948)
National Day in Myanmar (Burma) (1920)
National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day (American Public Transportation Association)
Republic Day in the Central African Republic
Restoration of Independence Day in Portugal
Self-governance Day in Iceland
Teacher's Day in Panama
Women's Day in Bahrain
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
Princess Aiko of Japan, Princess Toshi {2001} [daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan (son of Emperor Akihito of Japan)]
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway & Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby {2000}
These photos are from December 3, 2000:
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
800 Charlemagne [Carlous Magnus/Charles "the Great", Emperor of the Romans, King of the Franks + Lombards] judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
1420 King Henry V of England enters Paris.
1640 End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King Joao I of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty).
1822 Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1918 The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
1918 The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats + Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
1941 WWII- Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1081 King Louis VI "the Fat" of France (d.1137)
1083 Anna Komnene, Byzantine Princess, daughter of Emperor Alexios I of the Byzantine Empire (d.1153)
1844 Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Queen consort of the United Kingdom + the British Dominions, Empress consort of India (d.1925)
DEATHS
1135 King Henry I of England
1241 Princess Isabella/Elizabeth of England, Holy Roman Empress consort, Queen consort of Germany + Sicily
1377 King Magnus II of Sweden
1433 Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan
1521 Pope Leo X
1530 Margaret of Austria, Princess of Asturias (1497), then Duchess of Savoy
1633 Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain + Portugal, Duchess of Brabant, Limburg, Lothier, Luxembourg + Guelders, Margravine of Namur, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, Countess of Artois, Flanders + Hainaut
1825 Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias
1830 Pope Pius VIII
2004 Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
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