The Royal Calendar: December 11

Monday, December 12, 2011

December 11

3rd Sunday of Advent {Gaudete Sunday} (Christianity)

International Mountain Day

Human Rights + Peace Day in Kiribati

Indiana Day (Indiana, USA)

National Tango Day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Remembrance Day of Prince Llywelyn II ap Gruffydd "the Last" of Wales (Wales)

Republic Day in Burkina Faso (1958)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Claude of Orleans, Princess of France (at one time Princess of Savoy-Aosta, Duchess of Aosta from 1964-1982/1987) {1943} (ex-wife of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta, Duke of Savoy and mother of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta, Duke of Apulia)

Princess Purnika of Nepal {2000} [daughter of Crown Prince Paras of Nepal (son of King Gyanendra of Nepal)]

(pictured here in approx. 2002)

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

361 Julian "the Apostate/the Philosopher" enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.

969 Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II is assassinated by his wife Theofano and her lover, the future Emperor John I Tzimiskes.

1282 Prince Llywelyn II "the Last" of Wales, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.

1602 A surprise attack by the forces under the command of Carlo Emanuele I "the Great", Duke of Savoy and his brother in law King Felipe III "the Pious" of Spain + Portugal, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva.

1792 French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

1936 Abdication Crisis: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom [of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the seas, + Emperor of India]'s abdication becomes effective.