December 15

Bill of Rights Day  (USA)

Kingdom Day in Aruba, Curacao + Sint Maarten  (1954)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Flora Ogilvy   {1994} [daughter 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})]

                    [pictured at right, in lighter-colored dress & light-blue hat, next to Lady Frederick (Sophie) Windsor]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

King Baudouin of the Belgians & Dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon   {1960}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg   {2002} [daughter of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

                                                         

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

533   Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer/Geilamir of the Vandals + Alans, at the Battle of Ticameron.

1467   Prince Saint Stephen/Stefan III "the Great" of Moldavia defeats King Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary + Croatia , with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.

1960   King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismissed the cabinet and imposes direct rule.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

37   Nero {Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus}, 5th Emperor of the Roman Empire (d.68)

130   Lucius Verus, Roman co-emperor, 17th Emperor of the Roman Empire (d.169)

DEATHS

1025   Basil/Basileios II "the Porphyrogenitus/the Young", Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

1072   Alp Arslan {Muhammed bin Da'ud Chaghri}, Sultan of Great Seljuq

1230   Ottokar/Otakar I, King + Duke of Bohemia

1263   King Haakon IV "the Old" of Norway