Advent Embertide (Roman Catholic, Anglican, & some Lutheran + Episcopal churches)
Wright Brothers Day (USA)
National Day in Bhutan
Las Posadas (Roman Catholic; Mexico, Latin America & Southwestern USA)
ROYAL BIRTHDAY
James [Mountbatten-]Windsor, Viscount Severn (technically Prince James of Wessex) {2007} [son of The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
920 Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII of the Byzantine Empire.
942 Assassination of William [Guillaume/Willermus] I "Longsword", Duke/Count of Normandy.
1398 Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud of Delhi's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur [Temur/Tamerlane]"the Lame", Amir of the Timurid Empire.
1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England.
1577 Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1583 Cologne War: Forces under Prince-Elector-Archbishop Ernst of Cologne (son of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria) defeats troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Seige of Godesberg.
1586 Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
1600 Marriage of King Henri IV of France + Navarre and Princess Maria/Marie de' Medici of Tuscany.
1837 Fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg, Russia occurred.
1907 Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
1960 Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia crush the coup that began Dec. 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck announces his intention to abdicate the throne as King of Bhutan. He officially abdicates on Dec. 14, 2006.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1267 Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d.1324)
1619 Prince Rupert/Ruprecht of the Rhine, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness (d.1682)
1734 Queen Maria I "the Pious/the Mad" of Portugal, Brazil, + the Algarves (d.1816)
1887 Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, The German Empress consort, Queen consort of Prussia (d.1947)
DEATHS
535 Emperor Ankan of Japan
942 William I "Longsword", Duke/Count of Normandy
1187 Pope Gregory VIII
1195 Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, Count of Flanders (as the VIII), Margrave of Namur (as the I)
1663 Queen [Ana de Sousa] Nzinga Mbande of Ndongo + Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people (in Southwestern Africa)
1847 Archduchess Marie Louise [Maria Ludovica] of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary + Bohemia, Empress consort of the French + Queen consort of Italy (1810-1814), Duchess consort of Parma + Piacenza (1814-1847)
1860 Queen consort Desiree/Desideria [Bernardine Eugenie Desiree] of Sweden + Norway
1909 King Leopold II of the Belgians
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