December 21

O Antiphons  (Roman Catholic)

Las Posadas  (Roman Catholic/Mexico, Latin America, Southwestern USA)

Hanukkah  (Judaism)

First Day of Winter / Winter Solstice / Yule

Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Estella Taylor   {2004} [daughter of Lady Helen Taylor (daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

                                             


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Zara Phillips & Michael Tindall   {2010}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran & Farah Diba   {1959}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

69   The Roman Senate declares Vespasian as Roman Emperor, the last in the Year of Four Emperors.

1140   King Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1818   Duchess Amalia of Oldenburg, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Greece (d.1875)

DEATHS

1295   Margaret/Marguerite Berengar of Provence, Queen consort of France

1306   Heinrich I "the Child", Landgrave of Hesse

1549   Marguerite of Navarre/Angouleme, Queen consort of Navarre