O Antiphons (Roman Catholic)
Las Posadas (Roman Catholic/Mexico, Latin America, southwestern USA)
Hanukkah (Judaism)
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Emperor Akihito of Japan {1933}
Queen Silvia of Sweden {1943} (wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden)
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia {1953} (pretender Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias)
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan {1975} (half-brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan)
Tjalling ten Cate {1975} [husband of Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno (niece of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
1688 As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II + VII of England, Ireland + Scotland flees England to Paris after being deposed in favor of his nephew Prince William/Willem III of Orange, Count of Nassau, Stadholder of Holland + Zeeland, and King James II/VII's daughter, The Lady Mary of England, Princess consort of Orange.
2007 An agreement is made for the monarchy of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1173 Ludwig I, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d.1231)
1750 King Friedrich August I of Saxony, Elector of Saxony (as the III; 1763-1806), Duke of Warsaw (1807-1813) (d.1827)
1777 Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Emperor + Autocrat of All the Russias, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland + Lithuania [Dec. 23 is the New Style date; Old Style date is Dec. 12] (d.1825)
1864 Princess Ljubica "Zorka" of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d.1890)
DEATHS
679 King Dagobert II of Austrasia
918 King Conrad I "the Younger" of Germany, King of East Francia, Duke of Franconia
1230 Berengaria/Berenguela/Berengere of Navarre, Queen consort of England
1588 Henri I "the Scarred", Duke of Guise, Prince of Joinville, Count of Eu
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