December 28

last day of Hanukkah, until sunset  (Judaism)

Feast Day of the Holy Innocents / Childermas  (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran)

Kwanzaa  (USA/African-American)

Fourth Day of Christmas  (Christianity)

King Taksin Memorial Day  (Thailand)

Proclamation Day in South Australia

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Vittoria of Savoy   {2003} [daughter of Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice + Piedmont (son of Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince of Naples)]

                                                       (pictured in between her parents)


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Nikolaos of Greece + Denmark & Tatiana Blatnik   {2009}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1308   The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.

1768   King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1164   Emperor Rokujo of Japan (d.1176)

1522   Margaret of Austria, Duchess consort of Parma + Piacenza, Duchess consort of Florence, Governor/regent of the Habsburg Netherlands (d.1586)

1635   Princess Elizabeth of England + Scotland (d.1650)


DEATHS

1694   Queen Mary II of England, Scotland + Ireland

1703   Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire

1947   King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy (1900-1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936-1941), King of Albania (1939-1943)