January 11, 2012

Independence Day in Morocco

Republic Day in Albania  (1946)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Archduke Karl of Austria, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary + Bohemia   {1961}

Carol Ferdinand Lambrino   {2010} [son of Paul(-Philippe) (von) Hohenzollern/al Romaniei (half-nephew of King Michael of Romania]

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Greece + Denmark & Marie-Chantal Miller   {1995} (marriage proposal was over Christmas holiday 1994)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Prince of Naples & Marina Ricolfi-Doria  [civil]   {1970}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1055   Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.

1158   Vladislav/Vladislaus II becomes King of Bohemia.

1779   Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur (modern-day northeastern India).

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

347   Emperor Saint Theodosius I "the Great" of the Roman Empire (d.395)

889   Abd-ar-Rahman III ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, Emir + Caliph of Cordoba, al-Andalus [Moorish Iberia] (parts of modern-day Spain, Portugal + France) (d.961)

1322   Emperor Komyo of Japan (d.1380)

1359   Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d.1393)

1395   Michelle of Valois/France, Duchess consort of Burgundy, Countess consort of Artois, Flanders + Charolais, Countess Palatine consort of Burgundy (d.1422)


DEATHS

705   Pope John VI

812   Emperor Staurakios of the Byzantine Empire

844   Emperor Michael I Rangabes of the Byzantine Empire

1055   Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos

1083   Otto of Nordheim/Northeim, Duke of Bavaria

1923   King Constantine I of Greece {King of the Hellenes}