January 26, 2012

Australia Day  (Official National Day of Australia)

Republic Day in India

Duarte Day in the Dominican Republic

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan & Princess Nagako Kuni   {1924}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1736   King Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1497   Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d.1557)

1763   King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden, King of Norway {as Carl III Johan}, Prince of Pontecorvo (1806-1810) {born Jean Baptiste Bernadotte} (d.1844)

1914   Imperial Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Durru Shehvar Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Princess of Berar {daughter of Sultan Abdulmecid/Abdul-Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire; wife of Prince Azam Jah of Hyderabad, Prince of Berar (son of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Nizam of The Princely State of Hyderabad)} (d.2006)

DEATHS

946   Princess Eadgyth/Edith/AEdgyth of England, Holy Roman Empress consort, Queen consort of Germany

1947   Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Vasterbotten {West Bothnia}

1990   Princess Genevieve of Montenegro {mother of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro}

                                                                       (pictured here holding her son Nikola)

1996   Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg