Leap Day!

February 29, 2012

Leap Day

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

James Ogilvy   {1964} [son of Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1720   Queen Ulrika Eleonora "the Younger" of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Fredrik I.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1468   Pope Paul III (d.1549)

DEATHS

1868   King Ludwig I of Bavaria

1996   Princess Shams ul-Mulk Pahlavi of Iran

February 28, 2012

Kalevala Day / Day of Finnish Culture  (Finland)

National Science Day in India

228 Peace Memorial Day in Taiwan

Teacher's Day  (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, & Yemen)


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Irina of Romania   {1953} (daughter of King Michael of Romania)

Archduchess Eleonore of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia   {1994} (daughter of Archduke Karl of Austria)

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco   {2007} (daughter of King Mohammed VI of Morocco)

Freddy Parker Bowles   {2010} [son of Tom Parker Bowles (son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall {daughter-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

The Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, The Princess Royal & Henry Lascelles, The Rt. Hon. Viscount Lascelles   {1922}

February 27, 2012

Feast of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows  (Roman Catholic)

Great Lent begins  (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

National Day in the Dominican Republic (Independence from Haiti 1844)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Victoria Patricia "Patsy" of Connaught, Princess of Great Britain + Ireland & Captain The Hon. Alexander Ramsay {1919}

Crown Prince George of Greece, Duke of Sparta & Princess Elisabeth of Romania   {1921}

February 26, 2012

Academy Awards {Oscars} Ceremony  (Los Angeles, USA)

Liberation Day in Kuwait  (1991)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Maria del Carmen Martinez-Bordiu y Franco [previously Princess of Bourbon, Duchess of Anjou + Cadiz]   {1951} (mother of Prince Louis Alphonse/Luis Alfonso of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou)

Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Prince of Great Britain + Ireland   {1954} [husband of Hereditary Princess Caroline of Monaco, Princess of Hanover (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]

Prince Chakriwat Mahidol of  Thailand   {1983}  [son of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand (son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej {Rama IX} of Thailand)]


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

The Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland & Antony Armstrong-Jones, Esq.   {1960}

February 25, 2012

National Day in Kuwait

Mongolian New Year  {Tsagaan Sar}

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Paola ten Cate   {2011} [daughter of Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno (niece of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

                   (pictured shortly after her birth in 2011 at far left in the arms of her mother, with her sister& father to the right)

                                              


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau & Anita van Eijck   {2005}

Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau & Aimee Sohngen   {2005}

February 24, 2012

Independence Day in Estonia  (1918)

Flag Day in Mexico  {Dia de la Bandera}

Mongolian New Year  {Tsagaan Sar}

Dragobete  (Romania)

National Artist Day in Thailand

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy   {1940}

Prince Carlo [Charles] of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro   {1963}

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARIES

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales + Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince + Great Steward of Scotland & The Lady Diana Spencer   {1981}

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland & Olof Daniel Westling   {2009}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Grand Duchess Maria "Marie/Masha" Kirillovna of Russia & The Hereditary Prince Friedrich Karl of Leiningen {1925}