February 9, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein of Jordan   {1986} (half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

474   Zeno is crowned as Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

1621   Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1763   Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d.1830)

1830   Sultan Abdulaziz I {Abd Al-Aziz} of the Ottoman Empire (d.1876)

DEATHS

1011   Bernard I, Duke of Saxony

1977   Queen consort Alia al Hussein of Jordan

2002   The Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, Countess of Snowdon