Commonwealth Day (UK + British Commonwealth)
Arbor Day in China & Taiwan
Girl Scout Birthday (USA)
National Day in Mauritius
World Day Against Cyber Censorship
ROYAL BIRTHDAYS
Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi of Iran {1963} (sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran)
Princess Hafizah of Brunei {1980} (daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)
Prince Gabriel of Nassau {2006} [son of Prince Louis of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]
Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden {2007} [son of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (son of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]
Benjamin van Vollenhoven {2008} [son of Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]
ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden & Silvia Sommerlath {1976}
HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS
538 King Vitiges of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
1868 Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate The Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, who was wounded in the back by O'Farrell's revolver, in Clontarf, Sydney, Australia.
HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS
1270 Charles I, Count of Valois, Count of Anjou (son of King Philippe III of France) (d.1325)
1479 Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, ruler of Florence (d.1516)
1637 Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, Duchess of Albany {Mar.12 is the Old Style date; New Style date is Mar.22} (1st wife of the future King James II + VII of England, Scotland + Ireland; mother of Queen Mary II & Queen Anne) (d.1671)
1781 Princess Frederica/Friederike of Baden, Queen consort of Sweden (d.1826)
1889 King Idris I of Libya (d.1983)
DEATHS
417 Pope Saint Innocent I
604 Pope Gregory I
1289 King Saint Demetrius II "the Self-sacrificer" of Georgia
1316 King Stephen/Stefan Dragutin of Serbia
1374 Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan
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