March 19, 2012

Feast of Saint Joseph / St. Joseph's Day  (Western Christianity: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran; Italy + Sicily, Italian-Americans, Canada, Poland, Malta, Spain, the Philippines, USA)

Father's Day  (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Andorra, Bolivia, Honduras, Liechtenstein, Belgium)


ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan   {2007} [son of Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan (brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan)]


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

The Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland & Sarah Ferguson   {1986}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois & Count Pierre de Polignac  [religious]  {1920} [separated Mar.20, 1930; divorced Feb.18, 1933]

Prince Jean of Orleans, Dauphin of France, Duke of Vendome & Maria Philomena de Tornos y Steinhart   [civil] {2009}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1749   Princess Louisa of Wales (d.1768)

1823   Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Duchess consort of Modena + Reggio, Princess of Modena, Archduchess of Austria (d.1914)

DEATHS

1238   Henryk/Heinrich I "the Bearded", Duke of Silesia, Duke of Krakow, High Duke of All Poland

1279   Emperor Bing of Song China

1286   King Alexander III of Scotland, King of Scots

1330   Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (son of King Edward I "Longshanks" of England)

1721   Pope Clement XI