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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

March 7, 2012

Purim at sundown  (Judaism)


Teacher's Day in Albania


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

The Right Honourable Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Baron Armstrong-Jones of Nymans   {1930} (former brother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)


Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan   {2000} (son of Prince Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV)

Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, Prince of Piedmont   {2009} [son of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Apulia + Aosta (son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta + Savoy)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau + Jagerndorf, Count of Rietberg & Countess Georgine/Georgina "Gina" of Wilczeck  {1943}





HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

161   Emperor Antonius Pius of the Roman Empire dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

238   Roman subjects in Africa revolt against Emperor Maximinus I Thrax of the Roman Empire and elect Gordian I as Emperor.

321   Emperor Constantine I "the Great" of the Roman Empire decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the rest day of the Empire.

1814   Emperor Napoleon I of the French wins the Battle of Craonne.

1914   Prince Wilhelm of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign, as Prince Vidi I of Albania (until his exile on September 3, 1914, and then the declaration of a republic on January 31, 1925).



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

189   Emperor Publius Septimus Geta of the Roman Empire (d.211)


1693   Pope Clement XIII (d.1769)




DEATHS

161   Emperor Antonius Pius of the Roman Empire


851   Nominoe/Nomenoe, Duke of Brittany

1724   Pope Innocent XIII


1965   Princess Louise of Battenberg (1889-1917), Lady Louise Mountbatten (1917-1923), Queen consort of Sweden

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