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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

April 10, 2012

Passover  (Judaism)




ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg   {1973} (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)


Prince Hussain Aga Khan   {1974} (son of Prince/Shah Karim al-Hussayni, The Aga Khan IV)
                                                                (pictured at right with his wife)

Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau   {1975} [son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]


Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau   {2007} [daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Crown Prince Akihito of Japan & Michiko Shoda   {1959}




Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai & Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan   {2004}








HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

879   Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks {West Francia}.

1606   The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by King James I + VII of England, Scotland + Ireland with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.


1864   Archduke + Imperial Prince Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria is proclaimed Emperor of Mexico (as Maximiliano I).



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

401   Emperor Theodosius II "the Younger/the Calligrapher" of the Byzantine Empire (d.450)

1512   King James V of Scotland {King of Scots} (d.1542)


1783   Hortense de Beauharnais Bonaparte, Queen consort of Holland (1806-1810), Countess + Duchess of Saint-Leu (d.1837)



DEATHS

879   King Louis II "the Stammerer" of the West Franks {Western Francia} + Aquitaine


948   King Hugh of Italy, Count of Arles + Vienne

1533   King Frederik/Fredrik/Friedrich I of Denmark + Norway, Duke of Schleswig + Holstein


1585   Pope Gregory XIII


1904   Queen Isabella II of Spain {Queen of All the Spains}, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Brabant + Milan, Countess of Habsburg, Flanders, Tyrol + Barcelona, etc.

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