Monday, October 5, 2020

Weekly Agenda :: Monday, October 5 - Sunday, October 11, 2020

MONDAY

Oct.2-9: Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.3-9: Sukkot / Feast of Booths / Commemoration of the 40-Year Wandering of the Israelites in the Desert on the Way to the Promised Land {Judaism}

Oct.5: Sukkot (Judaism; Israel)

Oct.5: Feast Day of Saint Maria Faustyna/Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament (Roman Catholic)

Oct.5: Feast Day of Saint Placidus + Companions, Martyrs (Roman Catholic)

Oct.5: Magal de Touba {Islam}

Oct.5: World Teachers’ Day

Oct.5: World Habitat Day

Oct.5: Blue Shirt Day of the World Day of Bullying Prevention

Oct.5: International Day of No Prostitution

Oct.5: World Day of Architecture

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.5  USA: Child Health Day 

Oct.1-8  China: National Day Golden Week 

Oct.5  Albania: CP Leka II & CPss Elia are expecting their 1st child

Oct.5  Brunei: 53rd Accession Anniversary of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei   {1967}

Oct.5  Japan: 6th Wedding Anniversary of Princess Noriko of Takamado & Kunimaro Senge   {2014} 

Oct.5  Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander visits the Time for Chalk initiative on the occasion of the Week Against Loneliness @ the Dwars Activity Center, Leiderdorp

Oct.5  Netherlands: The Dutch Royal Court releases a new photo portrait of Pss Laurentien, taken by Martijn Beekman

Oct.5  Netherlands: 7th Religious Wedding Anniversary of Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, Count of Bardi, Duke of San Jaime & Princess Viktoria of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Bardi, Duchess of San Jaime, Countess of Montizon   {2013} 

Oct.5  Belgium: K.Philippe holds an audience with Mr. Alexander De Croo (Prime Minister)

Oct.5  Belgium: Pss Delphine attends a press conference @ Brussels

Oct.5  Luxembourg: HGD Guillaume receives Mr. Nicolas Mackel (CEO of Luxembourg for Finance) @ the Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg City

Oct.5  Luxembourg: HGD Guillaume, HGDss Stephanie & Pr.Charles attend the baptism of a rose in honor of the birth of Pr.Charles @ the Rose Garden of the Chateau de Munsbach (the Conservatory of the Heritage of Roses)

Oct.5  Luxembourg: HGDss Stephanie participates in the “Midi de l’Art”@ the Casino Luxembourg – Contemporary Art Forum

Oct.5  UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales arrives in the UK from Kuwait

Oct.5  UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex holds a Meeting with Ms. Caroline Glen (Director of Fundraising of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award) via video link

Oct.5  UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex participates in the Installation Court of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers via video link

Oct.5  UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex participates in a Reception for the Worshipful Company of Fuellers via video link

Oct.5  UK: Sophie Ctss of Wessex visits Stepping Stones School to mark World Teachers’ Day @ Undershaw, Hindhead, Surrey

Oct.5  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal participates in a Round Table Discussion with the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, via a video conference call

Oct.5  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal participates in a video conference call with the Leuchie Forever Fund

Oct.5  UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent receives Mr. Stephen Neiman (Chief Executive Officer of the Hanover Band) on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Band @ Kensington Palace, London

Oct.5  Spain: Q.Sofia visits the facilities of the Toledo Food Bank @ Toledo

Oct.5  Spain: 18th Wedding Anniversary of Bruno Gomez-Acebo y de Borbon & Barbara Cano y de la Plaza   {2002} 

Oct.5  Sweden: Q.Silvia attends a board meeting of the Silviahemmet Foundation 

Oct.5-6  Sweden: CPss Victoria attends a Meeting with SeaBOS (the 2020 Virtual Keystone Dialogue)

Oct.5  Sweden: Pr.Daniel attends a board meeting of Princess Estelle’s Cultural Foundation @ the Royal Palace, Stockholm

Oct.5  Sweden: Pr.Carl Philip attends a Meeting with representatives from Gastronomy Sweden before the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2020 @ Stockholm

Oct.5  Norway: CP Haakon holds an audience with the Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy 

Oct.5  Norway: CP Haakon presides over the Council of State @ the Royal Palace, Oslo

Oct.5  Norway: CPss Mette-Marit meets the author Geir Gulliksen for a literary talk/conversation about his latest novel @ Deichman Bjorvika [with attendance from: CP Haakon]




TUESDAY

Oct.2-9: Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.3-9: Sukkot / Feast of Booths / Commemoration of the 40-Year Wandering of the Israelites in the Desert on the Way to the Promised Land {Judaism}

Oct.6: Sukkot (Judaism; Israel)

Oct.6: Feast Day of the Holy + Glorious Apostle Thomas (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

Oct.6: Feast Day of Saint Innocent of Moscow & the Americas (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

Oct.6: Feast Day of Saint Bruno (Roman Catholic)

Oct.6: Feast Day of the Blessed Marie Rose Durocher (Roman Catholic)

Oct.6: Dashain (Hindu & Nepalese Festival, Bhutan)

Oct.6: World Cerebral Palsy Day

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.6  USA: American Libraries Day 

Oct.6  USA: National Mad Hatter Day 

Oct.6  USA: National German-American Day 

Oct.1-8  China: National Day Golden Week 

Oct.6  Romania: CPss Margarita & Pr.Radu present the certificates of Royal Supplier during a ceremony @ Elisabeta Palace

Oct.6  Romania: 3rd Civil Wedding Anniversary of Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills & Alina Maria de Roumanie Medforth-Mills   {2017} 

Oct.6  Bhutan: Dashain (Hindu & Nepalese Festival)

Oct.6  Bhutan: 35th Birthday of Prince Dasho Khamsum Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan   {1985}

Oct.6  Jordan: 38th Birthday of Princess Noor bint Asem of Jordan   {1982}

Oct.6  Qatar: Emir/Shkh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani holds a session of official talks with the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (HE Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani) & his accompanying delegation @ the Amiri Diwan 

Oct.6  Belgium: K.Philippe receives the presentation of credentials during audiences [from: HE Mr. Odd Sinding (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark); HE Mrs. Anna Aghadjanian (Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia); HE Mr. Plamen Lubomirov Bonchev (Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria); & HE Mdme.Diana Rachel Reaich (Ambassador of New Zealand)]

Oct.6  Belgium: K.Philippe holds an audience with Pilot Officer Thibault Expeels (winner of the King’s Sword 2020)

Oct.6  UK: National Poetry Day 

Oct.6  UK: Camilla Dss of Cornwall holds a Tea for Duchenne UK

Oct.6  UK: Camilla Dss of Cornwall receives representatives from the Cornwall Community Foundation

Oct.6  UK: Catherine Dss of Cambridge visits Derbyshire [visits 1st-year students, staff + students, & colleagues from the UK’s student mental health charity (Student Minds) ahead of World Mental Health Day (visits Student Minds) @ the University of Derby, Derby; & visits the Universiyt of Derby’s Sports Centre @ the University of Derby]

Oct.6  UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex participates in an International Council Meeting of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation via video link

Oct.6  UK: Sophie Ctss of Wessex participates in the Wilton Park the Elders’ Conference via video link

Oct.6  UK: Sophie Ctss of Wessex attends the Chartered Management Institute’s President’s Awards @ Wise Productions, Perivale Park, Perivale, Greenford

Oct.6  UK: Pr.Richard Dk of Gloucester re-opens the restored Northumberland House Arch @ Bromley-By-Brow, London

Oct.6  UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent holds a Meeting via telephone with Mr. Steven Douglas upon his appointment as Chief Executive of St. Mungo’s

Oct.6  Spain: K.Felipe VI & Q.Letizia attend the Annual Meeting of the Cervantes Institute Board of Trustees @ the Royal Palace of El Pardo, Madrid

Oct.6  Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf, Q.Silvia, CPss Victoria & Pr.Daniel hold a digital audience with Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter (Sweden’s Envoy to Washington DC, USA)

Oct.5-6  Sweden: CPss Victoria attends a Meeting with SeaBOS (the 2020 Virtual Keystone Dialogue)

Oct.6  Sweden: Pr.Daniel digitally participates in the webinar Patientriksdagen (the Patient Riksdag 2020)

Oct.6  Denmark: Q.Margrethe II, CP Frederik, CPss Mary & Pss Beneditke attend the Opening of the Folketing (the beginning of a new parliamentary year) @ the Folketing Hall, Christiansborg, Copenhagen

Oct.6  Denmark: Pss Beneditke participates in the general meeting of the Friends of the Ballet @ Falkonergardens Gymnasium, Frederiksberg




WEDNESDAY

Oct.2-9: Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.3-9: Sukkot / Feast of Booths / Commemoration of the 40-Year Wandering of the Israelites in the Desert on the Way to the Promised Land {Judaism}

Oct.7: Sukkot (Judaism; Israel)

Oct.7: Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary (Roman Catholic)

Oct.7: Feast Day of Pope Saint Mark I (Tridentine Roman Catholic)

Oct.7: Feast Day of Saints Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus + Apuleius, Martyrs (Roman Catholic)

Oct.7: Arbaeen begins @ sundown / End of 40-Day Mourning Period Following Ashura {Islam}

Oct.7: Balloons Around The World Day

Oct.7: International Walk to School Day

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.7  USA: National Personal Safety Day

Oct.7  USA: Random Acts of Poetry Day 

Oct.7  USA: National Coffee With a Cop Day 

Oct.7  USA: National Forgiveness Day 

Oct.1-8  China: National Day Golden Week 

Oct.7  Italy: 49th Religious Wedding Anniversary of Crown Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, Duke of Savoy, Prince of Naples & Crown Princess Marina of Italy, Duchess of Savoy, Princess of Naples  {1971} 

Oct.7-8  Romania: Pr.Radu participates in the 23rd Marmara Summit online

Oct.7  Serbia: 3rd Wedding Anniversary of Prince Philip of Serbia & Princess Danica of Serbia   {2017} 

Oct.7  Brunei: 74th Birthday of Queen Saleha of Brunei   {1946}

Oct.7  Qatar: Emir/Shkh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani chairs the 3rd Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Supreme Committee for Delivery + Legacy 2020, via video conference, focusing on the latest developments of the FIFA World Cup 2020 stadiums’ construction projects @ the Amiri Diwan [with attendance from: Shkh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani & Shkh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani]

Oct.7  Qatar: Emir/Shkh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receives the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic (HE Carlos Alberto Hernandez) @ the Amiri Diwan Office

Oct.7  Qatar: Emir/Shkh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receives the President of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, @ the Amiri Diwan Office [with attendance from: Shkh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani]

Oct.7  Qatar: Emir/Shkh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosts a visit from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey [holds a bilateral strategic relations meeting @ Al Bahr Palace; & hosts a luncheon banquet]

Oct.7  Lesotho: 19th Birthday of Princess Mary Senate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho   {2001}

Oct.7-8  Monaco: Pr.Albert II makes an Official Visit to Serbia

Oct.7  Monaco: Pr.Albert II visits Serbia [is welcomed by President Aleksandar Vucic during an official ceremony @ the Serbian Palace, Belgrade; attends a bilateral meeting with President Vucic & participate in a press conference @ the Serbian Palace, Belgrade; attends a lunch hosted by the President of the Government @ Belgrade; visits the National Museum @ Belgrade; & attends an Official Dinner hosted by President Vucic @ Belgrade (with attendance from: Pss Maria Pia of Savoy Pss of Yugoslavia, Pr.Serge of Yugoslavia & Pr.Michael of Yugoslavia)]

Oct.7  Monaco: Pss Charlene visits Georgia [visits the Olympic Village & its sports facilities @ Tbilisi]

Oct.7  Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander receives credentials @ Noordeinde Palace, The Hague [from: the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland (HE Ms. Joanna Roper); & the Ambassador of the Republic of Madagascar (HE Jean Omer Beriziky)]

Oct.7  Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander swears-in Ms. Prof. G. (Dineke) de Groot as President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands & Ms. JC (Judith) Boeree as an Extraordinary Councilor in the Administrative Law Division of the Council of State @ Noordeinde Palace, The Hague

Oct.7  Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander visits the National Tactical Command of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee @ Huis ter Heide

Oct.7  Netherlands: Q.Maxima attends the start of the Music Training Agreement @ TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

Oct.7  Belgium: Q.Mathilde participates in a digital webinar as part of the Music Connects initiative (supported by the Queen Mathilde Fund)

Oct.7  Belgium: K.Albert II & Q.Paola present the Terre d’Avenir Prize

Oct.7  Luxembourg: 20th Accession & Enthronement Anniversary of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg   {2000}

Oct.7  Luxembourg: GD Henri participates in the inaugural session of the conference “The Werner Report, 50 Years On” (celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of the report, which helped create the European Monetary Union) @ the Belval Campus of the University of Luxembourg

Oct.7  UK: Q.Elizabeth II & Sophie Ctss of Wessex participate in a video call with eye health professionals to mark the occasion of World Sight Day 2020 [speak via video link to Mr. Peter Holland (Chief Executive Officer of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness) & 3 specialists in eye care delivery to mark World Sight Day]

Oct.7  UK: Q.Elizabeth II holds an audience with The Rt.Hon.Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister & First Lord of the Treasury) via telephone

Oct.7  UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales receives Mr. Ian Urquhart (President of Johnstons of Elgin) & Ms. Jenny Urquhart (Chairman of Johnstons of Elgin)

Oct.7  UK: Camilla Dss of Cornwall visits Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust’s Maggie’s Barts @ St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London

Oct.7  UK: Pr.William of Wales Dk of Cambridge & Catherine Dss of Cambridge hold a Meeting with SOS Children’s Village in Pakistan via video link

Oct.7  UK: Pr.William of Wales Dk of Cambridge & Catherine Dss of Cambridge speak via video link to pupuls from Islamabad Model College for Girls in Pakistan

Oct.7  UK: Pr.William of Wales Dk of Cambridge & Catherine Dss of Cambridge hold an audience with/receive a visit from The President of Ukraine (Volodymyr Zelensky) & the First Lady of Ukraine (Mrs. Olena Zelenska) @ the Throne Room, Buckingham Palace, London

Oct.7  UK: Catherine Dss of Cambridge attends a Meeting with Mrs. Fiona McWilliams (Executive Director of Development of the Natural History Museum) @ the Natural History Museum, London

Oct.7  UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex visits Northern Ireland [visits 2nd Battalion The Rifles @ Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, County Antrim; visits Lisburn City Church Community Trust @ Lisburn, County Antrim; visits Unicorn Group @ the Green, Riverbank, Lisburn; & visits Denroy Plastics, Bangor, County Down]

Oct.7  UK: Sophie Ctss of Wessex visits the National Space Centre to mark World Space Week @ Leicester, Leicestershire

Oct.7  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal visits a Schools Education Programme @ Holme St. Cuthbert School, Mawbray, Maryport, Cumbria

Oct.7  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal opens the University of Central Lancashire Occupational Therapy Skills Suite @ the School of Sport + Health Sciences, Faculty of Health + Wellbeing, Preston, Lancashire

Oct.7  UK: Pr.Richard Dk of Gloucester receives Mr. Thomas Cargill (Chief Executive of British Expertise International) & Ms. Alexandra Barnes (Director of Strategic Initiatives)

Oct.7  UK: 43rd Birthday of Harry Lopes   {1977}

Oct.7  Spain: K.Felipe VI & Q.Letizia attends the Opening of the Academic Course of the Royal Academies @ the Headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy, Madrid

Oct.7  Spain: Q.Letizia opens the 2020/2021 Professional Training Course @ the Politecnico de Santiagio Integrated Vocational Training Center @ Santiago de Compostela, A Coruna

Oct.7  Sweden: CPss Victoria & Pr.Daniel attend a Meeting with the expert + youth council for the Crown Princess Couple’s Foundation @ the Royal Palace, Stockholm

Oct.7  Norway: Q.Sonja holds an audience with this year’s recipient of the Queen Sonja Print Award

Oct.7  Norway: Q.Sonja hosts a luncheon for the winner of the Queen Sonja Print Award 2020

Oct.7  Denmark: Q.Margrethe II chairs the Council of State @ Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen

Oct.7  Denmark: CPss Mary participates in the UN’s International Girls’ Day @ Naerum Gymnasium, Naerum



THURSDAY

Oct.2-9: Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.3-9: Sukkot / Feast of Booths / Commemoration of the 40-Year Wandering of the Israelites in the Desert on the Way to the Promised Land {Judaism}

Oct.8: Sukkot (Judaism)

Oct.8: Feast Day of Saint Bridget of Sweden, Widow (Tridentine Roman Catholic)

Oct.8: Feast Day of Saint John Leonardi (Roman Catholic)

Oct.8: Arbaeen (Islam; Iran)

Oct.8: World Sight Day

Oct.8: World Octopus Day

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.8  USA: National Children’s Day 

Oct.1-8  China: National Day Golden Week 

Oct.8  Albania: 4th Wedding Anniversary of Crown Prince Leka II of Albania & Crown Princess Elia of Albania   {2016} 

Oct.8  Romania: CPss Margarita & Pr.Radu attend the presentation of 2 medals of the Romanian State to HM’s House Association @ Elisabeta Palace

Oct.8  Thailand: 38th Birthday of Princess Siribhachudhabhorn of Thailand   {1982}

Oct.8  Monaco: Pr.Albert II visits Serbia [visits the village of Backi Monostor, near the Croatian border, Province of Vojvodina; visits the Backo Podunavlje biosphere @ the forest of Monostor; visits the beekeeping farm & Mali Bodrog ethno-house @ Backi Monostor; & attends a lunch hosted by Mr. Igor Mirovic (Prime Minister of the Provincial Government of Vojvodina) & Mr. Antonio Ratkovic (Mayor of the City of Sombor)]

Oct.8-9  Monaco: Pr.Albert II visits Bosnia + Herzegovina

Oct.8  Monaco: Pr.Albert II visits Bosnia + Herzegovina [attends the inauguration of the renovated Olympic Museum @ Sarajevo]

Oct.8  Monaco: Pss Charlene visits Georgia [attends a lunch hosted by the President of Georgia (Salome Zourabichvili) @ the Presidential Palace of Georgia]

Oct.8  Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander attends the Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds @ The Light Factory, Haarlem

Oct.8  Netherlands: K.Willem-Alexander presents the Royal Prize for Painting 2020 during the award ceremony @ the Royal Palace, Amsterdam

Oct.8  Netherlands: Q.Maxima virtually opens a new branch of the Dutch technology company’s Prodrive Technologies in the US (Canton, Massachusetts, USA)

Oct.8  Netherlands: Q.Maxima presents the annual report of her activities as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) during a video call with the Secretary-General of the UN (Antonio Guterres) 

Oct.8  Netherlands: 39th Birthday of Juliana Guillermo   {1981} 

Oct.8  Belgium: K.Philippe, Q.Mathilde, K.Albert II, Q.Paola, Pr.Gabriel, Pr.Emmanuel & Pss Eleonore attend the opening ceremony of the 2020-2021 academic year of the Royal Military School (ERM) & the parade of students @ the ERM, Esplanade du Cinquantenaire, Brussels [marking the Solemn Entry of the new promotions, including Pss Elisabeth Dss of Brabant]

Oct.8  Luxembourg: GD Henri attends the inauguration ceremony of the Airbus A400M Atlas (the 1st Luxembourg military aircraft since 1968, jointly managed with the Belgian army & will be based in Melsbroek, Belgium) @ a Cargolux Hangar

Oct.8  Luxembourg: HGD Guillaume & HGDss Stephanie give a televised interview to ‘De Magazin’ of RTL @ Fischbach Castle [with attendance from: Pr.Charles]

Oct.8  Luxembourg: HGDss Stephanie participates in a “Midi de l’Art” organized by the Amis des Musees Association @ the MUDAM Contemporary Art Museum

Oct.8  UK: Camilla Dss of Cornwall visits the Royal Voluntary Service lunch club (visits the Royal Voluntary Service’s Lunch Club) @ Mill End Community Centre, Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

Oct.8  UK: Pr.Edward Earl of Wessex holds a Meeting with Mr. Stephen Moss (Chairman of London Youth) & Mrs. Rosemary Watt-Wyness (Chief Executive) via video link

Oct.8  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal visits the Newbury Group on the occasion of their 25th Anniversary @ Wyld Court Stud, Hampstead Norrys, Thatcham, Berkshire

Oct.8  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal opens the new King’s Gate Primary School @ Amesbury, Wiltshire

Oct.8  UK: Birgitte Dss of Gloucester holds a Meeting with Ms. Rena Lalgie (Governor designate of Bermuda) via telephone

Oct.8  UK: Pr.Edward Dk of Kent holds a Meeting with Professor Gaoqing Max Lu (President + Vice Chancellor of the University of Surrey), Mr. Michael Queen (Chairman of Council), & Mr. Patrick Degg (Vice President of External Engagement) via video link

Oct.8  Spain: Q.Letizia attends the Annual Meeting of the Board of the Student Residence @ the Student’s Residence, Madrid

Oct.8  Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf, Q.Silvia & CPss Victoria attend a Meeting with representatives from the Crime Prevention Council (Bra) @ the Royal Palace, Stockholm

Oct.8  Sweden: K.Carl XVI Gustaf & Q.Silvia attend the Global Child Forum Digital Action Lab

Oct.8  Sweden: CPss Victoria attends the inauguration of a sculpture by Astrid Lindgren @ Astrid Lindgren’s Children’s Hospital

Oct.8  Sweden: CPss Victoria & Pr.Daniel attend a preview of the new exhibition “Giacometti – face to face” @ the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm

Oct.8  Norway: CP Haakon holds an audience with the Minister of Foreign Affairs [with attendance from: Q.Sonja]

Oct.8  Norway: CP Haakon holds a formal audience with the new Ambassador of Estonia (HE Mr. Lauri Bambus)

Oct.8  Norway: CP Haakon holds a formal audience with the new Ambassador of Spain (HE Mr. Jose Ramon Garcia Hernandez)





FRIDAY

Oct.2-9: Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.3-9: Sukkot / Feast of Booths / Commemoration of the 40-Year Wandering of the Israelites in the Desert on the Way to the Promised Land {Judaism}

Oct.9: Sukkot ends @ sundown (Judaism; Israel)

Oct.9: Hoshana Rabbah /Sukkot Day 7 (Judaism; Israel)

Oct.9-11: Shmini Atzeret / 8th Day of the Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.9: Feast Day of the Holy Apostle James, Son of Alphaeus (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

Oct.9: Feast Day of Saint Tikhon of Moscow (Eastern Orthodox Christianity)

Oct.9: Feast Day of Saint Denis (Dionysius) + Companions (Roman Catholic)

Oct.9: World Post Day

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.9  USA: Fire Prevention Day 

Oct.9  USA: National Leif Erikson Day 

Oct.9  USA: Anniversary of the Opening of the Washington Monument {1888} 

Oct.9  USA: National Chess Day 

Oct.9  USA: National Family Bowling Day 

Oct.9  USA: National Nanotechnology Day 

Oct.9  France: Pr.Jean of Orleans Ct of Paris & Pss Philomena of Orleans Ctss of Paris share 2 new photos of Pss Jacinthe of Orleans to celebrate her 2nd Birthday, taken with their family dog Leonora

Oct.9  France: 2nd Birthday of Princess Jacinthe of Orleans   {2018}

Oct.9  Japan: E.Naruhito & Emprss Masako attend a briefing session by the Bank of Japan Governor (Haruhiko Kuroda) on the pandemic’s economic + financial impact & the bank’s response @ the Imperial Residence, the Akasaka Estate, Minato Ward, Tokyo

Oct.9  Bahrain: 52nd Wedding Anniversary of King Hamad II bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain & Shaikha Sabika/Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1968}

Oct.9  Morocco: K.Mohammed VI gives a speech addressed to Parliament on the occasion of the opening of the 1st Session of the 5th Legislative Year of the 10th Legislature @ the Royal Palace, Rabat

Oct.9  Monaco: Pr.Albert II visits Bosnia + Herzegovina [attends a ceremony receiving the keys to the City of Sarajevo & Honorary Citizenship @ the Town Hall, Sarajevo; visits the Old City of Sarajevo (the Ottoman quarter of Bascarsija) @ Sarajevo (visits the Kazandziluk Bazaar; visits the Craftsmen’s Street of Saraci; visits the Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque of Bosnia + Herzegovina; visits the former Sephardic Synagogue {now the Jewish Museum of Bosnia + Herzegovina}; & visits the Orthodox Church of St. Michael + St. Gabriel)]

Oct.9  Monaco: Pr.Albert II visits the communes of Roquebilliere & Saint-Martin-Vesubie [departs via helicopter @ Monaco Heliport]

Oct.9  Netherlands: 13th Birthday of  Magali van Vollenhoven   {2007} 

Oct.9  Belgium: K.Philippe meets with Pss Delphine for the first time @ Chateau de Laeken, Brussels

Oct.9  Luxembourg: GD Henri attends the harvest in the vineyards of the “Wormer Koeppchen” @ the Moselle Valley

Oct.9  UK: Pss Anne Pss Royal visits the Isle of Wight [visits the renovated training facilities of the UK Sailing Academy in Arctic Road @ Cowes; visits the Help Advice Centre @ County Hall, Newport; & opens the Island Riding Centre @ Newport]

Oct.9  UK: 85th Birthday of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, Baron Downpatrick   {1935}

Oct.9  UK: 13th Birthday of Lola Parker Bowles   {2007} 

Oct.9  Spain: Day of the Valencian Community in Valencia, Spain

Oct.9  Spain: K.Felipe VI attends the awards ceremony of the 1st edition of the Barcelona New Economy Week-Bnew @ France Station, Barcelona

Oct.9  Spain: K.Felipe VI visits the 3D Printing Companies Incubator & the Dfactory @ the Free Zone, Barcelona

Oct.9  Spain: 77th Birthday of Dr. Carlos Zurita y Delgado, Duke of Hernani + Soria, Grandee of Spain   {1943} 

Oct.9  Norway: K.Harald V undergoes heart surgery (a valve replacement) @ Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo

Oct.9  Norway: CP Haakon presides over the Council of State @ the Royal Palace, Oslo

Oct.9  Norway: CP Haakon holds a farewell audience with the Ambassador of Japan (HE Mr. Masahiro Tauchi)

Oct.9  Norway: CP Haakon holds an audience with representatives of Vernepliktsradet 

Oct.9  Denmark: Q.Margrethe II presents the Queen Ingrid’s Researcher Award & HM the Queen’s Special Research Scholarship @ Christian IX’s Palace, Amalienborg, Copenhagen

Oct.9  Denmark: CP Frederik attends the Schools Exercise Day on the occasion of Danish School Sport Day 2020 @ Niva School, Niva, North Zealand



SATURDAY

Oct.9-11: Shmini Atzeret / 8th Day of the Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.10: Shmini Atzeret / Shemini Atzeret / The 8th Day of Assembly (Judaism; Israel, etc.)

Oct.10-11: Simchat Torah / Beginning of the Annual Torah Reading Cycle {Judaism}

Oct.10: Feast Day of Saint Francis Borgia (Roman Catholic)

Oct.10: World Mental Health Day

Oct.10: International Newspaper Carrier Day

Oct.10: Universal Music Day

Oct.10: World Day Against the Death Penalty

Oct.10: World Homeless Day

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.10  USA: Naval Academy Day 

Oct.10  USA: National Motorcycle Ride Day 

Oct.10  USA: Motorsports Memorial Day 

Oct.10  Taiwan: Double Ten Day / Foundation Day / National Day (1911)

Oct.10  Bulgaria: 23rd Birthday of Prince Boris Turnovski of Bulgaria   {1997}

Oct.10  Monaco/Georgia: Pss Charlene of Monaco attends a gala dinner hosted by the Charity Foundation AI IA @ Tbilisi, Georgia [with attendance from: Pr.Juan Bagration-Mukhrani & Pss Kristine Bagration-Mukhrani]

Oct.10  Netherlands/Curacao: Curacao Day in Curacao

Oct.10  Belgium: Q.Mathilde gives a speech on the theme ‘Mental health is everyone’s business’ as part of the Grand Rendez-vous de la Sante Mental organized by WHO on the occasion of World Mental Health Day

Oct.10  UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales receives Fijian representatives from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, to mark the 50th Anniversary of Fijian Independence

Oct.10  UK: Pr.Charles Pr of Wales receives Lieutenant Colonel Graham Sefton (Commanding Officer of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland)




SUNDAY

Oct.9-11: Shmini Atzeret / 8th Day of the Feast of Tabernacles {Judaism}

Oct.10-11: Simchat Torah / Beginning of the Annual Torah Reading Cycle {Judaism}

Oct.11: Simchat Torah / Rejoicing in the Torah / Celebration of the Conclusion of the Public Reading of the Pentateuch & its Beginning Anew (Judaism; Israel, etc.)

Oct.11: Feast Day of Pope Saint John XXIII (Roman Catholic)

Oct.11: Feast Day of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Tridentine Roman Catholic)

Oct.11: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council (Eastern Orthodox Christian)

Oct.11: International Day of the Girl Child

Oct.11: World Obesity Day

Oct.11: Clergy & Pastor Appreciation Day

Sep.15-Oct.15  USA: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct.11  USA: General Pulaski Memorial Day 

Oct.11  USA: Father-Daughter Day 

Oct.11  USA: National Food Truck Day 

Oct.11  USA: Southern Food Heritage Day 

Oct.11  USA: Wedding Anniversary of President Bill Clinton & Hillary Rodham Clinton (1975) 

Oct.11  Lithuania: The Lithuanian Parliamentary Election 

Oct.11  France: Pss Helene of Orleans attends the 175th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of the Sidi-Brahim Battle @ the Column of the Hunters of Orleans, the Helfaut Plateau, St. Omer

Oct.11  Germany: Grandparents’ Day 

Oct.11  Jordan: 57th Birthday of Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan   {1963}

Oct.11  Qatar: Emir/Shkh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receives members of the US Congress delegation @ the Amiri Diwan Office

Oct.11  Monaco: Pr.Albert II attends the Men’s Final @ Roland Garros, France

Oct.11  Netherlands: 51st Birthday of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg   {1969}

Oct.11  Belgium/Austria: 25th Birthday of Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Bohemia + Croatia, Princess of Modena   {1995}

Oct.11  Belgium: Pr.Laurent attends the appointment of Father Benoit Lobet as Dean of Brussels-Center & Parish Priest of the Cathedral of Saints Michael + Gudula @ the Cathedral of Saints Michael + Gudula, Brussels

Oct.11  UK: Pr.Harry of Wales Dk of Sussex & Meghan Dss of Sussex speak with activist Malala Yousafzai to mark International Day of The Girl 2020, via video chat

Oct.11  Norway: CP Haakon attends the celebratory church service in honour of the new Bishop of the Church of Norway @ Nidaros Cathedral

Oct.11  Denmark: Pss Beneditke attends the Memorial Service & Wreath-Laying on the occasion of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Denmark’s Liberation @ Spentrup Church + Hvidsten Kro, Spentrup

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