October 16, 2014 :: Part I

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Abbas Hilmi bin Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim bin Khedive Abbas Hilmi Bey   {1941} (Ottoman Empire/Turkey)

Princess Cristina of Orleans-Braganza   {1950}

Archduke Philipp of Austria   {1962}

Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto   {1968}

Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai   {1987}

Cayetana Rivera y Martinez de Irujo   {1999} (Alba)

Princess Kritika of Nepal   {2003}

Andrea Knecht   {2008} (Monaco)

ROYAL WEDDINGS

Henri III, King of Navarre, King of France (as Henri IV), Duke of Vendome, Count de Fix, d’Armagnac, de Perigord, de Rouergue, de Bigorre, de Marle + di Conversano & Maria de Medici of Tuscany   {1600} in Florence, Italy [PROXY]

Prince Wilhelm of Baden & Duchess Elisabeth of Wurttemberg   {1830} in Stuttgart, Germany

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg & Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe   {1841} in Buckeburg, Germany [divorced 1848]

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria & Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies   {1862} [PROXY] in Rome, Italy

April 21, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms + Territories, Queen + Head of the Commonwealth Realms of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent + the Grenadines, Antigua + Barbuda, Belize, Saint Kitss + Nevis, & Fiji, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Mann, Defender of the Faith    {1926}

Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat   {2007} [daughter of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Katherine of Greece + Denmark & Major Richard Campbell Brandram   {1947}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Lucas van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven   {2003} [son of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

April 13, 2012

Passover  (Judaism)

Holy + Great Friday / Great Friday  (Eastern/Orthodox/Byzantine Christianity, Greek-Catholic)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Isabel Guillermo   {2009} [daughter of Bernardo Guillermo (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

March 25, 2012

World Day for the Remembrance of Victims of Slavery + the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary  (Eastern + Western Christianity: Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran) / "Lady Day"  (England, Wales, Ireland) / "Waffle Day" (Sweden)

European 'Summer time' begins

Freedom Day in Belarus

Revolution Day in Greece  (1821)

Maryland Day  (Maryland, USA)

Mother's Day in Slovenia

Struggle for Human Rights Day in Slovakia

Tolkein Reading Day

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Philipp von Lattorff   {1968} [husband of Princess Tatjana of Liechtenstein (daughter of Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein)

Prince Afonso of Portugal, Prince of Beira, Duke of Barcelos   {1996} (son of Prince Duarte Pio of Portugal, Prince Royal of Portugal, Duke of Braganza)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

March 17, 2012

Feast of Saint Patrick / St. Patrick's Day  (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, & Lutheran; Ireland, Northern Ireland, Canada, Montserrat, Great Britain, USA, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, & Switzerland)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Abdul Muntaqim of Brunei   {2007} [son of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei (son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

180   Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.

455   Petronius Maximus, with support of the Roman Senate, becomes emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

1337   Edward of Woodstock "the Black Prince", Earl of Chester (son of King Edward III of England & father of the future King Richard II of England) is made Duke of Cornwall, the first duchy in England.

1805   The Italian Republic, with Emperor Napoleon I of the French as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.

1861   The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) is proclaimed.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1231   Emperor Shijo of Japan (d.1242)

1473   King James IV of Scotland, King of Scots (d.1513)

1886   Princess Victoria Patricia "Patsy" of Connaught (1886-1919), Lady Patricia Ramsay (1919-1974) (d.1974)

DEATHS

180   Emperor Marcus Aurelius of the Roman Empire

1040   King Harold I Harefoot of England

1058   King Lulach I "the Unfortunate/the Simple-minded/the Foolish" of Scotland, King of Scots, King of Alba

1272   Emperor Go-Saga of Japan

1516   Guiliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, ruler of Florence

1849   King Willem II of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Limburg

March 12, 2012

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden's Name Day  (Sweden)

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})]

                                                          (pictured a few years ago, walking in between his parents)

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}