April 28, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Lady Helen Taylor   {1964} [daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov of Russia, The Tsarevitch of Russia & Princess Marie of Hesse + by Rhine   {1841}

King Bhumibol Adulyadej {Rama IX} of Thailand & Sirikit Kitiyakara  {1950}

April 27, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, Prince of Orange-Nassau   {1967} (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Hussain Aga Khan & Kristin White   {2006}

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Albany & Princess Helena of Waldeck + Pyrmont   {1882}

King Zog I of Albania [Skanderberg III of the Albanians] & Countess Geraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony   {1938}

April 26, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Philippos of Greece + Denmark   {1986} (son of King Constantine II of Greece)

Prince Mirko Panagyurishtski of Bulgaria   {1995} [son of Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)]


ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince Christian of Denmark (future King Christian X of Denmark + Iceland) & Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin   {1898}

The Prince Albert "Bertie", Duke of York & Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon   {1923}

DEATHS

1943   Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught + Strathearn (Prince Alastair of Connaught + Strathearn 1914-1917; Earl of Macduff 1917-1942)

1994   Queen consort Zein al-Sharaf Talal of Jordan

April 25, 2012

ANZAC Day  (Australia + New Zealand)

Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist  (Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Coptic Orthodox)

Administrative Professionals' Day  (USA)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Muna al-Hussein of Jordan   (born Antoinette "Toni" Avril Gardiner) {1941} (mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

Prince Luis Alfonso/Louis Alphonse of Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, Dauphin of France, Duke of Touraine, Duke of Bourbon   {1974}

CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

King Mswati III of Swaziland   {1986}

April 24, 2012

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan   {1983} (half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Croatia, etc., King of Lombardy + Venice, Archduke of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany + Krakow, Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Modena, Parma, Piacenza + Teschen, Grand Prince of Transylvania, Princely Count of Habsburg, Prince of Trent, Lord of Trieste, etc. & Duchess Elisabeth "Sisi" in Bavaria   {1854}

Princess Sophie/Sofia of Greece + Denmark, Princess Christoph of Hesse & Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover, Prince of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg   [religious] {1946}

Princess Alexandra of Kent & The Hon. Angus Ogilvy   {1963}

Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg (after marriage: Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau, Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg) & Mabel Los Wisse Smit   {2004}

Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar & Sheikha Al-Maha bint Salem Al-Rumul Al-Mannai   {2008}


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (technically Princess Louise of Wessex)   {2004} [daughter of The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]