April 3

April 3

Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday in the season of Lent)

Mothering Sunday (UK & Ireland)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Princess Clotilde of Savoy, Princess of Venice & Piedmont   {1969}

Princess Noor Pahlavi of Iran   {1992}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1043   Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1151   Igor Svyatoslavich, Kievan Rus' prince (d.1202)
1367   King Henry IV of England (d.1413)
1643   Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (d.1690)
1893   Princess Maud of Fife, Countess of Southesk (d.1945)

DEATHS

963   William III, Duke of Aquitaine
1287   Pope Honorius IV
1350   Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy
1680   Shivaji, founder of theMaratha Empire, India

April 2

April 2

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand   {1955}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1930   After the mysterious death of Empress Zweditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

742   Charelmagne (d.814)

1545   Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of King Felipe II of Spain (d.1568)
1653   Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Queen Anne of England (d.1708)


DEATHS

1118   Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem
1271   Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor
1335   Duke Jindrich (Henry) of Carinthia
1502   Prince Arthur Tudor, son of King Henry VII of England
1657   Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
2005   Pope John Paul II

April Fools!

April 1

is April Fools Day!

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Nicholas of Romania   {1985}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

286   Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus & gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.
325   Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
527   Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler & successor to the throne.
1947   Paul becomes King of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTH

1220   Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d.1272)


DEATHS

1085   Emperor Shenzong of China
1204   Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of King Richard I of England & King John of England

1205   King Amalric II of Jerusalem
1922   Emperor Karl I of Austria

1947   King George II of Greece

1993   The Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona, son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and father of current King Juan Carlos I of Spain

April

APRIL

...is finally here. 

Season:  Spring (northern hemisphere)

Astrological signs:  Aries & Taurus

Flowers:  Daisy, Sweet Pea

Birthstones:  Diamond, White Sapphire

Moon names:  Egg Moon, Grass Moon, Hare Moon
Holidays/Observances/Important Days: 
April Fools Day
Tax Day
Palm Sunday
Passover
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Earth Day
Easter Sunday
Arbor Day

March 31

March 31

Cesar Chavez Day (California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah & Wisconsin)

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

307   After divorcing his wife Minervina, Roman Emperor Constantine I marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.
1492   Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jeiwsh subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1959   The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India & is granted political asylum.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

250   Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d.306)
1360   Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal (d.1415)
1425   Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d.1468)
1499   Pope Pius IV (d.1565)
1519   King Henri II of France (d.1559)
1576   Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (d.1644)
1651   Karl II, Elector Palatine (d.1685)
1675   Pope Benedict XIV (d.1758)
1718   Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain (d.1781)
1723   King Frederik V of Denmark (d.1766)

DEATHS

1340   Ivan I of Russia, Prince of Moscow
1547   Francis I of France
1567   Philipp I of Hesse
1621   King Felipe II of Spain
1671   Anne Hyde, Duchess of York & wife of King James II of England

March 30

March 30

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta & Donna Silvia Paterno di Spedalotto   1987


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1296   Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during an armed conflict between Scotland & England.
1863   Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1326   Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muskovy (d.1359)
1432   Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d.1481)


DEATHS

1806   Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, English duchess

1830   Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden
2002   Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

March 29

March 29

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan   {1980}

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1461   War of the Roses:  Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
1792   King Gustaf III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier.  He is succeeded by Gustaf IV Adolf.
1809   King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'etat.
1867   Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1871   The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1982   The Canada Act 1982 (UK) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada  to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1746   Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte (d.1785)
1816   Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama (d.1847)


DEATHS

1058   Pope Stephen IX
1368   Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan
1792   King Gustaf III of Sweden

1956   Infante Alfonso of Spain (b.1941)