September 23

Welcome Fall!

Autumnal Equinox 

Feast of Saint Padre Pio  (Roman Catholic)

National Day in Saudi Arabia

Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople + Eastern Orthodox Churches (b/c of the birth of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus on September 23, 65 BC)


ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Azrinaz Mazhar binti Hakim Mazhar  {1979} (ex-wife of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei)

Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain   {1989} (son of Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia & Neil Balfour   {1969} (divorced 1978)


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Anastasia "Anna" van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven   {2001} [daughter of Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

September 22

September 22

Independence Day in Mali  (1960)

Independence Day in Bulgaria  (1908)

American Business Women's Day

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Captain Mark Phillips   {1948} [ex-husband of The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland)]

Princess Martha Louise of Norway   {1971} (daughter of King Harald V of Norway)

Hon. Albert Windsor   {2007} [son of Lord Nicholas Windsor (son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent {1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland})]

                                                    (shown in gray suit in the arms of his father)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia & Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (prior to the wedding, he converted to the Orthodox faith & took the name Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia)   {1976} [religious] (separated 1982; divorced June 19, 1985)

Princess Astrid of Belgium & Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary   {1984}

Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno & Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn   {2001} [religious] (filed for divorce Aug. 13, 2004; divorced Nov. 8, 2006)

September 21

September 21

International Day of Peace

Independence Day in Armenia  (1991)

Independence Day in Belize  (1981)

Independence Day in Malta  (1964)

World Alzheimer's Day (Alzheimer's Association)

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Noah of Nassau   {2007} [son of Prince Louis of Luxembourg (son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg & grandson of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg)]

                                                        (shown here with blonde hair & blue pants on his mother's lap)



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia/Serbia & Katherine Batis   {1985} [religious]

Crown Princess Margarita of Romania & Radu Duda   {1996}

DEATH

King Haakon VII of Norway   {1957}

September 20

September 20

Feast of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon and Korean Martyrs (Roman Catholic)

Prinsjesdag (Netherlands)

ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden + Norway, Duke of Varmland & Princess Viktoria of Baden   {1881} (after marriage her name was spelled as 'Victoria')

                                                         (photo not from their wedding)




ROYAL CHRISTENING

Pieter Anton van Vollenhoven   {2009} [son of Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)] 

 

September 19

September 19

Feast of San Gennaro (St. Januarius)

 



ROYAL ENTHRONEMENT ANNIVERSARY

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   {1973}

ROYAL CHRISTENING

Princess Alexandra of Hanover   {1999} [daughter of Princess Caroline of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco (sister of Prince Albert II of Monaco)]

DEATH

Queen consort Marie Henriette of the Belgians   {1902}