Wednesday, November 16, 2011

November 16

Feast of Saint Margaret of Scotland [aka Margaret of Wessex/Queen Margaret of Scotland(Roman Catholic calendar post 1970; Anglican)



Feast of Saint Gertrude "the Great" [aka St. Gertrude of Helfta]  (Roman Catholic)



International Day for Tolerance


Day of Declaration of Sovereignty in Estonia  (1989)


Day of Repentance & Prayer  (Protestant churches including Lutheran & Reformed/Calvinist; a school holiday in Saxony & Bavaria, Germany)


Icelandic Language Day in Iceland



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince William of Wales & Catherine "Kate" Middleton   {2010}






































HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1532   Francisco Pizzaro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

42 BC   Tiberius Julius Caesar, 2nd Emperor of the Roman Empire (d.37 AD)


1436   Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d.1521)


1836   King Kalakaua of Hawai'i, "The Merry Monarch" (d.1891)



DEATHS

1093   Queen Saint Margaret of Scotland

1272   King Henry III of England

1328   Prince Hisaaki of Japan (son of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan)

1797   King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg


1878   Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b.1874) [granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland]


1907   Roberto I, Duke of Parma


1977   Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois

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