Saturday, January 21, 2012

January 21, 2012

Feast of Saint Agnes  (Christianity)


Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia  (Roman Catholic/Dominican Republic)


Flag Day  (Quebec, Canada)



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Max-Emanuel of Bavaria, Duke in Bavaria   {1937} (brother of Prince Franz of Bavaria, The Duke of Bavaria)


Hereditary Prince Boris of Montenegro   {1980} (son of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro)


Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway   {2004} [daughter of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (son of King Harald V of Norway)]



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia & Princess Sophie of Isenburg   {2011}





ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria & Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela  {1962} [religious]





Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg & Angela Brown   {2000} [civil]


ROYAL CHRISTENING

Prince Christian of Denmark, Count of Monpezat   {2006} [son of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)]













ROYAL OATH-TAKING ANNIVERSARY

King Harald V of Norway   {1991}





HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1793   After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, King Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.




HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1338   King Charles V "the Wise" of France (d.1380)

1829   King Oscar II of Sweden, King of Norway (1872-1905) (d.1907)




DEATHS

917   Erchanger, Duke of Swabia

1118   Pope Paschal II


1774   Sultan Mustafa III of the Ottoman Empire


1793   King Louis XVI of France


1919   Emperor Gojong [Gwangmu] of Korea


1991   Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess of Hohenzollern, Archduchess of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Bohemia + Croatia, Princess of Tuscany

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