Thursday, January 5, 2012

January 4, 2012

Eleventh Day of Christmas  (Christianity)


Feast of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton  (Roman Catholic)


Independence Day in Myanmar/Burma  (1948)



ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Elizabeth Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills   {1989} [daughter of Princess Elena of Romania (daughter of King Michael of Romania)]


ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg & Alexander Johannsmann   {2010}



ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai   {2006}





HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

871   Battle of Reading:  King AEthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.

1490   Anne, Duchess of Brittany, announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime Lese-majesty.

1642   King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.

1649   English Civil War:  The Rump Parliament votes to put King Charles I of England on trial.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1077   Emperor Zhezong of Song China (d.1100)


1334   Amadeus VI "the Green Count", Count of Savoy (d.1383)

1913   Malietoa Tanumafili {Susuga} II, Ruler of Samoa (d.2007)



DEATHS

1248   King Sancho II "the Pious/the Caped" of Portugal


1428   Frederick IV/I "the Belligerent/the Warlike", Margrave of Meissen, Elector of Saxony

1825   King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies


1931   The Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, The Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife


2006   Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai


2011   Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi of Iran

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