Wednesday, March 21, 2012

March 21, 2012

World Poetry Day



World Down Syndrome Day



International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination



Birth of Benito Juarez Day  (Mexico)


World Puppetry Day


Harmony Day in Australia



Human Rights Day in South Africa




Independence Day in Namibia  (1990)


Mother's Day  (most of the Arab World: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Israeli Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen, Iraq)



Truant's Day in Poland




Youth Day in Tunisia


ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg   {2004} [son of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]



ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland & John Campbell, Earl of Campbell, Marquess of Lorne   {1871}




Crown Prince Olav of Norway  & Princess Martha of Sweden   {1929}




King Mohammed VI of Morocco & Salma Bennani   {2002}






HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1152   Annulment of the marriage of King Louis VII of France and Queen consort Eleanor of France, Duchess of Aquitaine.

1188   Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan as Emperor.


1413   Henry  V becomes King of England.


1800   With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mache.


1935   Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran, which means 'Land of the  Aryans'.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1521   Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (d.1553)


1801   Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, Queen consort of Sardinia (d.1855)



DEATHS

1063   Blessed Richeza/Richenza/Rixa/Ryksa of Lotharingia, Queen consort of Poland


1076   Robert I "the Old", Duke of Burgundy

1306   Robert II, Duke of Burgundy

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