March 26, 2012

Independence Day + National Day in Bangladesh  (1971)

Prince Kuhio Day in Hawaii  (Hawaii, USA)

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Crown Princess Margarita of Romania   {1949} (daughter of King Michael I of Romania)

Crown Prince Leka II of Albania {King Leka II of the Albanians, as Pretender}   {1982}

Archduchess Gabriella of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Croatia + Bohemia   {1994} [daughter of Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg (daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg)]

Countess Emma Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg   {2005} [daughter of Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1027   Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1554   Charles of Lorraine/de Guise, Duke of Mayenne (d.1611)

1868   King Fuad I of Egypt + Sudan (d.1936)

1871   Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole Pi'ikoi of Hawaii (d.1922)

1876   Prince Wilhelm of Wied, Prince [as Vidi I] of Albania (1914) (d.1945)

DEATHS

1130   King Sigurd I Magnusson "the Crusader" of Norway, Earl of Orkney (1098-1103), King of Mann + the Isles (1102-1103)

1212   King Sancho I "the Populator" of Portugal + Silves

1780   Karl I, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg, Prince of Wolfenbuttel

1888   Sayyid Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar