Friday, March 30, 2012

March 30, 2012

ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg & Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti   {2001}





















ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta & Silvia Paterno di Spedalotto  {1987} [civil]




HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1282   The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, Sicily + Albania, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.


1296   King Edward I "Longshanks" of England sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during an armed conflict between Scotland and England.

1814   King Joachim/Gioacchino Murat of Naples issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.


1863   Prince Christian Wilhelm/Vilhelm Ferdinand Adolf Georg of Denmark is elected as King George/Georgios I of Greece {King of the Hellenes} {March 30 is the New Style date; Old Style date is March 18}.


1912   Sultan Abdelhafid of Morocco signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1326   Ivan II "the Fair", Grand Prince of Moscow, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d.1359)


1432   Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror" of the Ottoman Empire (d.1481)



DEATHS

365   Emperor Ai [Jin Aidi] of Jin China

1806   Georgian Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire


1830   Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden


1952   King Jigme Wangchuck of Bhutan

2002   The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Elizabeth - Queen Dowager + Queen Mother of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland

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