Tuesday, May 31, 2011

May 25

May 25

Jordan's National Day (Independence from the United Kingdom in 1946)






ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Emir of Fujairah in the UAE   {1948}

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Princess of Oranje-Nassau   {1966} [wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]

Samuel van Vollenhoven   {2004} [son of Prince Bernhard of Oranje-Nassau (nephew of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)]




ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Princess Birgitta of Sweden & Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern   {1961} [civil]

King Hussein of Jordan & Antoinette Avril "Toni" Gardner   {1961}




HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1085   King Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
1521   The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1946   The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1048   Emperor Shenzong of Song China (d.1085)

1334   Emperor Suko, Japanese pretender (d.1398)
1458   Sultan Mahmud Begada of Gujarat (d.1511)
1846   Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter of Queen Victoria) (d.1923)

1912   Princess Deokhye of Korea (d.1989)
 (pictured here with her husband)


DEATHS

615   Pope Saint Boniface IV

967   Emperor Murakami of Japan

992   Mieszko I, first lord & knight of Poland, Duke of Poland, King of Wends

1085   Pope Gregory VII
1261   Pope Alexander IV
1555   King Henry II of Navarre

1786   King-Consort Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal
1983   King Idris I of Libya

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