Wednesday, July 13, 2011

July 11

July 11

Feast Day of Saint Benedict of Nursia (Roman Catholic Church & Anglican Church)



ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Prince Kyril of Bulgaria, Prince of Preslav, Duke of Saxony   {1964} (son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria)



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain & Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (formerly known as Prince Philip of Greece + Denmark)   {1947}

















ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Prince William Henry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland, Duke of Clarence + St.Andrews, King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick + Luneburg & Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen   {1818}

Crown Prince Kardam of Bulgaria, Prince of Turnovo, Duke of Saxony & Miriam de Ungria y Lopez   {1996}







HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

472   After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in the Old St.Peter's Basilica and put to death.

911   Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III "the Simple" of France and Rollo/Robert I, Duke of Normandy.

1346   Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

1957   Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1272   Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland [as Robert I] (d.1329)

1366   Anne of Bohemia, Queen consort of England (d.1394)

1657   King Friedrich I of Prussia, Elector [as the III] of Brandenburg (d.1713)

1662   Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Duke of Luxembourg (d.1726)

1751   Princess Caroline Matilda of Wales, Queen consort of Denmark + Norway (d.1775)

1866   Princess Irene of Hesse + by Rhine, Princess of Prussia (d.1953)



DEATHS

472   Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
937   King Rudolph II of Burgundy
969   Princess [& Saint] Olga of Kiev

1174   King Amalric I of Jerusalem
1183   Otto I "the Redhead" of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

1302   Robert II, Count of Artois
1535   Elector Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg

1688   King Narai of Siam
1766   Elizabeth Farnese, Queen consort of Spain [as Isabel]

1920   Empress consort Eugenie of France

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