Friday, February 10, 2012

February 10, 2012

Feast of Saint Paul the Apostle's Shipwreck in Malta  (Roman Catholic/Malta)



ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi, Emir of Ras al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)   {1956}



ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ANNIVERSARY

The Prince Charles of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Northern Ireland, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince + Great Steward of Scotland & Camilla Shand Parker Bowles   {2005}









ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland & Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg + Gotha, Duke of Saxony   {1840}









Princess Alice of Albany & Prince Alexander of Teck   {1904}



Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand & Srirasmi Akharaphongpreecha   {2001}




HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

1306   In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce {future King of Scots} murders John III Comyn "the Red", Lord of Badenoch, his leading political rival, sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence.

1567   An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland.  The 2nd husband of Queen Mary I of Scots {Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany, Lord Darnley} is found strangled , in what many believe to be an assassination.


1798   Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on Feb.15 and then on Feb.20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner.



HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1606   Princess Christine Marie of France, Duchess of Savoy (d.1663)


1868   Prince Waldemar of Prussia (d.1879)



DEATHS

1126   Guilhem/Guillaume IX "the Troubador", Duke of Aquitaine + Gascony, Count of Poitou [as the VII]

1162   King Baldwin III of Jerusalem

1242   Emperor Shijo of Japan


1280   Margaret II {"of Constantinople"}, Countess of Flanders (1244-1278), Countess of Hainaut (1244-1253; 1257-1280)


1645   Duchess Dorothea Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg


1829   Pope Leo XII


1918   Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire


1939   Pope Pius XI

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