February 11, 2012

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes  (Roman Catholic)

World Day of the Sick  (Roman Catholic)

Armed Forces Day in Liberia

Feast of Saint Blaise  (Eastern Orthodox; Greek Catholic)

National Foundation Day in Japan

National Inventors' Day  (USA)

National Youth Day in Cameroon

ROYAL BIRTHDAY

Princess Milena of Montenegro   {2008} [daughter of Hereditary Prince Boris of Montenegro (son of Crown Prince Nikola II of Montenegro)]

                                                            (shown here with her parents as a small baby, 2008)

Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal of Jordan   {1990} [daughter of Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan (brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan)]

HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

660 BC   Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

55   Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome.  This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.

244   Emperor Gordian III of the Roman Empire is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia).  A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.

1531   King Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.

1855  Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodoros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III {head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church} in a ceremony at the church of Dersage Maryam.

1873   King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.

1906   Pope Pius X published the encyclical Vehementer Nos.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1377   King Ladislao "the Magnanimous" of Naples, King of Jerusalem + Sicily, Count of Provence + Forcalquier, King of Hungary + Dalmatia (d.1414)

1466   Elizabeth of York, Queen consort of England {daughter of King Edward IV, sister of King Edward V, niece of King Richard III, wife of King Henry VII, mother of King Henry VIII, grandmother of Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I, & King Edward VI of England} (d.1503)

1535   Pope Gregory XIV (d.1591)

1920   King Farouk I of Egypt + Sudan (d.1965)

DEATHS

244   Emperor Gordian III of the Roman Empire

641   Emperor Heraclius of the Byzantine Empire

731   Pope Saint Gregory II

824   Pope Saint Paschal I

1503   Elizabeth of York, Queen consort of England {daughter of King Edward IV, sister of King Edward V, niece of King Richard III, wife of King Henry VII, mother of King Henry VIII, grandmother of Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I, & King Edward VI of England}

1713   Jahandar Shah, Mughal Emperor of India

1929   Prince Johannes/Johann II "the Good" of Liechtenstein