May 17, 2013

Constitution Day / National Day in Norway

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands   {1971}

Prince Muhammad Yunes Pahlavi of Iran   {1977}

Prince Ra’ad bin Zeid of Iraq   {2001}

Prince Mulay ‘Abdu’llah bin Ismail of Morocco   {2010}

ROYAL + ARISTOCRATIC WEDDINGS 

Lady Elizabeth Sarah Spencer & Neil Edmund McCorquodale   {1980}

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands & Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst   {2001} [CIVIL]

Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus of Hesse & Countess Floria-Franziska of Faber-Castell   {2003} [RELIGIOUS]

Peter Phillips & Autumn Kelly   {2008}

HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Prince Honore IV of Monaco (1795-1819), Duke of Valentinois   {1758}

Queen consort Caroline of the United Kingdom of Great Britain + Ireland (1820-1821), Queen consort of Hanover (1820-1821), Duchess consort of Brunswick-Luneburg, Princess of Brunswick, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel   {1768}

King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1885-1931/1941)   {1886}

Princess Alexandra, Princess Arthur of Connaught, 2nd Duchess of Fife   {1891}

DEATHS

1727   (Martha/Marta/Marfa Samuilovna Skavronska/Skavronskaya/Skowronska) Empress Catherine I of Russia, Empress + Autocrat of All the Russias (1725-1727), Tsaritsa consort of Russia (1712-1725) 

1829   Queen consort Maria Josepha Amalia of Spain (1819-1829), Princess of Saxony

   

1889   Queen consort Marie of Bavaria (1848-1864), Princess of Prussia  

1951   Empress consort Sadako (Teimei) of Japan (1912-1926), Empress Dowager of Japan (1926-1951)