#ogilvy greece

[psambrakos]

Εντάξει, το τερματίσαμε! 12 χρόνια μετά την πρώτη της προβολή, στις 14 Φλεβάρη του 2013, η ταινία “Love in the end” παίζεται και πάλι στους κινηματογράφους! Και αφού πρώτα καθιερώθηκε να προβάλλεται από την τηλεόραση, κάθε τέτοια μέρα όλα αυτά τα χρόνια. Μπορεί σε κάποιους να μην άρεσε, κάποιους να μην τους αφορά, αλλά αυτή η ταινία κατάφερε να περάσει στην pop κουλτούρα και να είναι ένα από τα πιο πετυχημένα cases Branded Entertainment στην Ελλάδα αλλά και σε όλο τον κόσμο. Μέσα από αυτή την ταινία ταξίδεψα, έκανα φίλους και κάποιους μόνιμους συνεργάτες, αλλά πάνω από όλα έζησα την μαγεία του να βλέπω μαζί με εκατοντάδες κόσμου, ένα έργο μας στην μεγάλη οθόνη ή σε πανελλήνια προβολή ξανά και ξανά. Love in the end, apparently has no end. #Loveintheend #Lacta #Ogilvy 🍫❤️🎬

[aimeedaisies]

List of attendees to the service of Thanksgiving to the late King Constantine of Greece on 27th February 2024.

🇬🇧 Queen Camilla

🇬🇧 Princess Anne

🇬🇧 Sir Tim Laurence

🇬🇧 Princess Beatrice

🇬🇧 Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

🇬🇧 Zara Tindall

🇬🇧 Mike Tindall

🇬🇧 Lady Sarah Chatto

🇬🇧 Daniel Chatto

🇬🇧 Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester

🇬🇧 Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester

🇬🇧 Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent

🇬🇧 George, The Earl of St. Andrews

🇬🇧 Sylvana, The Countess of St. Andrews

🇬🇧 Lady Helen Taylor

🇬🇧 Prince Michael of Kent

🇬🇧 Princess Michael of Kent

🇬🇧 Princess Alexandra of Kent

🇬🇧 James Ogilvy

🇬🇧 Julia Ogilvy

🇬🇧 Marina Ogilvy

🇬🇧 George, The Marquess of Milford Haven

🇬🇧 Clare, The Marchioness of Milford Haven

🇬🇧 Penny, The Countess Mountbatten of Burma

🇬🇧 Lady Alexandra Hooper

🇬🇧 Thomas Hooper

🇬🇧 India Hicks

🇬🇧 David Flint Wood

🇬🇧 Amory Wood-Hicks

🇬🇧 Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

🇬🇧 Sarah Ferguson

🇬🇷 Queen Anne-Marie

🇬🇷 Crown Prince Pavlos

🇬🇷 Crown Princess Marie-Chantal

🇬🇷 Prince Achileas-Andreas

🇬🇷 Prince Odysseas-Kimon

🇬🇷 Prince Aristides-Stavros

🇬🇷 Princess Maria-Olympia

🇬🇷 Prince Nikolaos

🇬🇷 Princess Tatiana

🇬🇷 Prince Philippos

🇬🇷 Princess Nina

🇬🇷 Princess Theodora

🇬🇷 Matthew Kumar

🇬🇷 Princess Alexia

🇬🇷 Carlos Morales

🇬🇷 Princess Irene

🇪🇸 King Juan Carlos

🇪🇸 Queen Sofia

🇪🇸 King Felipe

🇪🇸 Queen Letizia

🇪🇸 Infanta Elena

🇪🇸 Infanta Cristina

🇪🇸 Juan Urdangarian

🇩🇰 Princess Benedikte

🇩🇰 Prince Gustav

🇩🇰 Princess Carina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

🇩🇰 Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

🇩🇰 Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

🇯🇴 Queen Noor of Jordan

🇯🇴 Prince Hassan

🇯🇴 Princess Sarvath of Jordan

🇧🇬 Prince Kyril of Bulgaria

🇷🇸 Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia

🇷🇸 Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

🇩🇪 Bernhard, Margrave of Baden

🇩🇪 Stephanie, Margravine of Baden

🇩🇪 Landgrave Donatus of Hesse

🇩🇪 Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover

🇩🇪 Princess Saskia of Hohenlohe-Langeburg

Other notable attendees

Nicholas Soames (Conservative politician)

Rocco Forte (British Hotelier)

Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness (Former member of the House of Lords)

Grania Mary Caulfield (wife of Baron Cavendish of Furness)

John Kerry (United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Lady Susan Hussey (Lady-in-Waiting)

Sir Jackie Stewart (Racecar Driver and good family friend)

Alexandra von Fürstenberg (American Socialite)

Dax Miller (Alexandra von Fürstenbergs husband)

[charlotte-of-wales]

Happy 87th birthday to Princess Alexandra!

Born on 25 December 1936, Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936) is the only surviving granddaughter of George V and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II through her father Prince George, Duke of Kent. Alexandra's mother was Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. At the time of her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2023, she is 57th.

On 24 April 1963, she married The Hon. Angus James Bruce Ogilvy, at Westminster Abbey. Angus Ogilvy declined the Queen's offer to be created an earl upon marriage, so their children carry no titles. Angus Ogilvy was knighted in 1988 (when Princess Alexandra assumed the style of The Hon. Lady Ogilvy).

Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy had two children, James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) and Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy (born 31 July 1966) and four grandchildren: Flora Ogilvy (29), Alexander Ogilvy (27), Zenouska Mowatt (33) and Christian Mowatt (30).

Beginning in the late 1950s, Princess Alexandra carried out an extensive programme of engagements in support of the Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Taking part in roughly 120 engagements each year, Princess Alexandra was one of the most active members of the royal family. She made 110 engagements in 2012. However, in late June 2013, she cancelled her engagements due to arthritis.

[greekroyalfamily]

66 years since the death of HI&RH Princess Helena of Greece and Denmark Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (29 January 1882 – 13 March 1957). Princess Helena was the only daughter and youngest child of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her husband was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and they were both first cousins of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. They had 3 children : 1)Princess Olga of Greece married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia; 2)Princess Elizabeth of Greece married Count Karl Theodor zu Toerring-Jettenbach, son of Duchess Sophie in Bavaria and scion of an old and rich Bavarian mediatized family; and 3)Princess Marina of Greece married the Prince George, Duke of Kent in November 1934.She was also first cousin of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen consort of Denmark and the grandmother of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy, and Prince Michael of Kent. Princess Elena became a widow early in 1938, as Prince Nicholas suffered a heart attack and died suddenly. She remained in Greece throughout the Second World War, dying there in 1957 and she is buried in the Royal Cemetery in Tatoi Royal Estate close Athens. #royal #royalty #royals#greekroyals#greekroyalfamily#danishroyals#danishroyalfamily#queenannemarie#crownprincessmariechantal#princessmariechantal#crownprincepavlos#princepavlos#kingconstantine#princessmarieolympia#princessolympia#princeconstantinealexios#princenikolaos#princesstatiana#princeachileasandreas#princeodysseaskimon#princearistidesstavros #princephilipos #princessnina #princesstheodora#queenofgreece #princessofgreece#princeofgreece #dukeofsparta#kingofgreece https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuKKvLoaa9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theroyalfanzine]

Attendees of King Charles III & Queen Camilla's Coronation

British Royal Family

The Prince of Wales

The Princess of Wales

Prince George of Wales *

Princess Charlotte of Wales

Prince Louis of Wales

The Duke of Sussex

The Duke of York

The Duke of Edinburgh

The Duchess of Edinburgh

The Princess Royal

Sir Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence

Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Mapple Mozzi

Mr. Eddo Mapple Mozzi

Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Brooksbank

Mr. Jack Brooksbank

The Earl of Wessex

The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor

Mr. Peter Philips

Mrs. Michael Tindall

Mr. Michael Tindall

The 2nd Earl Snowdon

The Viscount Linley

The Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones

The Lady Sarah Chatto

Mr. Daniel Chatto

Mr. Samuel Chatto

The Duke of Gloucester

The Duchess of Gloucester

The Duke of Kent

The Earl of Ulster

The Earl of St. Andrews

The Lady Davina Windsor

The Lady Rose Gilman

Lady Helen Taylor

Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy

Prince Michael of Kent

Princess Michael of Kent

Lord Frederick Windsor

Lady Gabriella Kingston

Mr. James Ogilvy

Ms. Marina Ogilvy

Penny, The Countess of Mountbatten of Burma

Mrs Sarah Troughton-Barclay**

Mr. Peter Barclay

Mr. Edward Tollemnache

Mrs. Sophie Tollemache

Master Ralph Tollemache**

Shand-Parker-Boweles Family

Mr. Tom Parker-Bowles

Mrs. Laura Lopes

Mr. Harry Lopes

Mr. Andrew Parker-Bowels

Miss Lola Parker Bowles**

Mr. Freddy Parker Bowles**

Miss Eliza Lopes**

Mister Louis Lopes**

Mister Gus Lopes**

Mrs. Anabelle Eliot

Mrs. Alice Irwin

Miss  Ayesha Shand

Mr. Benjamin Eliot

Mrs. Catherine "Katie" Eliot

Master Arthur Eliot**

**Prince George of Wales, Lord Oliver cholmondeley, Master Nicholas Barclay, Master Ralph Tollemache, Mr Gus Lopes, Mr Louis Lopes, Mr. Freddy Parker-Bowles, Master Arthur Eliot will serve as Pages of Honour during the ceremony, while Queen Camilla's teenage grandchildren will participate in the ceremony in a different way as well.

NON ROYAL DUKES, Earls and Marquis (All of whom have some coronation role)

The Marquess of Anglesey

The Duke of Westminster

The Earl of Caledon 

 The Earl of Dundee

The Duke of Norfolk

The Earl of Erroll

The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres

Baroness (Helena) Kennedy of The Shaws 

General Sir Patrick Sanders

The Duke of Wellington

The Rt. Reverend and Rt. Hon the Lord Chartres

Baroness (Elizabeth) Manningham-Buller

The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry

Baroness (Floella) Benjamin

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

The Marquess of Cholmondeley

The Marchioness of Cholmondeley

Lord Oliver cholmondeley**

Master Nicholas Barclay**

Reigning Royalty

DENMARK

Crown Prince Fredrik

Crown Princess Mary

THE NETHERLANDS

The King of The Netherlands

Queen of The Netherlands

The Princess of Oranje* ( Precoronation reception only, Source: https://www.royal-house.nl/latest/news/2023/04/17/coronation-of-king-charles-iii-and-queen-camilla)

Princess Beatrix *(Precoronatination reception only, Source: https://www.royal-house.nl/latest/news/2023/04/17/coronation-of-king-charles-iii-and-queen-camilla)

NORWAY

The Crown Prince of Norway

The Crown Princess of Norway

Sweden

The King of Sweden

The Crown Princess of Sweden

MONACO

The Sovereign Prince of Monaco

The Princess Consort of Monaco

JAPAN

The Crown Prince of Japan

The Crown Princess of Japan

SPAIN

The King of Spain

The Queen of Spain

The King Emerettius

The Queen Emeritia

LEICHTENSTEIN

The Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein

The Hereditary Princess of Lichtenstein

LUXEMBOURG

The Grand Duke of Luxembourg

The Grandduchess of Luxembourg

BAHRAIN

The Crown Prince of Bahrain

BRUNEI

The Sultan of Brunei

BELGIUM

The King of The Belgians

The Queen of Belgium

The Duchess of Brabant*

*reception only

JORDAN

The King of Jordan

The Queen of Jordan

BHUTAN

The King of Bhutan

The Queen of Bhutan

KUWAIT

The Crown Prince of Kuwait

LESOTHO

The King of Lestho

MALAYSIA

The King of Malaysia

The Queen of Malaysia

MOROCCO

The King of Morocco

OMAN

The Sultan of Oman

QATAR

The Emir of Qatar

TONGA

The King of Tonga

NON REIGNING ROYALS

GREECE

The Queen of Greece

The Crown Prince of Greece

The Crown Princess of Greece

GERMANY

The Hereditary Prince of Baden

BULGARIA

The King of Bulgaria

ROMANIA

The Custodian of The Crown of Romania

The Prince Consort of The Custodian of the Crown of Romania

YUGOSLAVIA

The Crown Prince of Yugoslavia

The Crown Princess of Yugoslavia

DUBAI

The Emir of Dubai

Other Dignitaries

USA

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden

Miss Finnegan Biden

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 4.24 (after 1930)

1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. 1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg. 1944 – World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece. 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. 1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. 1963 – Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. 1965 – Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch. 1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily". 1970 – China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. 1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. 1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis. 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. 1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. 1994 – A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive. 1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. 2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. 2006 – Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure 80. 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. 2011 – WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak. 2013 – A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others. 2013 – Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.

[brookston]

Holidays 3.10

Holidays

Buffy the Vampire Day

Common Sense Day

Denim Day for Dementia (UK)

Doctor’s Day (Venezuela)

Festival of Life in the Cracks

Harriet Tubman Day

Histotechnology Professionals Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria)

Hypatia’s Day (Women in Science)

International Bagpipe Day

International Be Nice to Jeremy Danner Day

International Day of Awesomeness

International Day of Women Judges

International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day

International Social Emotional Learning Day

International Wig Day

Jitterbug Day

Joyce Buckshot National Day

Kurdish Clothing Day

Landline Telephone Day

Mario Day

Men’s Day (Poland)

National Black Girl Day

National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers

National Drake Day

National Dry Shampoo Day

National Freelancers Day

National Peel Day

National Sending Day

National Skirt Day

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Paper Money Day (a.k.a. Dollar Bill Day)

Salvation Army Day

Székely Freedom Day (Romania)

Telephone Day

Theatre Day (Azerbaijan)

Tibetan Uprising Day

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign (Canisteo, New York)

Whoopsical Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Blueberry Popover Day

National Ranch Dressing Day

Pack Your Lunch Day

2nd Friday in March

Cookie Beer Day [2nd Friday]

International Grant Professionals Day [2nd Friday]

Middle Name Pride Day [Friday of Name Week]

National Preschooler’s Day [2nd Friday]

National Pajama Day (Belgium) [2nd Friday]

Solar Appreciation Day [2nd Friday]

SXSW Day (South by Southwest begins) [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Slavstria (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Apollonius of Tyana (Positivist; Saint)

Attala (Christian; Saint)

Benito Mussolini Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

The Daedala (Festival Honoring Hera and Zeus; Ancient Greece)

Droctovaeus (Christian; Saint)

Farvardigan begins (Ancient Persia, Zoroastrians) [10 Days]

Forty Martyrs of St. Sebaste (Christian; Martyrs)

Harriet Tubman (Lutheran)

Hote Matsuri (Shinto Fire Festival; Shiogama, Japan)

John Ogilvie (Christian; Saint)

Kessog of Scotland (a.k.a. Mackessog; Christian; Saint) [Scotland]

Liberalia (Ancient Rome)

Macarius of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (Christian; Saint)

Mi-Carême (Mid-Lent; Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin)

Pope Simplicius (Christian; Saint)

Shabbat Sarah (Sabbath of the Red Heifer; Judaism) [17 Adar]

Sojourner Truth (Lutheran)

Wooden Leg Polishing Day (Pastafarian)

Zoe (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [11 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [18 of 71]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Chuck Norris' birthday.)

Premieres

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Film; 1988)

Another Music in a Different Kitchen, by the Buzzcocks (Album; 1978)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series; 1997)

The Fighting Seabees (Film; 1944)

The Godfather, by Mario Puzo (Novel; 1969)

Good Times Bad Times, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1968)

How to Play Golf (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, by Aretha Franklin (Album; 1967)

Kong: Skull Island (Film; 2017)

The Little Princess (Film; 1939)

Muriel’s Wedding (Film; 1995)

Powers (TV Series; 2015)

Rainy Day Women #12 and 35, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1966)

Respect, by Otis Redding, as performed by Aretha Franklin (Song; 1967)

Return from Witch Mountain (Film; 1978)

Rocky Horror Picture Show (Broadway Musical; 1975)

65 (Film; 2023)

The Sound of Silence, recorded by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1964)

Space Invaders (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)

Sweet Bird of Youth, by Tennessee Williams (Play; 1959)

Tangled: The Series (Animated TV Series; 2017)

Wings of Honneamise (Anime Film; 1995)

Today’s Name Days

Emil, Gustav, John (Austria)

Galina (Bulgaria)

Emil, Krunoslav, Makarije (Croatia)

Viktorie (Czech Republic)

Edel (Denmark)

Helda, Helde, Heldi (Estonia)

Aura, Auri, Aurora (Finland)

Vivien (France)

Emil, Gustav, Märtyrer (Germany)

Ildikó (Hungary)

Emiliano, Eugenia, Gaio, Maria, Simplicio (Italy)

Adrians, Kira, Laimrota, Liliāna, Silvija (Latvia)

Butgailė, Emilis, Geraldas, Naubartas (Lithuania)

Edel, Edle (Norway)

Aleksander, Bożysław, Cyprian, Makary, Marceli, Porfirion (Poland)

Anecton, Ciprian, Codrat, Crescent, Dionisie, Pavel (Romania)

Branislav (Slovakia)

Eugenia, Macario, María (Spain)

Ada, Edla (Sweden)

Ann, Diodor, Hannah, Isidora (Ukraine)

Les, Lesley, Leslie, Lesly, Lester (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 69 of 2023; 296 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 10 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 19 (Ding-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 17 Adar 5783

Islamic: 17 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 8 Ver; Oneday [8 of 30]

Julian: 25 February 2023

Moon: 90%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 13 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Apollonius of Tyana]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 80 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 19 of 29)

[master-john-uk]

Born as Prince George of Wales at York Cottage, Sandringham in 1902, he was the youngest son of George V and Queen Mary and was fifth in line to the throne, behind his father (then the Prince of Wales) and his three brothers Edward (VIII), Albert (George VI) and Henry.

Prince George served with the Royal Navy during the 1920's, and then worked in the Foreign Office and the Home Office. (The only member of the Royal Family to have worked as a Civil Servant, I believe.) He later returned to the Royal Navy, and then served in the RAF.

He was created Duke of Kent, Earl of St Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick in 1934 ahead of his marriage to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. They had three children, which you may recognise today... Prince Edward (Duke of Kent), Princess Alexandra (The Hon. Lady Ogilvy) and Prince Michael of Kent.

His private life was rather colourful, to say the least. It is reported that he had several informal sexual relationships with both men and women, before and during his marriage. It is also alleged that he was addicted to morphine and cocaine, although there is only circumstantial evidence to support this rumour.

Prince George's death in 1942 remains somewhat of a mystery. Officially, the Duke of Kent and 14 others were flying in a Short Sunderland Flying Boat to Iceland on "non-operational duties", when the aircraft crashed into Eagle's Rock, a hillside near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. Unofficially, it is reported that the Duke of Kent had a briefcase chained to his wrist which was stuffed full of Swedish Krona banknotes. This cash would have been worthless in Iceland... therefore, it is speculated that they were actually on a secret military mission to Sweden. The reports of events immediately prior to the crash are also a little strange, but I won't go into that now... I have already bored you with a far too long commentary! [Personal note: I was once told by a reliable source that Prince George was one of the original members of The Brotherhood of the Night... a secret society started in the 1920's for "gentlemen who enjoy wild parties." The Brotherhood was disbanded in 1939, and all written records were destroyed. In 1956, The Fellowship of The Full Moon was established by six former members of The Brotherhood. I was invited to join The Fellowship in 1982, and I am now Vice-President. Only one founder member is still alive... and today our organisation raises a lot of money for numerous charities through social events.]

Prince George Duke of Kent

[thepompandcircumstance]

TRH Princess Marina and daughter Princess Alexandra of Kent as a bridesmaid.

[psambrakos]

ΚΑΙ ΠΑΛΙ ΕRΜΕΙΣ! #OgilvyErmis #ErmisAwards

[tiaramania]

Upcoming Tiaras for 2020

Three of my five tiaras to look forward to for 2019 didn’t end up happening so I’m sorry if I curse any of the following people or events.

Queen Margrethe 80th Birthday Celebrations 

This should be the biggest royal event of the year.  Her 70th birthday celebrations in April 2010 featured three tiara events with royals from all over the world.  I’m really counting on Daisy to pull out all the stops.

Duchess of Sussex’s First State Banquet

The timing hasn’t worked out for us to see the Duchess of Sussex attend her first state banquet yet so this year will be the first time we see her wear a tiara after her wedding.  I expect her to wear Queen Mary’s Diamond Bandeau Tiara.

Flora Ogilvy’s Wedding Tiara

Princess Alexandra of Kent’s granddaughter, Flora Ogilvy, is getting married to  Timothy Vesterberg.  My pick for her wedding tiara is the pearl version of the Ogilvy Tiara.

Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Tiara

Princess Beatrice of York is set to marry Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi this year.  I think she will wear the York Tiara but I have a list of other possible wedding tiaras here.

Some other possible tiaras 

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg’s 20th Jubilee will be in October.  I haven’t heard anything about the celebrations but it would be lovely if they had a tiara event with at least the extended Lux family.

We’re still waiting for Princess Elisabeth of Belgium’s first tiara appearance.  I don’t really expect it to happen until she’s finished with her schooling but it could happen earlier.

I’m not sure what’s going on with Princess Theodora of Greece’s wedding but if she does marry this year we’ll see her wearing the Khedive of Egypt Tiara.

Princess Raiyah of Jordan is also getting married this year but I think it’s unlikely that she will wear a tiara.

What tiara are you most looking forward to in 2020?

[livinglikebritishroyalty]

𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝐸𝒹𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒: Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick

♕ 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒: His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent

♕ 𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃: Wednesday, October 9th, 1935 at No. 3 Belgrave Square in London, England

♕ 𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈: His Royal Highness Prince George The Duke of Kent (Father) & Her Royal Highness Princess Marina Duchess of Kent (Mother)

♕ 𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Sister) & His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent (Brother)

♕ 𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒: Her Royal Highness Katherine The Duchess of Kent (M. 1961)

♕ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃: George Windsor Earl of St Andrews (Son), Lady Helen Taylor (Daughter), Lord Nicholas Windsor (Son), & Lord Patrick Windsor (Son: Stillborn on Wednesday, October 5th, 1977)

♕ 𝐸𝒹𝓊𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓸𝓃: Ludgrove (In Berkshire, England), Eton College (In Berkshire, England), Institut Le Rosey (In Rolle, Switzerland), The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (In Berkshire, England)

♕ 𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀: Interests: Armed Forces (Air Force, Allied Code-Breaking, Arms, Armour, Army, Artillery, Aviation, Blues and Royals, Children of Deployed Parents, Defense Studies, Fallen Soldiers, Lifeboat Services, Life Guards, Navigators, Navy, Pilots, Retired Service People, Security Studies, World War 1 & 2), Business (Business Leaders, Community Leaders, Investments, & Trade), Education (Electronics, Engineering, Chemistry, Global Aerospace, Heritage of Counties, Informational Technology, Science, & Vocational Training), Health (Apothecaries, Burn Treatment, Chest Illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Dentists, Doctors, Environmental Medicine, Heart Illness, Hospitals, Leukemia, Myalgic Encephalopathy, Occupational Medicine, Pharmacists, Plastic Surgery Treatment, Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome, Strokes, Surgical Research, & Veterinarians), Other (Agriculture, Conservation, Geography, & Railways/Trains), People (Boy Scouts, Civil Servants, Freemasons, Joint Cultures, Motor Safety, Polish People, Social Clubs, The Disabled, & Young People), Sports (Alpine Ski Racing, Bobsled, Cricket, Croquet, Falconry, Fishing, Golf, Hunting, Lawn Tennis, Race Car Driving, & Skiing), & The Arts (Art History, Broadcasters, Cloth-making, Dance, Journalism, Literature, Music, Opera Music, Photography, & Writers). Work: Associate Member of The International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain, Chancellor of The University of Surrey, Fellow of The Royal Society, Founding Member of The International Baccalaureate School, Freeman of The City of London, Freeman/Liveryman of The Honourable Company of Air Pilots, Freeman/Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Mercers, Gold Card Life Member of The The Children’s Charity Variety, Grand Master of The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Grand Master of The United Grand Lodge of England, Grand President of The Masonic Charitable Foundation, Honorary Chair of Gilwell Fellows, Honorary Doctor of Law of The University of Leeds, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy of London Metropolitan University, Honorary Fellow of The Charted Management Institute, Honorary Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Honorary Fellow of The The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Aeronautical Society, Honorary Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, Honorary Life Member of The Band of Brothers, Honorary Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, Honorary Liveryman/Assistant Emeritus of The Worshipful Company of Engineers, Honorary Member of Cambridge University’s Scientific Society, Honorary Member of The Guild of Motoring Writers Limited, Honorary Member of The Household Division Yacht Club, Honorary Member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Honorary Member of The Royal Automobile Club, Honorary Member of The Royal Photographic Society, Honorary Member of The Work Foundation, Honorary Membership of The Old Wellingtonian Lodge, Honorary Preses of The Royal Caledonian Hunt, Honorary President of The Airlander Club, Honorary President of The Royal Geographical Society, Honorary President of The Royal United Services Institute International, High Steward of The Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Joint Associate Member of The Lawn Tennis Association, Joint Patron of The Anglo-Jordanian Society, Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Salters, Master of The Lodge of Antiquity, Member of The Blue Seal Club, Member of The Countryside Alliance, Member of The Honourable Artillery Company, Member of The Mountbatten Medal Advisory Panel, Patron of Bal Polski, Patron of Bloodwise, Patron of Boundless by CSMA, Patron of Buck’s Club, Patron of The Canterbury Cathedral Trust, Patron of The Catalogue Raisonne of Works by Philip de Laszlo M.V.O. P.R.B.A. 1969-1937, Patron of Combined Cavalry Old Comrades, Patron of Endeavor National Youth Organization, Patron of Everyone Can!, Patron of St. Mungo’s, Patron of The Army Winter Sports Association, Patron of The Bartok Festival, Patron of The Bletchley Park Trust, Patron of The British Computer Society, Patron of The Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust, Patron of The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Association, Patron of The Edge Foundation, Patron of The Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research, Patron of The Gallantry Medallists’ League, Patron of The Hanover Band, Patron of The Institute of Advanced Motorists, Patron of The Institute of Export, Patron of The Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Birmingham University, Patron of International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, Patron of The Kandahar Ski Club, Patron of The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society, Patron of The Kent County Agricultural Society, Patron of The Kent County Cricket Club, Patron of The Lifeboat Fund, Patron of The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Patron of The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association, Patron of The National Army Museum, Patron of The Newbury Spring Festival, Patron of Opera North, Patron of The P.G. Wodehouse Society, Patron of The Polish Hearth Club (Ognisko Polskie), Patron of The Restore Burns and Wounds Research, Patron of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust, Patron of The Royal Armored Corps War Memorial Benevolent Fund, Patron of The Royal Institution of Australia, Patron of The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Patron of The Scots Guard Association, Patron of The Ski Club of Great Britain, Patron of The Society for Army Historical Research, Patron of The Staff College Club, Patron of The Supreme Council 33°, Patron of The Tank Museum, Patron of The Tree Council, Patron of Trinity College London, Patron of The Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Patron of The UK Friends of the Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Stiftung Foundation, Patron of The University of Surrey’s Postgraduate Medical School, Patron of The Watlington Hospital Charitable Trust, Patron of The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, Patron of Wigmore Hall, President In Chief of The British Racing Drivers’ Club, President of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, President of The Anmer Club, President of The Army and Navy Club, President of The Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, President of The Cavalry and Guards Club, President of The Chest/Heart/Stroke Medical Research Funds of Scotland, President of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, President of The Duke of York’s Royal Military School, President of The Engineering Council, President of The Football Association, President of The Henley Society, President of The King Edward’s VII’s Hospital (Sister Agnes), President of The King’s Lynn Festival Limited, President of The Noel Coward Society, President of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, President of The Royal Armories Development Trust, President of The Royal Choral Society, President of The Royal Institution of Great Britain, President of The Royal Nation Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), President of The Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies, President of The Scout Association, President of The Stroke Association, President of The Board of Trustees of The Imperial War Museum, President of The UK Trustees of The His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conference Leaders, President of Wellington College, Royal Bencher of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Royal Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Member of The Royal Society Club, Royal Patron of The Admiral Ramsay Museum, Royal Patron of The American Air Museum in Britain, Royal Patron of The British-German Association, Royal Patron of The Dresden Trust, Royal Patron of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Royal Patron of The Last Night of the Proms in Crakow, Special Representative (Formerly a Vice-Chairman) for The United Kingdom’s International Trade & Investment, Vice-Chairman of The British Overseas Trade Board, Visitor of Cranfield University, & Visitor of The Centenary World Scout Jamboree.

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His Serene Highness Prince Joshua Count of Münnich and Reutern wishes his cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent a very happy birthday!

Princess Alexandra is a daughter of Prince George, The Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.

She is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, she is also a first cousin once removed of The Duke of Edinburgh, and a tenth cousin once removed of The Count of Münnich and Reutern.

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Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, KG GCVO CD (Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel; born 25 December 1936) is a member of the British Royal Family.

Alexandra was born to Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark.

She is a first cousin of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, and since her mother was a first cousin of the queen's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, she is also his first cousin once removed.

Alexandra is the widow of businessman Sir Angus Ogilvy, to whom she was married from 1963 until his death in 2004.

‘Her real strength, a friend says, is in her ability to put people at their ease who might otherwise be intimidated by meeting her. “I have seen people quaking with shyness and anticipation,” he said, “and it takes her a matter of five seconds to make them feel absolutely normal. She has the most perfect manners, which are so rare these days.“’

Princess Alexandra, 1980.

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Today is 115 years since the birth of HRH Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark Duchess of Kent 13–12–1906

Princess Marina was born on 13 December 1906 in Athens, Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, George I of Greece.She was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.

In my opinion she was the most beautiful and stile full member of the Greek Royal dynasty ever

Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, while her mother was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

Princess Marina had two elder sisters, Princess Olga and Princess Elizabeth. Princess Olga married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Princess Elizabeth married Carl Theodor, Count of Toeerring-Jettenbach in 1934.One of their paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (making Marina and her sisters Philip's first cousins)

Marina spent her early years in Greece, and lived with her parents and paternal grandparents at Tatoi Palace. Along with her sisters, she was raised to be devout and religious, which was encouraged by her grandmother, Queen Olga of Greece.Marina's family travelled outside of Greece often, especially during the summer months. Her first recorded visit to Britain was in 1910 after the death of her godfather, Edward VII. She officially met her other godmother and future mother-in-law, Queen Mary, who treated Marina and her sisters like her own children.

The Greek royal family was forced into exile when Marina was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy.They later moved to Paris, while the Princess stayed with her extended family throughout Europe.

In 1932, Princess Marina and Prince George (later the Duke of Kent), a second cousin through Christian IX of Denmark, met in London.Their betrothal was announced in August 1934.Prince George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934.On 29 November 1934, they married at Westminster Abbey, London.The wedding was a grand affair, as it had been more than ten years since the last royal wedding with Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina was the first royal wedding ceremony to be broadcast by wireless, and with the use of other technology, such as microphones.

The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, which was converted into an Orthodox chapel for the ceremony.The wedding was the most recent occasion on which a foreign-born princess married into the British Royal Family

The couple had three children:

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (9 October 1935): he married Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961. They have three children.

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (25 December 1936): she married the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke, on 24 April 1963. They had two children.

Prince Michael of Kent (4 July 1942): he married Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz and got two children.

HRH dyed from a brain tumour at Kensington Palace at 11.40 am on 27 August 1968, aged 61.Funeral service for the Princess was held at the St. George's Chapel on 30 August.

She was buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.Her funeral was the final royal ceremony attended by her brother-in-law, the former Edward VIII.

Σήμερα συμπληρώνονται 115 χρόνια από τη γέννηση Της ΑΒΥ Πριγκίπισσας Μαρίνας της Ελλάδας και Δανιας Δούκισσας του Κεντ στις 13–12–1906

Η πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα γεννήθηκε στις 13 Δεκεμβρίου 1906 στην Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, κατά τη διάρκεια της βασιλείας του παππού της, Γεωργίου Α΄ της Ελλάδας. Ήταν η τρίτη και νεότερη κόρη του πρίγκιπα Νικολάου της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, ��αι της συζύγου του της Μεγάλης Δούκισσας Έλενας Βλαντιμίροβνα της Ρωσίας. .

Κατά τη γνώμη μου ήταν το πιο όμορφο και στιλάτο πλήρες μέλος της Ελληνικής Βασιλικής δυναστείας .

Ο πατέρας της ήταν ο τρίτος γιος του Γεωργίου Α' της Ελλάδας και της βασίλισσας Όλγας, ενώ η μητέρα της ήταν η μοναχοκόρη του Μεγάλου Δούκα Βλαντιμίρ Αλεξάντροβιτς και της Μεγάλης Δούκισσας Μαρίας Παβλόβνα πρεσβύτερης της Ρωσίας. Ο πατέρας της ήταν εγγονός του Χριστιανού Θ' της Δανίας, ενώ η μητέρα της ήταν εγγονή του αυτοκράτορα Αλέξανδρου Β' της Ρωσίας.

Η πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα είχε δύο μεγαλύτερες αδερφές, την πριγκίπισσα Όλγα και την πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ. Η Πριγκίπισσα Όλγα παντρεύτηκε τον Πρίγκιπα Παύλο της Γιουγκοσλαβίας το 1923. Μετά τη δολοφονία του ξαδέλφου του, Αλέξανδρου Α' της Γιουγκοσλαβίας, ο Παύλος υπηρέτησε ως Πρίγκιπας Αντιβασιλέας της Γιουγκοσλαβίας από το 1934 έως το 1941. Η Πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ παντρεύτηκε τον Καρολο Θεόδωρο , κόμη του Toeerring-Jettenbach. θείοι από τον πατέρα τους ήταν ο πρίγκιπας Ανδρέας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, πατέρας του πρίγκιπα Φιλίππου, δούκα του Εδιμβούργου (κάνοντας τη Μαρίνα και τις αδερφές της τα πρώτα ξαδέλφια του Φίλιππου)

Η Μαρίνα πέρασε τα πρώτα της χρόνια στην Ελλάδα και έζησε με τους γονείς και τον παππού και τη γιαγιά της στο Παλάτι του Τατοΐου . Μαζί με τις αδερφές της, ανατράφηκε να είναι ευσεβής και θρησκευόμενη, κάτι που ενθάρρυνε η γιαγιά της, η βασίλισσα Όλγα της Ελλάδας. Η οικογένεια της Μαρίνας ταξίδευε συχνά εκτός Ελλάδας, ειδικά τους καλοκαιρινούς μήνες. Η πρώτη της καταγεγραμμένη επίσκεψη στη Βρετανία ήταν το 1910 μετά τον θάνατο του νονού της, Εδουάρδου Ζ'. Γνώρισε επίσημα την άλλη νονά και μέλλουσα πεθερά της, τη Βασίλισσα Μαίρη, η οποία αντιμετώπιζε τη Μαρίνα και τις αδερφές της σαν δικά της παιδιά.

Η ελληνική βασιλική οικογένεια αναγκάστηκε να εξοριστεί όταν η Μαρίνα ήταν 11 ετών, μετά την ανατροπή της ελληνικής μοναρχίας. Αργότερα μετακόμισαν στο Παρίσι, ενώ η πριγκίπισσα έμεινε με την ευρύτερη οικογένειά της σε όλη την Ευρώπη.

Το 1932, η πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα και ο πρίγκιπας Γεώργιος (αργότερα ο δούκας του Κεντ), δεύτερος ξάδερφος του Χριστιανού Θ' της Δανίας, συναντήθηκαν στο Λονδίνο. Ο αρραβώνας τους ανακοινώθηκε τον Αύγουστο του 1934. Ο Πρίγκιπας Γεωργιος έγινε Δούκας του Κεντ στις 9 Οκτωβρίου 1934. Στις Στις 29 Νοεμβρίου 1934, παντρεύτηκαν στο Αβαείο του Γουέστμινστερ του Λονδίνου. Ο γάμος ήταν μια μεγαλειώδης υπόθεση, καθώς είχαν περάσει περισσότερα από δέκα χρόνια από τον τελευταίο βασιλικό γάμο με τον πρίγκιπα Άλμπερτ, δούκα της Υόρκης, και τη λαίδη Ελίζαμπεθ Μπόουες-Λυών. Ο γάμος του πρίγκιπα Γεωργίου και της πριγκίπισσας Μαρίνας ήταν η πρώτη βασιλική γαμήλια τελετή που μεταδόθηκε ασύρματα και με τη χρήση άλλης τεχνολογίας, όπως τα μικρόφωνα.

Μετά τον γάμο ακολούθησε η ελληνική ορθόδοξος τελετή στο ιδιωτικό παρεκκλήσι στα Ανάκτορα του Μπάκιγχαμ, το οποίο μετατράπηκε σε ορθόδοξο παρεκκλήσι για την τελετή. Ο γάμος ήταν η πιο πρόσφατη περίσταση κατά την οποία μια ξένη πριγκίπισσα παντρεύτηκε τη βρετανική βασιλική οικογένεια

Το ζευγάρι είχε τρία παιδιά:

Πρίγκιπας Εδουάρδος, Δούκας του Κεντ (9 Οκτωβρίου 1935): παντρεύτηκε την Katharine Worsley στις 8 Ιουνίου 1961. Έχουν τρία παιδιά.

Πριγκίπισσα Αλεξάνδρα , The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (25 Δεκεμβρίου 1936): παντρεύτηκε τον Hon. Angus Ogilvy, γιος του David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie και της Lady Alexandra Coke, στις 24 Απριλίου 1963. Απέκτησαν δύο παιδιά.

Πρίγκιπας Μιχαήλ του Κεντ (4 Ιουλίου 1942): παντρεύτηκε τη βαρόνη Marie Christine von Reibnitz και απέκτησε δύο παιδιά.

Ο θάνατός Της ΑΒΥ προήλθε από όγκο στον εγκέφαλο στο Παλάτι του Κένσινγκτον στις 11.40 π.μ. στις 27 Αυγούστου 1968, σε ηλικία 61 ετών. Η κηδεία για την Πριγκίπισσα πραγματοποιήθηκε στο παρεκκλήσι του Αγίου Γεωργίου στις 30 Αυγούστου.Τάφηκε στο Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. Η κηδεία της ήταν η τελευταία βασιλική τελετή στην οποία παρευρέθηκε κουνιάδος της ο πρώην ΕδουάρδοςΗ’

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Events 4.24

1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others. 1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League. 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. 1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published. 1793 – French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris. 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". 1837 – The great fire in Surat city of India caused more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9000 houses. 1877 – Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire. 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. 1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray". 1913 – The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened. 1914 – The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society. 1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide. 1916 – Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic. 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance. 1918 – World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. 1922 – The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation. 1924 – Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term). 1926 – The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years. 1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom. 1933 – Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg. 1944 – World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece. 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War. 1957 – Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region. 1963 – Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London. 1965 – Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch. 1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily". 1970 – China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. 1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. 1980 – Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis. 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. 1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London. 1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. 2004 – The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction. 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI. 2011 – WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak. 2013 – A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others. 2013 – Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.