Alfonso XIII of Spain

Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Queen Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority. In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the King assumed control of the government. The growth of the young monarch is portraited in the periodical issuing of peseta coins. On May 31, 1906 he married Scottish-born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), a nie ...

Read more here: » Alfonso XIII of Spain: Encyclopedia - Alfonso XIII of Spain

The Catalan constitutions were promulgated by the Corts of Barcelona (corts being the Catalan for courts). The first constitution was promulgated by the court of 1283. The last ones were promulgated by the court of 1702. The compilations of the constitutions and other rights of Catalonia followed the Roman tradition of the Codex. The first compilation was prescribed by Ferran I, and suggestion by the courts of Barcelona from 1413. It spread in edition of the 1495, together with the Usa ...

Including:

• Catalan constitutions - Origin: The Corts of Barcelona
• Catalan constitutions - Factic abolition: Els Decrets de Nova Planta
• Catalan constitutions - Restoration promiss: The Third Carlist War

Read more here: » Catalan constitutions: Encyclopedia - Catalan constitutions

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1889 - Events. 1889 - January-April. January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a d ...

Including:

• 1889 - Events
• 1889 - January-April
• 1889 - May-October
• 1889 - November
• 1889 - Unknown dates
• 1889 - Births
• 1889 - January-April
• 1889 - May-December
• 1889 - Unknown dates
• 1889 - Deaths
• 1889 - Heads of State

Read more here: » 1889: Encyclopedia - 1889

1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1941 - Events. 1941 - January-February. January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea. January 21 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya. J ...

Including:

• 1941 - Events
• 1941 - January-February
• 1941 - March
• 1941 - April
• 1941 - May
• 1941 - June
• 1941 - July-August
• 1941 - September-October
• 1941 - November
• 1941 - December
• 1941 - Unknown dates
• 1941 - Ongoing events
• 1941 - Births
• 1941 - January
• 1941 - February
• 1941 - March
• 1941 - April
• 1941 - May
• 1941 - June
• 1941 - July
• 1941 - August-September
• 1941 - October-November
• 1941 - December
• 1941 - Unknown dates
• 1941 - Deaths
• 1941 - January
• 1941 - February
• 1941 - March
• 1941 - April-May
• 1941 - June
• 1941 - July
• 1941 - August
• 1941 - September-October
• 1941 - November-December
• 1941 - Fiction
• 1941 - Nobel Prizes

Read more here: » 1941: Encyclopedia - 1941

The Papal Coronation was a six-hour ceremony in which a new pope was crowned as head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City (and before 1870, head of state of the Papal States). A three-tiered Triple Tiara or Papal Tiara was used in the ceremony, and the new pope would take the papal oath. Papal Coronation - Location of the ceremony. The first papal coronations took place in St. John Lateran, the pope's cathedral. However traditionally for hundreds of years papal coronations have ...

Including:

• Papal Coronation - Location of the ceremony
• Papal Coronation - Pope Paul and the coronation
• Papal Coronation - John Paul II and the coronation
• Papal Coronation - Conservative criticism of Benedict XVI's decision not to be crowned
• Papal Coronation - Footnotes

Read more here: » Papal Coronation: Encyclopedia - Papal Coronation

A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is anyone who acts as head of state, especially if not the monarch (who has higher titles). Thus, the common use is for an acting deputy governor. In a monarchy, a regent usually rules due to the actual monarch's absence, incapacity or minority, and may also be elected to rule during the sede vacante when the royal line has died out. This was the case in Finland and Hungary, where the royal line was considered extinct in the aftermath of World War I. In Iceland, the regent repre ...

Including:

• Regent - High public office
• Regent - Examples of regents in various Monarchies
• Regent - Belgium
• Regent - Bulgaria
• Regent - China
• Regent - Egypt
• Regent - Finland
• Regent - France
• Regent - Greece
• Regent - Hungary
• Regent - Iceland
• Regent - Japan
• Regent - Korea
• Regent - Liechtenstein
• Regent - Monaco
• Regent - Netherlands
• Regent - Norway
• Regent - Scotland
• Regent - Spain
• Regent - Sweden
• Regent - United Kingdom
• Regent - Other uses

Read more here: » Regent: Encyclopedia - Regent

1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1886 - Events. January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March 17 - Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi. March 19 ? Compl ...

Including:

• 1886 - Events
• 1886 - Births
• 1886 - January-April
• 1886 - May-December
• 1886 - Deaths

Read more here: » 1886: Encyclopedia - 1886

1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1902 - Events. 1902 - January-April. January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'évangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 - Police beat up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels. February 15 - Berlin underground opened. Febr ...

Including:

• 1902 - Events
• 1902 - January-April
• 1902 - May-August
• 1902 - September-December
• 1902 - Births
• 1902 - January-March
• 1902 - April-June
• 1902 - July-September
• 1902 - October-December
• 1902 - Deaths
• 1902 - Date unknown
• 1902 - Nobel Prizes

Read more here: » 1902: Encyclopedia - 1902

When Romania at last entered the war on the Allied side, in 1916, Marthe worked at a hospital in Bucharest until the German army burned down her home in Posada, in the Transylvanian Alps. She fled the country to join her mother and daughter in Geneva after a quarantine exile, imposed by the German occupants, in Austria-Hungary (as a guest of the Princely family of Thurn und Taxis at Latchen). There she continued to write. For most of her life, she wrote every morning unti ...

See also:

Marthe Bibesco, Marthe Bibesco - Early life, Marthe Bibesco - Before World War I, Marthe Bibesco - Literary glory, Marthe Bibesco - Exile

Read more here: » Marthe Bibesco: Encyclopedia II - Marthe Bibesco - Literary glory

The Spanish Order of the Fleece has been a source of controversy in the past, particularly during the Napoleonic period. The award of the Order to Napoleon and his brother Joseph angered the exiled king of France Louis XVIII and caused him to return his collar in protest. These, and other awards by Joseph, were revoked by king Ferdinand on the restoration of Bourbon rule in 1813. In 1812 the acting government of Spain illegally awarded the order to the Duke of Wellington, an act confirmed by Ferdinand on his resumption of power, with ...

See also:

Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of the Golden Fleece - The Spanish Order, Order of the Golden Fleece - The Austrian Order

Read more here: » Order of the Golden Fleece: Encyclopedia II - Order of the Golden Fleece - The Spanish Order

Vikings who invaded Gascony in 840 settled in Biarritz which was a good whaling place. Biarritz is not a basque name. Bjarnihus (the house of Bjarni) became Biarnitz and then Biarritz. Scandinavians settled in the area above the beach which name "gardague" is also nordic. After the defeat of their chief in 982, the descendants remained here and went on hunting whale. They were called "Agots" and were not allowed to mix with the others. The segregation aiming these communities (there were many in Gascony and Navarra) finally disappeared at ...

See also:

Biarritz, Biarritz - Geography, Biarritz - History, Biarritz - Sights, Biarritz - Sports, Biarritz - Transportation, Biarritz - Miscellaneous, Biarritz - Births, Biarritz - Twin towns

Read more here: » Biarritz: Encyclopedia II - Biarritz - History

The Prince of Asturias studied in the Autonoma University of Madrid, earning a degree in Law. He also completed several course subjects on Economics. He completed his academic studies by obtaining a Master of Science in Foreign Service degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown, where he was the roommate of his cousin, Pavlos, Prince of Greece. Prince Felipe has fulfilled his institutional commitments in his capacity as Heir to the Crown, chaired many official events in Spain and partici ...

See also:

Felipe Prince of Asturias, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Birth, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Activities in Spain and Abroad, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Participation in the Olympics, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Marriage and Children, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Public protest, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Social Work, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Titles, Felipe Prince of Asturias - External link

Read more here: » Felipe Prince of Asturias: Encyclopedia II - Felipe Prince of Asturias - Activities in Spain and Abroad

His Royal Highness Grand Duke Jean I Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano of Luxembourg is the current Grand Duke's father. He was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. Born on January 5, 1921, he became grand duke when his mother, the Grand Duchess Charlotte, abdicated in 1964. His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri Albért Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg is the current Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was born on April 16, 1955. He was married on February 14, 1981 to Maria Tere ...

See also:

Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg, Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - The Grand Ducal Family Today, Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - Extended Family, Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - Line of Succession, Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - Grand Dukes of Luxembourg, Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - The House of Orange-Nassau, Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - The House of Nassau-Weilburg Bourbon

Read more here: » Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg: Encyclopedia II - Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - The Grand Ducal Family Today

At the beginning of the 18th century, King Philip V of Spain promulgated the Salic Law, thus declaring illegal the inheritance of the Spanish crown by women. The idea was to avoid having the Habsburgs recover the throne by way of the female dynastic line. A century later, King Ferdinand VII of Spain had a great problem: he did not have a male descendant. He only had two daughters, Isabella (later known as Isabella II of Spain) and Louise Ferdinand (grandmother of the later king Alfonso XIII of Spain). So he promulgated the Pragmát ...

See also:

First Carlist War, First Carlist War - Background, First Carlist War - The contenders, First Carlist War - The war, First Carlist War - The end of the war

Read more here: » First Carlist War: Encyclopedia II - First Carlist War - Background

In August, the commander of German forces at Victoria (present-day Limbe) appointed Atangana interpreter for some 500 Bulu hostages, who were now being pressed into labour. Atangana stayed for six months, during which he also worked as a nurse. The colonisers next sent Atangana to Buea to work as an office clerk. Here he met Marie Biloa, a Yanda woman from a village called Mekumba. Though she was a little older and living as a kept woman by a German functionary, Atangana took her as his wife.[2] She would eventually bear him t ...

See also:

Charles Atangana, Charles Atangana - Early life, Charles Atangana - Early career, Charles Atangana - Atangana as paramount chief, Charles Atangana - World War I, Charles Atangana - Later life, Charles Atangana - Legacy, Charles Atangana - Notes

Read more here: » Charles Atangana: Encyclopedia II - Charles Atangana - Early career

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Prince of Asturias HRH The Princess of Asturias HRH The Infanta Leonor HRH The Infanta Elena HE The Duke of Lugo HE Don Felipe HE Doña Victoria HRH The Infanta Cristina HE The Duke of Palma HE Don Juan HE Don Pablo HE Don Miguel HE Doña Irene HRH ...

See also:

Felipe Prince of Asturias, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Birth, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Activities in Spain and Abroad, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Participation in the Olympics, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Marriage and Children, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Public protest, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Social Work, Felipe Prince of Asturias - Titles

Read more here: » Felipe Prince of Asturias: Encyclopedia II - Felipe Prince of Asturias - Birth

Princess Beatrice was born on April 20, 1884 at Eastwell Park, Kent. Her father was Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her mother was The Duchess of Edinburgh (née Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia), the only daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. As a granddaughter of the British monarch in the male line, Beatrice held the title of Princess of the United Kingdom of Great ...

See also:

Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh - Early Life, Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh - Marriage, Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh - Scandal and Exile, Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh - Civil War, Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh - Later Life

Read more here: » Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh: Encyclopedia II - Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh - Early Life

1886 - January-April. January 2 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian-born actress (d. 1938) January 14 - Hugh Lofting, English-born author (d. 1947) January 25 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954) February 8 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970) February 27 - Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1971) March 1 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist and poet (d. 1980) March ? - Linfield fc are formed in belfast March 3 - Tore à ...

See also:

1886, 1886 - Events, 1886 - Births, 1886 - January-April, 1886 - May-December, 1886 - Deaths

Read more here: » 1886: Encyclopedia II - 1886 - Births

1889 - January-April. January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. January 30 - Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder suicide) in Mayerling hunting lodge February 11 - Meiji Constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 February 22 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota ...

See also:

1889, 1889 - Events, 1889 - January-April, 1889 - May-October, 1889 - November, 1889 - Unknown dates, 1889 - Births, 1889 - January-April, 1889 - May-December, 1889 - Unknown dates, 1889 - Deaths, 1889 - Heads of State

Read more here: » 1889: Encyclopedia II - 1889 - Events

Accompanied by her widowed mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and her cousins, the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), Princess Victoria Eugénie married King Alfonso at St. Geronimo (Jerome) in Madrid on 31 May 1906. After the wedding ceremony, the royal procession was heading back to the Royal Palace when an assassination attempt was made on the King and the new Queen (now called "Queen Victoria Eugenia" or less formally "Queen Ena"): Anarchist Mateu Morral threw a bomb from a balcony at the ...

See also:

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Early Life, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Engagement, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Queen of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Exile, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Death, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Titles from birth to death

Read more here: » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg: Encyclopedia II - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - Queen of Spain