January
1st: Danish New Year levee (
thread,
blog)
1st: New Year address by Emperor Akihito (
thread)
2nd: Death of Sheikh Rashid Bin Ahmed Al Mu'alla of Umm al-Quwain (
thread)
2nd: Accession of Shaikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla of Umm al-Quwain
5th: Danish New Year's Court for the Diplomatic Corps (
thread,
blog)
5th: Grand Duke Jean's 88th birthday
5th: Prince Albert leaves on a month's trip to Antarctica to study global warming (
thread,
blog)
5th: King Juan Carlos's 71st birthday (
thread)
6th: Danish Grand New Year's Court (
thread)
6th: Pascua Militar (
thread)
6th: Princes William and Harry get their own independent household (
thread)
7th: 20th anniversary of the accession of Emperor Akihito (1989) (
thread)
12th: Prince William begins training as a Search and Rescue pilot (
thread)
13th: First Belgian New Year's reception (
thread,
blog)
13th: Sheikh Rashed bin Saud bin Rashed Al Mualla appointed crown prince of Umm al-Quwain
14th: Anniversary of the accession of Queen Margrethe (1972)
15th: Second Belgian New Year's reception (
thread,
blog[)
15th: New Year's reception for Princess Mary's patronages (
thread,
blog)
15th-20th: Visit to Oman and the UAE by Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima (
thread)
15th: New Year's waka poetry reading attended by the Emperor and Empress (
thread,
blog)
15th: Annual Foreign Ambassadors reception at the Spanish court (
thread)
15th-25th: Monte Carlo 33rd International Circus Festival (
thread)
15th-16th: Visit to Sweden by the President of Finland (
thread)
18th-22nd: Visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Queen Sofia (
thread,
blog)
19th-22nd: Visit to Singapore by Prince Billah
20th: Princess Mathilde's 36th birthday
21st: Belgian New Year's Reception for EU officials (
thread,
blog)
20th: Christening of Emma Tallulah Behn (
thread,
blog)
21st: Princess Ingrid Alexandra's 5th birthday (
blog)
22nd: Visit to Brussels by Prince Haakon (
thread)
23rd: Princess Caroline of Hanover's 52nd birthday
23rd: Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst-August of Hanover's 10th wedding anniversary
23rd-25th: Visit to Libya by King Juan Carlos (
thread)
25th-29th: Visit to Japan by President Parvanov of Bulgaria (
thread)
26th-27th: Festival of Saint-Dévote (Monaco) (
thread,
blog)
28th: Presentation of the King's medal (Sweden)
28th: King Hamad al Khalifa of Bahrain's 60th birthday
29th-31st: Visit to Italy by Princess Victoria (
thread)
29th: Anniversary of the accession of Sheikh Sabah al Sabah of Kuwait (2006)
30th: King Abdullah II's 47th birthday
30th: Prince Felipe's 41st birthday (
blog)
31st: Queen Beatrix's 71st birthday