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This is a list of occasions, such as holidays and events, named after or commonly referred to by the calendar day on which they fall.
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This is a list of occasions, such as holidays and events, named after or commonly referred to by the calendar day on which they fall.
| Date | Name | Other names | Observed in | Description | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 | Ides of March | — | Ancient Rome | Day noted for various religious festivities, and the anniversary of Julius Caesar's assassination. | [1] |
| April 1 | April Fool's Day | — | Worldwide | Observance known for hoaxes and pranks. | [2] |
| April 20 | 420 | — | Worldwide | An informal observance celebrating the recreational use of cannabis. | [3] |
| May 1 | May Day | International Workers' Day | Worldwide | Ancient spring festival and labor celebration commemorating the eight-hour day. | [4] |
| May 5 | Cinco de Mayo | — | United States, Puebla, Mexico | Spanish for "fifth of May." Commemorates the Mexican army's victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. | [5] |
| May 9 | 9 May | Victory Day | Russia, Israel, and many other nations | Marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in World War II on 8 May 1945. | |
| May 24 | May Two-Four | Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine) | Canada | Celebrates the birthday of Queen Victoria and the current reigning Canadian Monarch. Observed on the last Monday preceding May 25th. | [6] |
| June 19 | Juneteenth | Emancipation Day | United States | Commemorates the end of slavery in Texas as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation. | [7] |
| July 4 | Fourth of July | Independence Day | United States | Commemorates the United States' adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. | [8] |
| ט׳ באב | The Ninth of Av | Tisha B'Av | Israel, and by Jews worldwide | An annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history. | |
| (see description) | Double Ninth Festival | Chung Yeung Festival | China, Vietnam, Korea | A traditional Chinese holiday observed on the 9th day of the 9th month in the Chinese calendar. | [9] |
| October 10 | Double Ten Day | National Celebration Day | Republic of China (Taiwan) | National day of Taiwan, commemorating the start of the Wuchang Uprising on October 10, 1911. | [10] |
| November 5 | Fifth of November | Guy Fawkes Night | England, some Commonwealth nations | Commemorates the arrest of Gunpowder Plot conspirator Guy Fawkes on 5 November 1605. | [ citation needed ] |
| Date | Name | Other names | Description | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1, 1794 | Glorious First of June | Third Battle of Ushant | A naval battle between the Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. | [11] |
| March 31, 1909 | 31 March Incident | — | Political crisis within the Ottoman Empire in April 1909, during the Second Constitutional Era. | |
| March 1, 1919 | March 1st Movement | — | Korean independence movement. | |
| May 4, 1919 | May Fourth Movement | — | Chinese sociopolitical movement originating from protests that occurred on May 4, 1919. | |
| May 30, 1925 | May Thirtieth Movement | — | Major labor and anti-imperialist movement during the middle-period of the Republic of China era. | |
| April 12, 1927 | Shanghai massacre | April 12 Incident | Violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party organizations and leftist elements in Shanghai by forces supporting General Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang. | [12] |
| January 28, 1932 | January 28 incident | — | Conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. | |
| May 15, 1932 | May 15 incident | — | Attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan. | |
| December 9, 1935 | December 9th Movement | — | Mass protest led by students in Beiping to demand that the Chinese government actively resist Japanese aggression. | |
| February 26, 1936 | February 26 incident | 2/26 | Attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan. | |
| July 7, 1937 | Marco Polo Bridge Incident | July 7 Incident | Battle during July 1937 in the district of Beijing between China's National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army. | |
| December 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor Day | — | US base at Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan, leading US to enter WWII. | [ citation needed ] |
| July 20, 1944 | 20 July plot | — | Attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler. | |
| February 28, 1948 | February 28 incident | — | Anti-government uprising in Taiwan that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang–led nationalist government of the Republic of China. | |
| October 17, 1952 | 17 October affair | — | Event during which Indonesian soldiers pressured the president to disband the Provisional People's Representative Council. | |
| September 30, 1965 | 30 September Movement | — | Self-proclaimed organization of Indonesian National Armed Forces members who, in the early hours of 1 October 1965, assassinated six Indonesian Army generals in an abortive coup d'état. | |
| May 13, 1969 | 13 May incident | — | Episode of Sino-Malay sectarian violence that took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. | |
| April 19, 1970 | 19th of April Movement | — | Colombian urban guerrilla movement active in the late 1970s and 1980s, named after 1970 Colombian general election. | |
| November 20, 1936 and 1975 | 20-N | — | Deaths of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Falange Española, and Francisco Franco. | |
| June 4, 1989 | 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre | June Fourth Incident | Chinese pro-democracy protests that ended in a violent government crackdown | [13] |
| April 19, 1995 | Oklahoma City bombing | — | A car bomb attack in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, and remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. | [ citation needed ] |
| September 11, 2001 | September 11th | 9/11 | Four coordinated suicide attacks by plane hijacking upon the United States by Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. | |
| March 11, 2004 | 2004 Madrid train bombings | 11M | Series of coordinated, nearly simultaneous bombings against the Cercanías commuter train system of Madrid, Spain. | [14] |
| July 7, 2005 | 7 July 2005 London bombings | 7/7 | Series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system. | |
| August 29, 2005 | Hurricane Katrina | — | Category 5 hurricane that made landfall along the Gulf Coast, causing a least a thousand deaths and the levee failures in New Orleans. | [ citation needed ] |
| March 23, 2009 | March 23 Movement | M23 | Rebel military group that is for the most part formed of ethnic Tutsi, based in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |
| March 11, 2011 | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | 3/11 | Earthquake and tsunami in the Tōhoku region of Japan. | [ citation needed ] |
| July 22, 2011 | 2011 Norway attacks | 22. juli | A car bomb attack on Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, Norway, followed by a shooting massacre on Utøya. | [15] |
| January 20, 2017 | DisruptJ20 | — | An organization that protested and attempted to disrupt events of the presidential inauguration of the 45th U.S. President, Donald Trump. | |
| January 6, 2021 | January 6 United States Capitol attack | January 6th | Attack on the United States Capitol by supporters of President Trump to prevent the counting of electoral college votes from the recent presidential election. | [16] |
| October 7, 2023 | 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel | October 7th | [17] |
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Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgical feast central to Christianity, Christmas preparation begins on the First Sunday of Advent and it is followed by Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is observed religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as celebrated culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the annual holiday season.
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days.
Fiestas Patrias in Mexico originated in the 19th century and are observed today as five public holidays.
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day.
Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. The holiday complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day and, in some countries, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day. The day is held on various dates across the world, and different regions maintain their own traditions of honoring fatherhood.
Vesak, also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Tibet and Mongolia. It is among the most important Buddhist festivals. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism, and Navayana.
The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is a liturgical calendar used by the farming populace in Egypt and used by the Coptic Catholic Church. It was used for fiscal purposes in Egypt until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar on 11 September 1875. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy III which consisted of adding an extra day every fourth year. However, this reform was opposed by the Egyptian priests, and the reform was not adopted until 25 BC, when the Roman Emperor Augustus imposed the Decree upon Egypt as its official calendar. To distinguish it from the Ancient Egyptian calendar, which remained in use by some astronomers until medieval times, this reformed calendar is known as the Coptic or Alexandrian calendar. Its years and months coincide with those of the Ethiopian calendar but have different numbers and names.
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice. In contrast, cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at varying points relative to the solar year.
This is a list of public holidays in North Korea. See also the Korean calendar for a list of traditional holidays. As of 2017, the North Korean calendar has 71 official public holidays, including Sundays. In the past, North Koreans relied on rations provided by the state on public holidays for feasts. Recently, with marketization people are able to save up money and buy the goods they need.
Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition and archaeologists, Gautama Buddha, c. 563-483 BCE, was born at Lumbini in Nepal. Buddha's mother was Queen Maya Devi, who delivered the Buddha while undertaking a journey to her native home, and his father was King Śuddhodana. The Mayadevi Temple, its gardens, and an Ashoka Pillar dating from 249 BCE mark the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini.
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Eid prayers, also referred to as Salat al-Eid, are holy holiday prayers in the Islamic tradition. The literal translation of the word "Eid" in Arabic is "festival" or "feast" and is a time when Muslims congregate with family and the larger Muslim community to celebrate.
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International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, or the first Monday in May.
Throughout the history of Christianity, Jewish peoples have been historically religious minorities in countries that were majority or even officially Christian. Over time, a unique relationship evolved between the Jews and the major Christian holiday of Christmas, including the creation of separate traditions and the intersection of Hanukkah and Christmas, among other convergences. Some practices perpetuate out of a feeling of otherness, while others are merely lighthearted activities that are accessible when shops are closed around Christmastime.