List of days of remembrance and action

This list includes all public holidays (especially national holidays ), memorial days and days of action on which recurring annually - international or national - important historical, secular or religious events are commemorated or important socio-political or medical problems are provided. For a list of saints' feast days, see the saints calendar .

Preliminary remarks

The list does not include any specific commemorative and action days in the monthly calendars that were only introduced in 2010 or later or whose day is redefined every year. Days that are bound to the day of the week are in front of the list, e.g. B. "first Sunday" or "last Friday". The importance of the days of remembrance or action should be proven .

January

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First new moon between January 21st and February 21st	holiday	East Asia, especially China	Chinese New Years Festival	traditionally
Second Saturday	Firmly	Thailand	National Childrens Day	1955	Many organizations and the government have activities for children on this day. The festival has a new motto every year.
Third Monday	Memorial and holiday	United States	Martin Luther King Day	1986/2000	Federal government (1986), all states (2000)
Third Saturday	action Day	Germany	Day of German Schlager	2009	initiated by Schlagerfreunde Essen 1996 e. V.
Third Sunday	action Day	Roman Catholic Church	World day of migrants and refugees	1914	of Pope Benedict XV. introduced
Third Sunday	action Day	international	Weltreligionstag (World Religion Day)	1950	initiated by the Spiritual Council of the Baha'i of the United States
Last Tuesday	regional customs	Shetland , UK	Up Helly Aa	19th century
Last sunday	Action and memorial day	international	World Leprosy Day	1954	initiated by Raoul Follereau in memory of the death of Mahatma Gandhi
0January 1st	Firmly	Gregorian calendar	New Years Day
0January 1st	National holiday	Haiti	Independence day		1804, formerly French
0January 1st	National holiday	Cuba	Victory of the Revolution / Liberation Day	1959
0January 1st	National holiday	Sudan	Independence day		1956, previously Egyptian-British
0January 1st	National holiday	Czech Republic Slovakia	day of the Republic		1993 founding of the republics through the division of Czechoslovakia
0January 1st	action Day	Roman Catholic Church	World day of peace	1968	by Pope Paul VI. proclaimed
0January 1st	Firmly	Christian	Circumcision of the lord
0January 2nd	holiday	Switzerland	Berchtold's Day
0January 4th	action Day	international	World Braille Day World Day of Braille	2001	looked after by the World Blind Union
0January 4th	National holiday	Myanmar	Independence day		1948, formerly British
06th January	Firmly	Christian	Appearance of the Lord / Epiphany / Feast of the Three Kings		Catholic, Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox with different content
06th January	action Day	Roman Catholic Church	Africa day	1891	Collection at the request of Pope Leo XIII. first carried out
0January 7th	Firmly	Orthodox Church	Christmas (Julian)		in Russia , Serbia , Georgia and other predominantly Orthodox countries with a Julian calendar
0January 7th	Remembrance day	Cambodia	Liberation Day / Victory Day		Victory over the Khmer Rouge regime
0January 7th	Remembrance day	Liberia	Pioneer's Day	1821	(January 7, 1820) Arrival of the first American Colonization Society emigrants
10. January	Firmly	Benin	Voodoo festival	1996	Introduced by President Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo
10. January	action Day	international	Day of the recorder	2007
11th January	Remembrance day	Morocco	Signing of the independence manifesto		Call for independence from the French protectorate in 1944 by 67 Moroccan nationalists
January 12th	action Day	India	National Youth Day	1985	India's government set the birthday of the philosopher Swami Vivekananda (Jan. 12, 1863) to be Youth Day.
13th January	Firmly	Sweden Norway	St. Knuts Day		the 20th and last day of Christmas time
15. January	Remembrance day	North Korea	Chosŏn'gŭl day
January 17th	action Day	international	Italian Cuisine Day	2008	2008: Spaghetti Carbonara, 2013: Tiramisu
January 17th	action Day		Art's Birthday	1963	Homage to art initiated by Robert Filliou
January 18th	National holiday (former)	German Empire	Reich Foundation Day		from 1871 to 1918
21th January	action Day	international	" World Hug Day " or "World Hug Day " ( National Hug Day )	1986	launched by the US pastor Kevin Zaborney
21th January	action Day	international	"International Jogging Pants Day " or "International Jogging Pants Day " ( International Sweatpantsday )	2009	started by the Austrian students Alexander Painsi, Matthias Strohmeier, Matthias Geisriegler and Martin Riesel
22nd of January	Remembrance day	Germany France	Franco-German Day		Anniversary of the Élysée Treaty
January 24th	Action and memorial day	Roman Catholic Church	Message for World Communication Day	1967	Through Pope Paul VI. on the feast day of St. Franz von Sales (patron saint of Catholic writers and journalists since 1922) introduced; the World Day itself takes place six weeks after Easter Sunday instead
January 25th	Firmly	Thailand	Royal Thai Armed Forces Day		the festival lasts 7 days
January 25th	Firmly	Scotland , United Kingdom	Burns Supper		in honor of the poet Robert Burns
January 25th	Action and memorial day	Honduras	Honduran Women's Day	1954	Introduction of women's suffrage in Honduras
January 26th	National holiday	Australia	Australia Day		January 26, 1788 Arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove
January 26th	National holiday	India	day of the Republic
January 26th	Action and memorial day	international	International Customs Day (day of customs officers / customs union)	1953	On January 26, 1953, the World Customs Organization was founded in Brussels .
January 26th	Action and memorial day	Japan	Bunkazai Bōka Day	1955	"Day of fire protection for cultural goods"
January 27th	Remembrance day	international	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism (Holocaust Remembrance Day)	1996/2005	initiated in Germany by Federal President Roman Herzog (1996); international UN (2005)
January 27th	action Day	Canada	Family Literacy Day	1999	initiated by "ABC Life Literacy Canada", aim: promoting reading (aloud) books in the family.
January 28th	action Day	Europe	European data protection day	2007	Council of Europe initiative to celebrate the 1981 European Convention on Data Protection
January 30th	Remembrance day	India	National Martyrs' Day		Day to honor all Indian patriots and martyrs, anniversary of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi
31 January	National holiday	Nauru	Independence day		1968, formerly Australian
31 January	action Day	Austria	Street Children's Day	2009	initiated by the international aid organization Jugend Eine Welt (on the commemoration of St. Don Bosco )

February

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
Third Monday	holiday	United States	Washington's Birthday Presidents' Day
Second day of the second week	action Day	Europe, worldwide	Safer Internet Day	2004	organized by the INSAFE network as part of the European Commission's Safer Internet program , initiated and coordinated by klicksafe in Germany
0February 1st	Firmly	Province Loei , Thailand	Cotton Blossom Festival (" Dok Fai Ban ")		The festival lasts seven days and is held in Kut Pong Park.
0February 1st	action Day	international	World Hijab Day	2013	wants to break down prejudices against veiling among women
0February 1st	action Day	international	No hijab day
0February 2nd	Firmly	Christian	Representation of the Lord		traditionally
0February 2nd	action Day	international	World Wetlands Day	1997	UNESCO , overseen by the Office of the Ramsar Convention
0February 2nd	Folk festival	United States Canada	Groundhog Day Marmot Day
0February 4th	action Day	international	World Cancer Day (World Cancer Day)	2006	Launched by the Union internationale contre le cancer , the World Health Organization and other organizations.
0February 4th	National holiday	Sri Lanka	Independence day		1948
0February 6th	National holiday	New Zealand	Waitangi Day		1840 founded by Treaty of Waitangi
0February 6th	Remembrance day	" Sápmi "	Day of the seeds		1917, first meeting of representatives of the Sami people in Trondheim.
0February 6th	action Day	international	International Day against Female Genital Mutilation ("International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation")	2003	proclaimed by Stella Obasanjo , then declared an International Day of Remembrance by the UN Human Rights Commission .
0February 8	holiday	Slovenia	Prešeren day		Cultural holiday on the anniversary of the death of the national poet France Prešeren
February 10th	action Day	Germany	Children's hospice day	2006	Initiator: German Children's Hospice Association
February 11th	action Day	Roman Catholic Church	World day of the sick	1993	Proclaimed by Pope John Paul II in 1992
February 11th	National holiday	Iran	Revolution day		1979
February 11th	Remembrance day	Japan	National Foundation Day (kenkoku kinenbi)	1872/1966	initially celebrated as the day of remembrance of the descent of Emperor Jimmu from heaven to earth and the founding of Japan ("kigensetsu"); Abolished in 1945, reintroduced in 1966 under a different name ("kenkoku kinenbi")
February 11th	action Day	Europe	European 112 Day	2009	European Parliament
February 12th	Action and memorial day	international	International Darwin Day	1997	International Humanist and Ethical Union
February 12th	action Day	international	International day against the use of child soldiers	2002	International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
13th February	action Day	international	World radio day	2012	proclaimed by UNESCO
14th of February	Firmly	Christian	St. Valentine's Day		traditionally
February 15th	National holiday	Serbia	Independence Day		1835 first constitution of Serbia
February 15th	action Day	international	Earthworm Day	2005	Earthworms are of central importance for horticulture because of the humus they produce
February 15th	Remembrance day	international	International Children's Cancer Day	2001 by CCI (Childhood Cancer International, formerly ICCCPO)	Should u. a. draw attention to mortality rates of over 80% in less developed countries, which are home to around 80% of children with the disease.
February 16	National holiday	Lithuania	Independence day		1918
February 16	National holiday	North Korea	Day of the Shining Star		Kim Jong-il's birthday
February 18	National holiday	Gambia	Independence day		1965, formerly British
20. February	action Day	international	World Social Justice Day	2007	UN , first committed in 2009
20. February	Action and memorial day	Japan	Allergy Day	1995	Japanese Allergy Association
21st of February	action Day	international	International Mother Language Day	2000	UNESCO
21st of February	National holiday	Bangladesh	Day of the Martyrs	1972 (official; traditionally since 1953)	commemorates the 1952 Bangladeshi martyrs speech protest in Dhaka .
21st of February	action Day	international	World Guest Guide Day	1990	supervised by the World Federation of Tourist Guide Association
21st of February	holiday	North Friesland	Biikebrennen
February 22	Firmly	Christian	St. Peter's Day Kathedra Petri		traditional, especially in North Frisia
February 22	Remembrance day	scout	Thinking Day		Birthday of Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), the founder of the Boy Scout Movement, and his wife Olave (1889–1977)
February 23	National holiday	Brunei	Independence day		1984, formerly British
February 23	National holiday	Guyana	day of the Republic
February 23	Remembrance day	Russia Belarus	Day of the Defender of the Fatherland (CIS) earlier: Day of the Soviet Army (USSR)	1922/1993
February 23	National holiday	Japan	National holiday		Birthday of the Emperor Naruhito of Japan
February 24th	National holiday	Estonia	independence Day	1918	After the Russian February Revolution of 1917, an Estonian National Council was formed, which proclaimed the Republic of Estonia the day before the invasion of the German Empire's army .
February 25	National holiday	Kuwait	National holiday		Recapture of Kuwait in the Second Gulf War
February 26th	Remembrance day	Azerbaijan	Khojaly massacre	1992	Memorial Day for the victims of the Khodjaly City massacre in Azerbaijan
27th of February	National holiday	Dominican Republic	Independence day		1844, previously part of Haiti
27th of February	National holiday	Western Sahara	day of the Republic		1976 proclamation of the republic by the POLISARIO
27th of February	action Day	international	World Polar Bear Day	2004	Initiative of the US Zoological Gardens
February 28	Firmly	Christian	Romanus Day		traditionally
February 29th	Embolism		Leap day	1582
February 29th	action Day	international	Rare Disease Day / Rare Disease Day	2008	If February 29 is omitted, the day will be moved to February 28
February 29th	action Day	international	Equal Care Day	2016	Decentralized day of action for more appreciation and a fair distribution of care work. If February 29th is omitted, the day will be shifted to March 1st.

March

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First full moon of the third month according to the traditional Thai lunar calendar	holiday	Thailand	Makha puja		The day is intended to commemorate a spontaneous gathering of 1,250 disciples of the Buddha who had come together to hear the Buddha preach.
First full week of March	Action week	United States	Celebrate Your Name Week (CYNW)	1997	Holidays established by the American hobby onomatologist Jerry Hill
First friday	action Day	Christian	World day of prayer	1987	World Day of Prayer for Women Deutsches Komitee e. V .; stimulated by Presbyterian women
First sunday	action Day	Switzerland	Day of the Sick (Sick Sunday)	1939	initiated by Marthe Nicati
Second Thursday	action Day	international	World Kidney Day (World Kidney Day)	2006	Initiators: International Society of Nephrology and International Federation of Kidney Foundations
Second weekend in March	action Day	Germany	Open pottery day	2006	500 ceramic workshops taking part across Germany
Last Friday before the start of spring	action Day	international	World sleep day	2008	initiated by the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM)
Third Sunday	action Day	international	World Invalid Day	1982	U.N.
Last Wednesday	action Day	international	Document Freedom Day	2008	Document Freedom Day (DFD) aims to highlight the importance of open standards , initiated by the Free Software Foundation Europe .
Last or penultimate Saturday	action Day	international	Earth Hour	2007	initiated by the World Wildlife Fund : 1 hour turning off the light as a global referendum for climate protection under the slogan "Vote Earth".
01st March	Holiday and memorial day	Balearic Islands , Spain	Balearic Day		March 1, 1983 autonomous status
01st March	National holiday	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Independence day		Declaration of independence by referendum on February 29th / 1st. March 1992
01st March	National holiday	South Korea	Independence Day		Reminder of the March 1st Movement
02nd March	Remembrance day	Texas , USA	Texas Independence Day		March 2, 1836 Texan Declaration of Independence
03 March	action Day	international	Day of the protection of species	1973	with the Washington Convention introduced
03 March	action Day	international	World hearing day	2016	World Health Organization day of action following the "International Ear Care Day"
03 March	National holiday	Bulgaria	Independence day		March 3, 1878, previously Ottoman
03 March	Firmly	Japan	Hina-Matsuri (girls' party)		traditionally
05. March	holiday	Cornwall	St. Piran's Day		Name day of the national saint of the grains
05. March	Remembrance day	People's Republic of China	Lei Feng Day		In 1960 Mao Zedong declared the soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to be the national model for the People's Republic of China because of his selflessness and modesty.
06th March	action Day	Europe	European Day of Speech Therapy	2004	Initiator: European umbrella organization of national speech therapists associations
07th March	action Day	Germany	Healthy Eating Day	1998/2007	Initiator: Association for Nutrition and Dietetics e. V .; only since 2007 always on March 7th
07th March	action Day	Albania	Festa e mësuesit (Teachers' Day)
08th of March	action Day	international	International Women's Day (World Women 's Day )	1910/1997	Initiator: Clara Zetkin , proclaimed in 1997 by the United Nations
March 10th	Remembrance day	Tibet , Tibetan Government-in-Exile	Remembrance day		March 10, 1959 Outbreak of the Tibetan Uprising in Lhasa
March 11	Remembrance day	in parts of the US	Johnny Appleseed Day		Anniversary of the death of the ecological pioneer who became a well-known figure in American folklore
March 11	National holiday	Lithuania	Independence Day		March 11, 1990, formerly part of the USSR
March 11	Remembrance day	European Union	European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
March 12th	National holiday	Mauritius	Independence day		March 12, 1968, formerly British
March 12th	action Day	international	World Day Against Internet Censorship		initiated by Reporters Without Borders
March 12th	Firmly	Christian	Gregor's Day		traditionally
the 14th of March	action Day	international	International Day of Action against Dams ( World Dams Day )	1990/1997	first in Brazil, since 1997 through the International Rivers Network
the 14th of March	holiday	Friends of the circle number ${\displaystyle \pi }$	Pi day	1988	initiated based on the date (American: 3/14) by friends of the number Pi (3.14 ...) in the USA
the 14th of March	action Day	Friends of mathematics	International Day of Mathematics	2020	initiated by the International Mathematical Union ; by the UNESCO in the list of the International Day in November 2019 United Nations added
the 14th of March	National holiday	Andorra	Constitution Day
the 14th of March	Firmly	Japan South Korea Taiwan	White day	1970	Valentine's Day complementary festival introduced by a pastry chef
March, 15	action Day	international / Europe	World Consumer Day / European Consumer Day	1983/1999	Proclamation of the Three Basic Consumer Rights by President John F. Kennedy to the United States Congress (March 15, 1963)
March, 15	action Day	Germany	Back Health Day	2002	Forum pain in the German Green Cross
March, 15	National holiday	Hungary	Revolution day		1848 March Revolution
March, 15	Firmly	Japan , in some parts	Hōnen-Matsuri		Fertility festival
17. March	holiday	Ireland	St. Patrick's Day		traditionally, name day of the national saint of the Irish
March 18th	action Day	Germany	Nationwide day of action for the freedom of political prisoners	1996	already from 1923 to 1933 "International Day of Aid for Political Prisoners"
March 18th	National holiday	Aruba	Flag Day and National Anthem
March 18th	Remembrance day	Turkey	Day of the Fallen
19th March	Firmly	Christian	Joseftag		traditionally
March, 20th	action Day	international	International Children's and Youth Theater Day	2001	ASSITEJ International
March, 20th	action Day	international	International Day of Happiness (International Day of Happiness) World lucky day	2012	U.N.
March, 20th	National holiday	Tunisia	Independence day		March 20, 1956 France recognized its independence
March, 20th	action Day	international	World history day	2004	based on an older Swedish storytelling day
March, 20th	action Day	international	World Oral Health Day
March, 20th	Remembrance day	international	Francophonie Day	1970	International organization of the Francophonie
March 21st	action Day	international	International Puppet Show Day	2002	UNIMA
March 21st	calendar		Beginning of spring		astronomically sometimes even on March 20th or rarely on March 19th
March 21st	Firmly	Central Asia	Nouruz		Nouruz is the old Iranian New Year and Spring Festival of the Persians , Kurds and Turkic peoples of Central Asia.
March 21st	action Day	international	World Day Against Racism (International Day Against Racism)	1967	UN , Resolution 2142 of October 1966. Simultaneously the week of solidarity with the peoples fighting against racism and racial discrimination begins
March 21st	action Day	international	International Day of the Forest	Late 1970s	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
March 21st	Remembrance day	Arab world	Mother's Day	1956 in Egypt	based on an idea by the Egyptian journalist Mustafa Amin (1943)
March 21st	action Day	international	World Housekeeping Day	1982	International Association for Housekeeping
March 21st	action Day	international	World Poetry Day	2000	UNESCO
March 21st	Remembrance day	South Africa	Human Rights Day		1960 Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre
March 21st	action Day	international	World Down Syndrome Day	2006	Downsyndrome International (DSI) and European Downsyndrome Association (EDSA)
March 22	action Day	international	World water day	1993	UNEP
March 22	action Day	Germany	Crime Victims Day	1991	White ring
March 23	action Day	international	World Meteorology Day (World Weather Day )	1961	proclaimed by World Meteorological Organization
March 23	National holiday	Pakistan	day of the Republic		1956 proclamation of the republic
March 23	action Day	Poland Hungary	Day of the Polish-Hungarian Friendship	2007	decided by the Hungarian and Polish parliaments
March 23	action Day	Bolivia	Day of the sea		Recalls Bolivia's open demands for access to the Pacific Ocean.
March 24th	action Day	international	World tuberculosis day	1982/1996	proposed on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the pathogen by Robert Koch by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (IUATLD), supported by WHO since 1996 .
March 24th	action Day	international	International Day for the Right to the Truth About Serious Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims	2010	U.N.
25th March	action Day	international	Day of Tolkien reading (Tolkien Reading Day)	2003	Unofficial holiday to celebrate the reading of the works of British author J. R. R. Tolkien .
25th March	action Day	international	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Employees		U.N.
25th March	National holiday	Greece	Revolution day		March 25, 1821 Beginning of the Greek Revolution
25th March	Remembrance day	Latvia	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communist Terror		Around March 25, 1949, more than 45,000 Latvian residents were deported to Soviet concentration camps and special settlement areas.
25th March	Remembrance day	Maryland , USA	Maryland Day		1634 Day of the arrival of the first settlers in the colony
25th March	Firmly	Christian	Annunciation of the Lord		traditionally
26th of March	National holiday	Bangladesh	Independence day	1971	Proclamation of independence
26th of March	action Day	international	Purple Day	2008	Education about epilepsy
26th of March	action Day	Poland	Day of Prayer for Prisoners Dzień Modlitw za Więźniów	2009	by decision of the Polish Bishops' Conference
27th of March	action Day	international	World Theater Day	1961	proclaimed by the UNESCO International Theater Institute, ASSITEJ Internationale
27th of March	Firmly	Christian	Rupert's Day		traditionally
28th March	action Day	international	(Honorary) Weed Appreciation Day	2003	Introduced by (gardening) bloggers
March 30	action Day	Israel Palestine	Day of the soil	1976	Protest movement against the land expropriation of the Arabs by Israel
March 31	action Day	international	Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), international day for trans visibility	2009	Demonstration of the achievements and successes of trans * and gender-nonconforming, non-binary people

April

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First Wednesday	action Day	Germany	Elderly Generation Day	1968	introduced by the Kassel retirement movement
First sunday	action Day	Russia	Day of the Geologist
Second Wednesday	action Day	worldwide	Provenance Research Day	2019	Provenance Research Working Group
Third Saturday	action Day	worldwide	Record Store Day (RSD)	2007	Action day of independent record stores
Last Wednesday	action Day		Administrative Professionals Day (secretaries' day (office workers))	2000
Fourth Thursday	action Day	Germany	Girls' Day "Girls Future Day "	2001	Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Last sunday	action Day	international	World Sister City Day	1963	proclaimed by the World Association of Sister Cities
(Mostly) around mid-April (27th Nisan of the Jewish calendar )	Action day, national holiday	Israel	Yom haScho'a (Eng. "Day of Remembrance of Shoah and Heroism", Holocaust Remembrance Day)	1951	First set by the Knesset on April 21, 1951 under David Ben-Gurion and Jitzchak Ben Tzwi ; “Law to commemorate the Shoah and heroism” passed in April 1959 by the Knesset.
0April 1st	Custom day	international	April 1st		traditionally
02nd of April	action Day	international	International Children's Book Day	1967	Introduced on the initiative of the International Board on Books for Young People on the birthday of the Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen
02nd of April	action Day	international	World Autism Day	2008	U.N.
04. April	action Day	international	Day for raising awareness of mine hazards and supporting anti-mine programs	2005	UN , supported by the “Show your leg” campaign.
0April 6th	Remembrance day	international	World Olympic Day		Return of the first day of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896
0April 6th	action Day	international	International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	2013	U.N.
0April 6th	National holiday	Thailand	Chakri day	1932	150 years after the enthronement of Rama I, the founder of the Chakri dynasty
07th of April	action Day	international	World health day	1954	WHO
07th of April	Remembrance day	international	Genocide Day in Rwanda		Commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the UN recognized
0April 8th	action Day	international	International Roma Day	1990	First international meeting near London in 1971
0April 8th	action Day	Kosovo	Roma Day
0April 8th	Firmly	Japan , Buddhist	Kambutsue		The occasion of the festival is Buddha's birthday
09th April	Remembrance day	Finland	Finnish Language Day (Mikael Agricola Day)		Celebrated on the death anniversary of the reformer Mikael Agricola , who is considered the father of the Finnish literary language.
10th of April	action Day	international	Sibling Day	1998	On April 10th, the sister of the initiator Claudia A. Evart, who died in an accident, had her birthday.
11 April	action Day	international	World Parkinson's Day	1997	Birthday of James Parkinson , European Parkinsons Disease Association
12. April	action Day	international	International Human Spaceflight Day	2001	proclaimed by the General Assembly of the UN
12. April	action Day	Russia	Cosmonaut Day		Commemoration day of Yuri Gagarin's first manned flight into space on April 12, 1961.
12. April	action Day	international	Yuri's Night		Global space party in honor of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and the first flight of a space shuttle; celebrated around April 12th every year since 2001.
12. April	Remembrance day	Liberia	National Redemption Day	1981	originally a holiday when Samuel K. Doe came to power , now a day of remembrance for the military coup of April 12, 1980
April 13th	Firmly	Thailand Laos	Beginning of the Songkran New Year Festival		lasts until April 15th
April 14th	Firmly	Christian	Tiburtius Day		traditionally
April 14th	Firmly	South Korea	Black Day		complementary celebration for Valentine's Day and White Day
April 15th	National holiday	North Korea	Day of the sun		Birthday of the "Eternal President" Kim Il-sung
April 16	Remembrance day	France Hungary	Holocaust Remembrance Day		April 19, 1943: Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
April 16	action Day	international	World Voice Day	2006	WHO
17th April	National holiday	Syria	Independence day		1946
17th April	action Day	Europe	European Youth Information Day	2008	Appointed by the European Youth Information and Counseling Agency (ERYICA) . on the occasion of its founding on April 17, 1986. The day aims to raise awareness of the right of all young people to have access to objective and reliable information. This right is recognized in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Art. 13) and in two recommendations by the Council of Europe .
April 18	National holiday	Zimbabwe	Independence day		1980
April 18	action Day	international	World Amateur Radio Day		proclaimed by the International Amateur Radio Union on the occasion of its foundation on April 18, 1925 in Paris.
April 18	action Day	international	International Monuments Day	1982	ICOMOS in cooperation with UNESCO
20th of April	action Day	international	International stoner day		Called out by marijuana lovers especially in American university cities, it is also called 4/20 after the American date spelling and the usual start date of the parties at 4:20 pm (4:20 pm) .
20th of April	Remembrance day	international	World Chinese Language Day		United Nations and UNESCO
April 21	Remembrance day	Italy	Natale di Roma		Commemoration of the founding of Rome on April 21, 753 BC Chr.
April 21	Firmly	Bahai	Ridvanfest , first day		The most important festival of the Baha'i, the Ridvan time, lasts until May 12th. The festival commemorates the time of the proclamation of the founder of the religion Baha'u'llah in the "Garden of Ridvan" (Najibiyyih Garden) near Baghdad in 1863.
April 21	action Day	international	Kindergarten day		In honor of the first kindergarten created by the German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel in Bad Blankenburg in 1840 .
April 22	action Day	international	Earth Day	1970/1990	US Congress , international since 1990
April 22	Remembrance day	Serbia	National Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Serbs, the Holocaust and the other victims of fascism
April 23	action Day	international	World Book and Copyright Day	1995	UNESCO
April 23	action Day	international	World Laboratory Day	1995	also: World Laboratory Day
April 23	Firmly	Turkey	children Party	1920	by state founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk under the motto "Çocuklarımız geleceğimizdir" (Our children are our future). Since 1979, the holiday has been given the extended title "International Children's Festival".
April 23	Firmly	Christian	St. George's Day		traditional, especially the day of remembrance of the international scout movement
April 23	action Day	Germany	German Beer Day	1994	German beer brewers, occasion: the Bavarian Purity Law was enacted in 1516
April 24th	Remembrance day		Remembrance day for the victims of the Turkish genocide against the Armenians until 1917.		Occasion: Deportation of the Armenian elite on April 24, 1915
April 24th	action Day	international	International day for the abolition of animal testing	1979	First committed in Great Britain
April 25	action Day	international	World Malaria Day	2007	WHO
April 25	action Day	international	International Arbor Day	1872/1951	United States, since 1872 April 10; Adopted by the United Nations in 1951 ; in Germany since 1952.
April 25	National holiday	Faroe Islands	Flag day	1940
April 25	National holiday	Italy	Liberation Day		Liberation from fascism and end of the Second World War
April 25	National holiday	Portugal	Day of freedom		Commemoration of the Carnation Revolution
April 25	National holiday	Swaziland	Flag day
April 25	National holiday	Australia New Zealand Tonga	ANZAC Day	1916	Acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps: Anniversary of the first military action by Australian and New Zealand troops and soldiers from Tonga in World War I - the landing at Gallipoli (Gelibolu, Turkey) in 1915.
April 25	action Day	international	International Day of parental alienation syndrome (Parental Alienation Awareness Day)	2006	Initiator: Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO), initiated in Canada, now global participation
April 25	action Day	international	World penguin day	1987
April 25	action Day	international	World DNA Day	2003
26th of April	action Day	international	World Intellectual Property Day	2001	initiated by UNESCO , proclaimed by the World Intellectual Property Organization
26th of April	Remembrance day		Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
April 27	National holiday	Slovenia	National Uprising Day
April 27	National holiday	South Africa	Day of freedom		Remembrance day of the first free elections in 1994
April 27	National holiday	Togo	Independence day
April 27	action Day	international	World graphic artist day		Allegedly based on a tradition of the graphics association Icograda , which celebrates its founding in 1963 every year on this day.
April 27	action Day	international	World Day of designs (World Day of Design)	2005	initially in the United States, supported by the local AIGA, professional association of designers
April 27	National holiday	Netherlands	Koningsdag (King's Day)	2013; until 2012 celebrated on April 30th as Koninginnedag
April 28	action Day	international	Workers' Memorial Day / World Day for Safety and Health at Work	1984	International trade union movement / International Labor Office
April 29	action Day	international	World Dance Day (World Dance Day , International Dance Day)	1982	Dance Committee of the UNESCO Theater Institute
April 29	Remembrance day	international	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Chemical Weapons	2005	UN , OPCW
April 29	action Day	international	Day of Immunology	2005	The international Day of Immunology was launched by the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) so that immunologists can present their own research and interests to the public in various PR campaigns.
April 29	National holiday	Japan	Shōwa day (Shōwa no hi)	1929/2007	already from 1929 to 1988 as the "birthday of the emperor Hirohito (= Shōwa-tennō)" (tennō tanjōbi), it was rededicated after his death in 1989 to the "green day" (= day of nature). In 2007, the "Shōwa-tennō" was celebrated with him under a new name and the "Green Day" was placed on the previous "People's Day" (kokumin no kyūjitsu) on May 4th.
April, 30th	Memorial and action day	international	International Jazz Day	2011	UNESCO
April, 30th	National holiday	Vietnam	Unification Day
April, 30th	Custom day	Europe	Walpurgis Night		traditional, see also Beltane

May

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
Sunday before or after May 4th	Remembrance day	Southern Germany and Austria	Florian Day	traditionally	fire Department
18. Ijjar	Half holiday	jewish festival	Lag baOmer (also Lag laOmer)	traditionally	On the 33rd day of counting the Omer between Passover and Shavuot, practically always in May.
First full moon day of the 6th lunar month according to the lunar calendar	holiday	international (by all Buddhists)	Visakha Puja (also Visaka Bucha or Vesak festival)	since 1999 recognized by the UN General Assembly as a global holiday	Probably the most important Buddhist holiday commemorates the birth, enlightenment and complete extinction ( Parinirvana ) of the Buddha (on the occasion of his physical death).
First Tuesday	action Day	international	World Asthma Day	1998	organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma
First Thursday	action Day	United States	National Day of Prayer	1952	First proclaimed by Harry S. Truman, since 1988 by the United States Congress; Held primarily by conservative evangelical Christians.
First sunday	action Day	international	World laughter	1998	initiated by Madan Kataria
Second Saturday	action Day	Europe	European Fair Trade Day World Fair Trade Day	1996	organized by the European World Shops Network
Second Saturday	action Day	Germany Austria Switzerland	Free comic day	2010
Second Saturday and the following Sunday (Second complete weekend)	action Day	international	World migratory bird day	2006	UNEP
Second Sunday	action Day	international	Mother's Day	1914	longer different traditions; In 1914 the US Congress declared the 2nd Sunday in May Mother's Day.
Third Sunday	action Day	international	International Museum Day	1978	inspired by the International Council of Museums
Whit Monday (between May 11th and June 14th)	action Day	Germany	German mill day	1994	nationwide over 1000 participating windmills and water mills
Last monday	Remembrance day	United States	Memorial Day	1868	Remembrance Day for the Dead
Last Wednesday	action Day	international	World MS Day	2009	in Germany organized by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society (→  Multiple Sclerosis )
01st of May	Remembrance day	international	First of May Labor Day	1889	Founding congress of the Second International (workers 'movement) proclaimed "day of struggle for the workers' movement", since 1919 a public holiday in Germany
01st of May	National holiday	Marshall Islands	Independence day		1979
01st of May		Austria	National holiday
01st of May	Firmly	Bavaria , Roman Catholic Church	Grand celebration of the Patrona Bavariae		traditionally
02.May	Remembrance day	Spain	City holiday of Madrid		Commemoration of the uprising of May 2, 1808
02.May	Firmly	Bahai	Ridvan , twelfth and final day
02.May	National holiday	Poland	Flag day	2004	not work free
02.May	Day of remembrance and action	international	Remembrance & Resistance Day	1995	May 2nd is the international day to commemorate the crimes of Nazi psychiatry and its collaborators and the day of resistance against forced psychiatry.
0May 3rd	action Day	international	International press freedom day	1992	Suggested in 1991 by UNESCO , proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations
0May 3rd	National holiday	Poland	Constitution Day		1791 Constitution of May 3rd
0May 3rd	National holiday	Japan	Day of the post-war constitution ( "kenpō kinenbi")	1949
0May 4th	Remembrance day	Netherlands	National commemoration of the dead		Remembrance day for the dead of wars, no day off
0May 4th	National holiday	Japan	Green day ("midori no hi")	2007	previously on April 29th
0May 4th	action Day	worldwide	Star Wars day		Unofficial Star Wars Day ("Star Wars Day") May, the fourth , initiated by George Lucas .
0May 4th	action Day	worldwide	World password day		Initiated by companies around the chip manufacturer Intel .
05th of May	Remembrance day	Europe	Europe day	1964	Anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe (1949)
05th of May	action Day	Germany	Day of the Heart Sick Child	1998 (at least)	Federal Association for Children with Heart Disease
05th of May	action Day	international	International Midwives Day	1990	International midwifery congress
05th of May	action Day	international	World Hand Hygiene Day		In reference to the five fingers of the hand placed by the WHO on that day.
05th of May	action Day	Europe	European Day of Protest for Equality for People with Disabilities	1992	of the interest groups Independent Living Germany (ISL) and Disabled Peoples' International launched
05th of May	National holiday	Denmark Netherlands	Liberation Day / Bevrijdingsdag		Netherlands: annually since 1990
05th of May	Firmly	Japan	Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day)		during Golden Week
05th of May	National holiday	South Korea	Children's day
05th of May	National holiday	Mexico	Cinco de Mayo		May 5, 1862 Victory of the Mexican army led by General Ignacio Zaragoza against the outnumbered forces of a French expeditionary army in the Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862)
05th of May	Remembrance day	Austria	Remembrance day against violence and racism in memory of the victims of National Socialism	1997	Remembrance day for the victims of National Socialism, also against violence and racism; was first celebrated in 1998, no day off.
05th of May	holiday	Thailand	Coronation day	1950	on the occasion of the coronation of the Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej
0May 6th	action Day	international	International Anti-Diet Day	1992	initiated by Mary Evans Young
0May 6th	action Day	Roman Catholic Church	World Day for Vocations ("World Day of Spiritual Professions")	1964	of Pope Paul VI. introduced
08th of May	action Day	international	World Red Cross Day	1948	Resolution of the 16th International Red Cross Conference in 1938, implemented in 1948
08th of May	Remembrance day	international	Liberation Day / Victory in Europe Day as the day of victory over National Socialism		Commemoration of the end of the Second World War, in France also: Day of Peace, in the federal states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Thuringia state day of remembrance as: Day of / Remembrance day on the occasion of the liberation from National Socialism and the end of the Second / 2. World War [in Europe], recognized by the UN as days of remembrance and reconciliation .
08th of May	National holiday	Slovakia	Day of victory over fascism		earlier on May 9th
0May 9	Remembrance day	Europe	Europe day	1985	Remembering Robert Schuman's appeal in 1950
0May 9	Remembrance day	Russia CIS	Victory Day (Russian Federation and other CIS countries )		Commemoration of the victory over the National Socialists
10th of May	action Day	Germany	Day against the stroke	1999	Nationwide action and information day on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, brought to life by the German Stroke Foundation .
10th of May	Remembrance day	Germany	Day of the (free) book	1947	Berlin, later GDR (1983 FRG, inter alia, through the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels) Commemoration day on the occasion of the 1933 book burning in Germany .
12th of May	action Day	international	International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day (CFS Day)	1993	Federal Association for Chronic Exhaustion Syndrome
12th of May	action Day	international	International Nursing Day ("Nursing Day", "International Nurses Day")	1967 (at least)	on Florence Nightingale's birthday , in Germany since 1967
May 13th	action Day	international	International Cocktail Day		First written definition of the word cocktail on May 13, 1806
May 15	action Day	international	International Family Day	1994	U.N.
May 15	action Day	international	International day of conscientious objectors	1998 (at least)
May 15	Remembrance day	Palestine , Palestinian diaspora	Day of the Nakba	1948	Escape and expulsion of around 700,000 Arab Palestinians after the establishment of the State of Israel
May 16	action Day	international	International Day of Light	2018	On this day, UNESCO emphasizes the importance of light in science, culture, art, education, medicine, communication and energy use.
17th of May	action Day	international	International Day Against Homophobia	2005	On the day the WHO in 1990 decided homosexuality from the ICD to delete
17th of May	action Day	international	World Telecommunication Day World Information Society Day	1967	Union Internationale de Telecommunication , the UN recognized
17th of May	action Day	international	World Hypertension Day World Hypertension Day	2005	The World Hypertension League, umbrella organization of several national societies
17th of May	National holiday	Norway	Constitution Day		May 17, 1814 National Assembly oath full
17th of May	National holiday	Nauru	Constitution Day		1968
May 19th	action Day	international	World IBD day		Global awareness and solidarity campaign for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. [www.worldibdday.org www.worldibdday.org] Organized in Switzerland by the patient organization SMCCV
May 20th	action Day	Germany	German Vein Day	2003 (at least)	German Vein League eV
May 20th	National holiday	Cameroon	National holiday
May 20th	National holiday	East Timor	Independence day	2002	Released from the UN administration on May 20, 2002
May 20th	Remembrance day	international	World bee day	2018	United Nations (on the proposal of Slovenia ). The Bee Day aims to raise awareness of the important role of insects and the dwindling populations.
May 20th	action Day	international	Day of Measurement World Metrology Day	2000	International Office for Weights and Measures , International Organization for Legal Metrology
May 21	action Day	international	World Day for Cultural Development ("World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development")	2002	UNESCO , forerunner since 1991
May 22	action Day	international	International Day for Biodiversity ("Day of Biodiversity"; "International Day for the Conservation of Biodiversity")	2000	UNEP , earlier on December 29th
23. May	Remembrance day	Germany	Day of the Basic Law		1949 Proclamation of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany
23. May	action Day	international	World Turtle Day (World Turtle Day)	2000	initiated by American Tortoise Rescue , proclaimed by the Humane Society of the United States
23. May	action Day	international	International Day to End Obstetric Fistulas	2012	UN , UNFPA
May 24th	Remembrance day	Bulgaria North Macedonia	Day of the Cyrillic Script ("Festival of Letters")		Day of Slavic Culture and Scripture Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius , authors of Slavic script (no school in Bulgaria)
May 24th	action Day	Europe	Park Day	1999	Europe-wide day of action for national parks, biosphere reserves and nature parks. The day goes back to May 24, 1909, when nine national parks in Sweden were designated as the first protected areas of their kind in Europe.
25. May	action Day	Europe	Neighborhood Day	2004
25. May	Remembrance day	Africa	Africa day		1963 Foundation of the Organization of African Unity
25. May	Remembrance day	United States	Missing Children's Day	1983	initiated by US President Ronald Reagan to commemorate six-year-old Etan Patz
25. May	Remembrance day		Towel Day ("day of the towel")	2001	in memory of Douglas Adams († May 11, 2001)
25. May	action Day	international	Beginning of the week of solidarity with the peoples of the areas without self-government (formerly “peoples of all colonial areas who fight for freedom, independence and human rights”).		U.N.
25. May	Firmly	Christian	Urban day		traditionally
25. May	National holiday	Argentina	Revolution day		1810
25. May	National holiday	Jordan	National holiday		1946 Acceptance of the royal title by Abdallah I.
May 26	National holiday	Georgia	Independence day		1918
May 26	Remembrance day	Poland	Mother's Day
May 26	Remembrance day	Australia	National Sorry Day	1998	not officially commemorating the forced adoption of about 35,000 Aborigineskindern 1920 to 1969 - the so-called Stolen Generations ( Stolen Generations ).
28th of May	action Day	international	International World Game Day	1999	International Toy Library Association, Tokyo
28th of May	Remembrance day	Russia	Border Guard Day	1994	decided by the Russian parliament
28th of May	National holiday	Azerbaijan	Independence day		1918
28th of May	National holiday	Ethiopia	Revolution day		1991
28th of May	action Day	worldwide	International day of action for women's health
28th of May	action Day	Germany	Donation of life day	1991	Day of action for stem cell donation , initiated by the German bone marrow donor database ; in memory of the founding of DKMS in 1991
May 29th	action Day	international	International Day of United Nations Peacekeeping Personnel ("International Day of UN Peacekeepers" or "UN Peacekeepers")		decided by the General Assembly of the United Nations
May 29th	National holiday	Nepal	Day of Unity
31. May	action Day	international	World No Tobacco Day (World No Tobacco Day)	1987	WHO

June

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First saturday	action Day	international	Organ Donation Day (Organ Donor Day)	2005	WHO / Council of Europe ; Forerunner since at least 1982/83 on June 3rd by the Federal Association for Dialysis Patients and the Organ Donation Working Group
First sunday	action Day	international	World Heritage Day (World Heritage Day)	2005	proclaimed by UNESCO
Whit Monday (between May 11th and June 14th)	action Day	Germany	German mill day	1994	nationwide over 1000 participating windmills and water mills
Second Saturday	holiday	United Kingdom	Trooping the Color	public since 1805	Military parade in honor of each British monarch's birthday
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	Germany	Garden day	1984	Federal Association of German Gardening Friends
Third Saturday	action Day	Germany	Road Safety Day	2005
Third weekend	action Day	Germany	Day of music	2009	nationwide uniform date since 2009
Third Sunday	action Day	Germany	MOBILE Without a car (MOa) - Car-free special offer Sunday	1973 FRG / 1981 GDR	Nationwide car-free Sunday for environmentally friendly traffic and socially responsible public mobility
Last weekend	action Day	Germany	Architecture Day	1994/2001	nationwide uniform date since 2001
0June 1st	action Day	international	International Children's Day		Beginnings in Chinese tradition, introduced since 1950 in many - above all - socialist countries (e.g. GDR) as a day of struggle for a happy future for children, world peace, and children's rights. In Germany since the 2000s, in addition to September 20, it has also been officially celebrated again increasingly
0June 1st	action Day	international	World Milk Day International Milk Day	1958	International Dairy Federation , FAO
0June 1st	action Day	international	World Farmers Day	2002	It was organized for the first time in 2000 in close connection with the World Exhibition Expo 2000 in Hanover, then proclaimed from 2002 by the UN and UNESCO .
0June 1st	action Day	international	World Parents Day	2012	U.N.
0June 1st	National holiday	Samoa	Independence day		1962, formerly New Zealand
0June 1st	Remembrance day		Albert Schweitzer Day		Initiated by the Albert Schweitzer Children's Villages and Family Organizations Albert Schweitzer Children's Villages in memory of their godparent, the great humanist, theologian, doctor and philanthropist Albert Schweitzer .
02th of June	National holiday	Italy	Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day)
02th of June	action Day	international	International Whore Day World Whore Day	1975	The starting point was the occupation of the Saint-Nizier church in Lyon in France by more than a hundred prostitutes (June 2, 1975)
02th of June	action Day	international	I-love-my-dentist-day (I love my dentist day)		On this day, the prevention of dental diseases is promoted.
03rd of June	action Day	Europe	European Bicycle Day	1998	founded by Attac
03rd of June	action Day	international	World bicycle day	2018	Introduced by the UN
0June 4th	action Day	international	International Day of the Innocent Victims of Aggression	1982	of the UN General Assembly decided
0June 4th	National holiday	Tonga	Independence day		1970
0June 5th	action Day	international	World Environment Day ( World Environment Day )	1972	UNEP (UNO)
0June 5th	National holiday	Denmark	Constitution Day		1849
0June 5th	National holiday	Seychelles	Liberation Day		1977
06th of June	Remembrance day		D-Day		Commemoration of the landing of Allied troops in Normandy on June 6, 1944
06th of June	action Day	Germany	Visually Impaired Day (Day of the Visually Impaired)	1998	German Blind and Visually Impaired e. V. and its member institutions
06th of June	National holiday	Sweden	National holiday		1523 Coronation of Gustav I. Wasa
0June 7th	World Pharmacies Day
08th June	holiday	Argentina	Day of the Polish Settlers (Día del Colono Polaco)	1995	Law passed by the Chamber of Deputies on December 28, 1995
08th June	action Day	international	Welthirntumortag ( "World Brain Tumor Day")	2000	organized by German Brain Tumor Aid
08th June	action Day	international	Day of the sea	1992	since the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992
0June 9th	Remembrance day	Russia	Day of the Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany		Day of the Formation of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945)
June 10th	National holiday	Portugal	National holiday		Anniversary of the death of the national poet Camões
June 10th	action Day	Germany	Child safety day	2000	Federal working group More safety for children
June 11th	Firmly	Christian	Barnabas day		traditionally
June 12	action Day	international	World Day Against Child Labor	2002	International Labor Organization (ILO)
June 12	National holiday	Russia	Day of Russia		Adoption of the declaration of the independence of Russia by the first party congress of the People's Deputies of the RSFSR (1990) and first free presidential elections in Russia (1991)
June 12	National holiday	Philippines	Independence day		1898, formerly Spanish
June 12	action Day	United States	Day of the red roses		It is unclear when the day started, but it is still being celebrated.
June 13th	action Day	international	International Albinism Awareness Day	2014	adopted by the UN General Assembly
14th June	action Day	international	World blood donation day	2004	WHO , IFRK , ISBT and FIODS
14th June	Remembrance day	Afghanistan	Mother's Day
14th June	National holiday	Falkland Islands	Liberation Day		Liberation from the Argentine occupation
14th June	Remembrance day	Latvia	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communist Terror		On the night of June 14, 1941 and in the following days, more than 15,000 Latvian residents (0.8% of the population) were deported to Soviet concentration camps and special settlement areas.
14th June	National holiday	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , United Kingdom	Liberation Day		1982
14th June	Remembrance day	United States	Flag Day	1949	On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress declared the Stars and Stripes the flag of the United States
15th June	action Day	international	World Day against Elderly Abuse	2006	WHO
15th June	action Day	international	Global Wind Day	2007	GWEC , EWEA
June 16	Remembrance day	international	Day of the African Child (Youth Day)	1991	Anniversary of the start of the Soweto race riots (1976), former name: Soweto Day , first in South Africa , then OAU , now UNICEF
June 16	Remembrance day	Ireland	Bloomsday		Remembrance day, which refers to the main work of the Irish writer James Joyce Ulysses, whose main character Leopold Bloom is namesake.
17th of June	National holiday (former)	Germany	Day of German unity		Remembrance day of the uprising of June 17, 1953 , national holiday from 1954 to 1990 (day of German unity)
17th of June	Remembrance day	Thuringia	Remembrance day for the victims of the SED injustice	2016	June 17th uprising
17th of June	action Day	international	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	1995	UNEP
17th of June	National holiday	Iceland	Independence day		1944
18th of June	action Day	international	Autistic Pride Day	2005
June 19th	Remembrance day	United States	Juneteenth - Freedom Day	1980	Anniversary Day commemorating the liberation of the African-American population of the United States from slavery
20th June	Remembrance day	Germany	Remembrance day for the victims of flight and displacement	2015	Flight and displacement
20th June	action Day	international	World Refugee Day until 2000: Day of the African Refugee	1995	UNHCR
20th June	National holiday	Argentina	Argentine Flag Day
June 21st	action Day	international	International Day of Homemade Music ( Fête de la Musique )	1982	initiated by the French Minister of Culture Jack Lang
June 21st	action Day	international	World Humanist Day	late 1980s to early 1990s	initiated by the American Humanist Association (AHA) and the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)
June 21st	action Day	Germany	Day of sleep	2000	Association "Day of Sleep"
June 21st	action Day	Germany Austria Switzerland	Sun protection day	2008	Community action by organizations from the fields of health protection and prevention, medicine, sport and consumer protection
June 21st	National holiday	Greenland Denmark	National holiday
June 21st	action Day	international	World Yoga Day	2015	Based on the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 11, 2014.
June 21st	calendar		the beginning of summer
June 22	Remembrance day	Russia	Day of remembrance and mourning	1996	Remembrance of June 22, 1941, the first day of the attack by the Wehrmacht and allied troops on the Soviet Union and the approximately 27 million Soviet victims of the German-Soviet war
June 22	National holiday	Croatia	Day of the anti-fascist struggle		Remembrance day for the founding of the first anti-fascist partisan unit in Southeast Europe in the Brezovica forest near Sisak
23rd June	action Day	international	Public Service Day	2003 (at least)	U.N.
23rd June	action Day	international	International Widows Day	2011	U.N.
23rd June	Remembrance day	international	World Olympic Day	1948	IOC , in memory of the founding of the IOC on June 23, 1894
23rd June	National holiday	Luxembourg	Luxembourg National Day	End of the 18th century	Birthday of the respective ruler, since 1850 on the birthday of Queen Sophie of Württemberg (1818–1877)
June 24th	Firmly	Christian	St. John's Day		traditionally
25th June	action Day	international	Sailor's Day	2010	IMO
25th June	action Day		Day of friendship and union of the Slavs	1990s
25th June	National holiday	Mozambique	Independence day		1975, formerly Portuguese
25th June	National holiday	Slovenia	Independence day		1991
25th June	National holiday	Croatia	National holiday		1991 Declaration of the sovereignty and independence of the country by the Croatian parliament together with its chambers
June 26th	action Day	international	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking in short: World Drugs Day also: Anti-Drugs Day	2003 (at least)	U.N.
June 26th	action Day	international	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	1998	U.N.
June 26th	National holiday	Madagascar	Independence day		1960, previously French
June 26th	Remembrance day		Bear Memorial Day		Foundation for bears , on the occasion of the death of the brown bear Bruno ( JJ1 )
June 27th	Firmly	Christian	Dormouse day		traditionally
June 27th	action Day	international	World Fragrance Day	2004	initiated by Matti Niebelschütz, managing director of a perfume company
June 28th	Remembrance day	international	Christopher Street Day		Original memorial day, nowadays it usually takes place on a weekend between June and August
June 29th	action Day	international	International Day of the Tropics	2016	proclaimed by the United Nations
June 29th	Firmly	Christian	Peter and Paul		traditionally
June 30th	National holiday	Democratic Republic of Congo	Independence day		1960, formerly Belgian
June 30th	action Day	international	International asteroid day	2016	Based on the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 6, 2016

July

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First saturday	action Day	international	International Cooperative Day	1992	proclaimed by the UN , preceded in 1923 by the ICA
Third Monday	holiday	Japan	Umi no hi	1996	proclaimed by the Japanese Minister of Communications Shōzō Murata
Third Wednesday	holiday	United States	Day of the hot dog	1991	The "National Hot Dog Day" (Day of hotdogs ) goes back to an initiative of the 1994 founded the "American Meat Institute," "National Hot Dog and Sausage Council" (NHDSC). The occasion has been the annual hot dog lunch on Washington's Capitol Hill since 1991 ("Annual Hot Dog Lunch on Capitol Hill").
Last friday	action Day	international	System Administrator Appreciation Day (day of the system administrator)	2000	invented by system administrator Ted Kekatos
Last sunday	action Day	Germany	Sea Rescue Day	1999	proclaimed by the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People
0July 1	National holiday	Canada	Canada Day		July 1, 1867 British North America Act
0July 1		Rwanda	Independence day		July 1, 1962, previously Belgian
0July 1	National holiday	Somalia	Independence day		July 1, 1960, previously Italian; Union of Italian Somaliland with British Somaliland to form Somalia
02nd July	Regional holiday	Franconia , Bavaria	Day of the Franks	2006	July 2, 1500, division of the Holy Roman Empire into six imperial circles , including the Frankish Empire
02nd July	Firmly	international	Mid-anniversary, mid-year day	unknown	On July 2, half of the year has passed at noon in normal years (in leap years at midnight )
02nd July	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church, Evangelical Church, Anglican Church	Visitation of the Virgin Mary		Visit of Mary to her relative Elisabeth (cf. Lk 1,39-40  EU )
02nd July	Firmly	Orthodox Church	Feast of the laying down of the robes of Our Lady
03rd of July	National holiday	Belarus	Day of Liberation from Fascism
0July 4th	Firmly	Christian	Ulrich Day		traditionally
0July 4th	National holiday	United States	Independence Day Independence Day		1776 Signing of the declaration of independence
0July 4th	Remembrance day	Latvia	Holocaust Remembrance Day		Commemoration of the beginning of the murder of the Latvian Jews during the Nazi occupation in 1941
05th July	National holiday	Venezuela	National holiday		July 5, 1811 Declaration of freedom
05th July	Remembrance day	Czech Republic	holiday		862 Arrival of the Slav apostles Kyrill von Saloniki and Method in Greater Moravia
0July 6th	National holiday	Czech Republic	National holiday	1925	Remembrance day of Jan Hus , teacher, martyr and theologian (Protestant)
0July 6th	National holiday	Malawi	Independence day		July 6, 1964, formerly British
0July 6th	action Day	international	International Kiss Day		established in the UK in the 1990s
07th of July	Firmly	Japan	Tanabata (Star Festival)
08th of July	Firmly	Christian	Kilian's day		traditionally
0July 9	National holiday	Argentina	Independence day		July 9, 1816, formerly Spanish
0July 9	National holiday	South Sudan	Independence day		July 9, 2011, formerly Sudanese
10th of July	National holiday	Bahamas	Independence day		July 10, 1973, formerly British
July 11th	action Day	international	World Population Day	1989	proclaimed by UNDP / UNFPA
July 11th	Remembrance day	international	Genocide Day in Srebrenica		Commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, the UN recognized
July 11th	Firmly	Mongolia	Naadam start of the Mongolia National Festival		lasts until July 13th
July 12	National holiday	Kiribati	Independence day		1979, formerly British
July 12	National holiday	Sao Tome and Principe	Independence day		1975, formerly Portuguese
July 12	Orangemen's Day	Northern Ireland , UK Province of Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada	Public holiday, memorial day
July 14th	action Day	international	International non-binary day	2012	Suggestion in a Canadian blog, meanwhile distributed internationally
July 14th	National holiday	France	National holiday		1790 ( Fete de la Fédération ) / 1880
15th of July	Firmly	Christian	Twelve Messenger Day		traditionally
15th of July	National holiday	Turkey	Day of Democracy and National Unity	2017
16th of July	action Day	international	World Snake Day
17th July	action Day	international	World Day for International Justice	2010	1998 Adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
July 18th	Remembrance day	international	Nelson Mandela Day	2009	U.N.
20th of July	Remembrance day	Germany	Remembrance day for the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944
20th of July	action Day	international	Space exploration day		Commemoration of the first manned landing on the moon ( Apollo 11 , 1969) and the first American landing on Mars ( Viking 1 , 1976)
20th of July	National holiday	Colombia	Independence day		1831, previously Spanish
20th of July	action Day	international	International Chess Day	1966	Foundation day of the International Chess Federation (1924)
21 July	Remembrance day	Germany	National Remembrance Day for Deceased Drug Addicts	1998	in Germany
21 July	National holiday	Belgium	National holiday		1831 Day of the swearing-in of the first Belgian king, Leopold I.
22nd of July	action Day	United States / International	Day of the hammock	2008
July 23	National holiday	Egypt	National holiday		1952 fall of the monarchy
24th July	Firmly		Day of joy	1981
24th July	holiday	Utah , Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Pioneer Day	1857	Brigham Young and the first Mormon pioneers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847
July 25th	Firmly	Christian	Jacob's Day (Apostle James the Elder)		traditionally
July 25th	National holiday	Tunisia	day of the Republic		1957 Declaration of the Republic
July 26th	Firmly	Christian	Annentag		traditionally
July 26th	National holiday	Liberia	Independence day	1847	Declaration of Independence
July 26th	Firmly	Esperanto speakers	Esperanto day	1887	Publication of the first Esperanto textbook
July 28th	National holiday	Peru	Independence day		1821, previously Spanish
July 28th	action Day	international	World Hepatitis Day (World Hepatitis Day)		World Hepatitis Alliance , took place on October 1st until 2007 and on May 19th until 2010
29th of July	National holiday	Faroe Islands , Denmark	Ólavsøka		since the 13th century
30th July	National holiday	Morocco	National holiday		Accession of the king to the throne
30th July	action Day	international	International Friendship Day	2011	Proclaimed by the UN
July 31	action Day	Germany , Austria	Food Diversity Day	2020	Proclaimed by the German Food Association , supported by the Association of the Food and Beverage Industry (food industry) of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce .

August

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First friday	action Day	international	International Beer Day	2007	Made in the USA
0August 1st	National holiday	Switzerland	Federal holiday		At the beginning of August 1291 completion of the federal letter
0August 1st	National holiday	Benin	Independence day		1960, previously French
0August 2nd	Remembrance day	Bulgaria	Remembrance Day for the Ilinden Uprising Preobraschenie Fallen		In 1903 the Ilinden-Preobraschenie uprising broke out in Macedonia and Thrace, organized by the BMARK
0August 2nd	National holiday	North Macedonia	National holiday		1903 Ilinden uprising
0August 2nd	Remembrance day	international	International Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of Sinti and Roma		1944 Liquidation of the Auschwitz gypsy camp
05th of August	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Maria Snow		Dedication day of the Roman basilica Santa Maria Maggiore
05th of August	Remembrance day	Croatia	Victory Day and Home Gratitude		1995 Operation Oluja begins
06th of August	Remembrance day	international	Memorial Day for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945		Day of Remembrance of the Atomic Bomb Drop on Hiroshima in 1945
06th of August	National holiday	Jamaica	Independence day		1962, formerly British
06th of August	National holiday	Bolivia	Independence day		1825
06th of August	Firmly	Christian	Transfiguration of the Lord		Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican
0August 7th	National holiday	Ivory Coast	Independence day		1960, previously French
0August 7th	National holiday	Colombia	Independence day		1819, previously Spanish
08th August	Remembrance day	Germany	Augsburg Peace Festival	1650	the only protected city holiday in Germany
08th August	action Day	international	World cat day	2002	Originator unknown
08th August	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Dominic Day
0August 9	action Day	international	International Day of the Autochthonous Peoples of the World also: International Day of the Indigenous Peoples
0August 9	National holiday	Singapore	Independence day		1965, formerly under Malaysia
0August 9	Remembrance day	South Africa	Women's Day		1956 Women's demonstration against the passport law
August 10	National holiday	Ecuador	Independence day		1808/09 in Quito: "First cry for independence"
August 10	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Laurentius day		traditionally
August 10	Remembrance day	international	International Day Against Witch Mania		2020: initiated for the first time by missio Aachen to commemorate the people who are accused, persecuted and in many cases killed as alleged "witches".
August 10	Remembrance day	Vietnam	Orange Day	2009	Remembrance Day of the Agent Orange Victims. On August 10, 1961, the US Air Force sprayed herbicides over Vietnam for the first time
August 11th	National holiday (former)	German Empire	Constitution Day (Weimar Republic)	1921	Commemoration day of the signing of the Weimar Constitution on August 11, 1919, national holiday in the Weimar Republic from 1921 to 1932
August 11th	National holiday	Chad	Independence day		1960, previously French
12. August	action Day	international	International Youth Day World Youth Day	1985	proclaimed by the UN
13 August	action Day	international	International Left Handed Day World Left Handed Day	1976	proclaimed by the founder of Lefthanders international , Dean R. Campbell
13 August	Remembrance day	Germany	Anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961
August 14th	action Day	United States	National Navajo Code Speakers Day	1982
15th of August	action Day	international	World Day of the Panama Canal
15th of August	National holiday	Liechtenstein	National holiday		Assumption of the Virgin in combination with the birthday of Prince Franz Josef II (1906–1989) on August 16. Merged for the first time in 1940, then retained after the Prince's death.
15th of August	National holiday	Republic of the Congo	Independence day		1960, previously French
15th of August	National holiday	Poland	Polish Army Day
15th of August	National holiday	India	Independence day		1947, formerly British
15th of August	Remembrance day	Japan	"Remembrance day of the end of the war" (shûsen kinenbi)		Announcement of the capitulation of Japan in World War II by Emperor Hirohito in 1945.
15th of August	National holiday	South Korea	Independence day		Commemoration of independence from Japan.
15th of August	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Assumption Day
August 16	Remembrance day	United States	Bennington Battle Day		1777
17th August	National holiday	Argentina	National holiday		Memorial day in honor of General José de San Martín
17th August	National holiday	Indonesia	day of the Republic		1945 Indonesian declaration of independence
17th August	National holiday	Gabon	Independence day		1960, previously French
August 19th	National holiday	Afghanistan	National holiday
August 19th	action Day	international	World Humanitarian Day	2008	U.N.
20th of August	National holiday	Hungary	Founding day		1000 Foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary
20th of August	National holiday	Morocco	Day of the revolution of the king and the people		The French protectorate government deposed Sultan (and later king) Mohammed V and exiled him
20th of August	National Memorial Day	East Timor	Day of FALINTIL	2002	Foundation of FALINTIL on August 20, 1975
August 21	Firmly	Morocco	Festival of youth		Formally a festival of youth, but also the birthday of King Mohammed VI. (1963)
August 22nd	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Mary Queen
August 23	action Day	international	International day commemorating the slave trade and its abolition	1998	UNESCO
August 23	Remembrance day	Europe	European Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Stalinism and National Socialism	2009	Signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact on August 23, 1939
August 24th	National holiday	Ukraine	Independence day
August 27	National holiday	Moldova	Independence day		1991, formerly Soviet
August 28th	Remembrance day	Germany	Day of the Russian Germans	1982	Introduced in memory of the Stalin decree of August 28, 1941 on the forced deportation of the Volga Germans to Siberia
August 28th	National holiday	North Korea	Youth day	1927 (?)	Anniversary of the establishment of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongil Youth Association
29th August	National holiday	Slovakia	National holiday		1944 Uprising of the Slovaks against National Socialist Germany
29th August	Remembrance day	international	International Day Against Nuclear Tests	2009	UN - Kazakhstan- initiated day to commemorate the first Soviet nuclear test on August 29, 1949
August 30th	action Day	international	International Day of the Disappeared		Introduced by Latin American human rights organizations
August 30th	National holiday	Turkey	day of the victory	1922	Holiday commemorating the Turkish victory at the Battle of Dumlupınar during the Greco-Turkish War under the direction of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
August 30th	National holiday	East Timor	"Consulta" - the day of the referendum	2002	Commemoration of the 1999 independence referendum in East Timor
August 31	National holiday	Malaysia	Independence day		1957, formerly British
August 31	National holiday	Kyrgyzstan	Independence day		1991, formerly Soviet
August 31	National holiday	Trinidad and Tobago	Independence day		1962

September

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First monday	action Day	United States	Labor Day labor day	1882	initiated by Central Labor Union
First sunday	action Day	Europe	European Day of Jewish Culture	1999
Second Saturday	action Day	Germany	German Language Day	2001	u. a. Association German language e. V.
Second Saturday	action Day	international	International First Aid Day	2000	in Germany through the Federal First Aid Working Group
Second weekend	action Day	Switzerland	European Heritage Days	1994	Contribution to the European Heritage Days
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	Germany	Bavarian day of remembrance for the victims of escape, displacement and deportation	2014	Free State of Bavaria
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	Germany	Hessian day of remembrance for the victims of flight, displacement and deportation	2014	Hesse
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	Germany	Saxon day of remembrance for the victims of flight, displacement and forced resettlement	2014	Free State of Saxony
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	Germany	Homeland Day	1949	Federation of Displaced Persons
Second Sunday	action Day	Germany	Day of remembrance and reminder	1945	Committed by the VVN-BdA on September 9, 1990 with a meeting in the Berlin Lustgarten - resuming the original " OdF Memorial Day", which the all-German VVN introduced in 1945, but which developed separately in East and West due to the beginning of the Cold War took
Second Sunday	action Day	Germany	Open Monument Day	1993	German Foundation for Monument Protection
Third Saturday	action Day	international	ICC - International Coastal Cleanup Day	1986	International day of action to clean up coasts, waters and river banks of rubbish
Third Saturday	action Day	Germany	Craft Day	2010	On this day, over 130 tradespeople celebrate Handicrafts Day nationwide in numerous regional events in honor of 5.6 million craftspeople.
Third Saturday and the following Sunday	action Day	Germany	Day of the cemetery	2001	due to a nationwide initiative of cemetery gardeners in cooperation with cemetery administrations, undertakers, florists and sculptors as well as initiatives, associations and religious communities.
Third Sunday	Remembrance day	Switzerland	Federal Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer Day
Third Sunday	action Day	Germany	Day of the geotope	2002	German Society for Geosciences
Fourth Friday	action Day	international	Hug-a-Vegetarian Day	2011	Animal welfare organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) , proclaimed for the fourth Friday in September
Last Thursday	action Day	international	World Shipping Day		International Maritime Organization , proclaimed for the last week of September, in Germany last Thursday in September
Last friday	action Day	Germany	Day of the German bread and butter	1999	Initiated by the CMA , German bakeries promote healthy snacks during breaks
Last saturday	action Day	international	International Rabbit Day	2010	House Rabbit Society
Last saturday	action Day	international	International Retina Day	1994	The "World Retina Day" or the "International Day of the Retina " (Retina) has been pointing out the problem of retinal diseases since 1994.
Last weekend	action Day	Germany	Lung day	1998	Association of German Lung Day e. V. (2001/2002 different dates)
Last sunday	action Day	international	Deaf Day	1951	Introduced by the World Association of the Deaf (WFD), committed in Germany since the mid-1970s
Last sunday	action Day	international	World heart day	2000	World Heart Federation (WHF)
Last sunday	action Day	Austria	Monument Day	1998	Contribution to the European Heritage Days
0September 1	action Day	Germany	Anti war day	1950s	Beginning of the Second World War , since the 1950s in the GDR as "World Day of Peace", introduced in 1966 by DGB and DAG in the FRG
0September 1	National holiday	Slovakia	Constitution Day		1993
0September 1	National holiday	Libya	Revolution day		1969
0September 1	National holiday	Uzbekistan	Independence day		1991, formerly Soviet
0September 2nd	National holiday (former)	German Empire	Sedan day
0September 2nd	National holiday	Vietnam	Independence day		1945, formerly French
0September 3	action Day	international	Skyscraper Day		probably in honor of the birthday of architect Louis Sullivan introduced
0September 3	National holiday	San Marino	National holiday		301 San Marino is founded
0September 3	National holiday	Qatar	Independence day		1971, formerly British
0September 4th	action Day	international	World Sexual Health Day	2010	German Society for the Promotion of Sexual Health , World Association for Sexual Health
05th September	action Day	international	International Day of Charity	2013	U.N.
05th September	action Day	Germany	Headache day	2001	Federal Association of German Pain Help e. V.
0September 6th	National holiday	Swaziland	Independence day		1968, formerly British
0September 6th	National holiday	Bulgaria	National holiday		1885 Union of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia
0September 6th	Firmly	Christian	Abfraßtag (Magnus Day)		traditionally
07th of September	Remembrance day	Germany	Remembrance day		September 7, 1949 Constitution of the 1st German Bundestag
07th of September	National holiday	Brazil	Independence day		1822, formerly Portuguese
0September 8th	action Day	international	World Education Day / World Literacy Day	1967	UNESCO , proclaimed in 1966
0September 8th	National holiday	Andorra	Founding day		1278 Andorra founded
0September 8th	National holiday	Montenegro	Independence day		1991, formerly Yugoslav
0September 8th	Firmly	Christian	Virgin Mary's birth	Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox
0September 8th	action Day	international	World Tollwuttag (World Rabies Day)	2007	on the initiative of the non-profit association "Alliance for Rabies Control". In Germany, 2007 was celebrated on September 8th, the anniversary of the first successful rabies vaccination by Louis Pasteur in 1895. In other countries on September 28th.
0the 9th of September	action Day	international	Day of the alcoholic child	at least 2004	FASworld initiative
0the 9th of September	National holiday	North Korea	National holiday		1948 Proclamation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
0the 9th of September	National holiday	Tajikistan	Independence Day, formerly Soviet		1991
September 10	action Day	international	World Suicide Prevention Day	2003	WHO
September 11	Remembrance day	United States , international	Remembrance day in honor of the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks ( Patriot Day )
September 11	National holiday	Catalonia , Spain	Diada Nacional de Catalunya
September 11	action Day	Germany	Homeless Day
September 11	holiday	Zurich , Switzerland	City holiday		Remembrance day of the city patrons Felix and Regula
12th September	action Day	international	UN Day for South-South Cooperation	2003	UN , until 2011 on December 19th
12th September	National holiday	Cape Verde	National holiday
13.september	action Day	Russia	Programmer's Day	2009	the 256th (= 2 8 ) day of the year (on leap years on September 12th)
September 14th	action Day	international	Tropical Forests Day	1989	WWF (birthday of the important jungle researcher Alexander von Humboldt)
September 14th	Firmly	Christian	Exaltation of the Cross		traditionally
September 15th	action Day	international	International day of democracy	2007	U.N.
September 15th	action Day	Europe	European Prostate Day	2005	Urologist and patient associations from Europe
September 15th	National holiday	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua	Independence day		1821, previously Spanish
September 15th	Remembrance day	United Kingdom	Battle of Britain Day		Remembering the Battle of Britain
16th September	action Day	international	Day for the preservation of the ozone layer	1995	U.N.
16th September	Remembrance day	Wisconsin , USA	School Memorial Day for Mildred Harnack-Fish	1986	Law introducing a school memorial day for Mildred Harnack-Fish
16th September	National holiday	Mexico	Independence day		1810, formerly Spanish
16th September	National holiday	Papua New Guinea	Independence day		1976
17th of September	National holiday	Angola	National Heroes Day
17th of September	holiday	Sofia , Bulgaria	City holiday
17th of September	action Day	international	Patient Safety Day		Patient safety alliance
September 18	National holiday	Chile	Independence day		1810 Beginning of the independence process
September 19th	National holiday	St. Kitts and Nevis	Independence day
September 19th	action Day	international	Talk Like a Pirate Day	1995
September 20th	action Day	Germany	German World Children's Day		international on June 1st and November 20th
September 20th	National holiday	East Timor	Freedom day	2002	Landing of the first INTERFET soldiers in East Timor on September 20, 1999
21st September	action Day	international	World Alzheimer's Day	1994	WHO
21st September	action Day	international	World Peace Day International Day of Peace		UNO ; took place on the third Tuesday in September until 1999, the opening day of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, was then temporarily moved to the second Tuesday before the General Assembly decided in 2002 to set the date to September 21.
21st September	National holiday	Armenia	Independence day		1991
21st September	National holiday	Malta	Independence day		1964
21st September	National holiday	Belize	Independence day		1981
September 22	action Day	international	World CML Day	2008
September 22	National holiday	Mali	Independence day
September 22	National holiday	Bulgaria	Independence day
September 22	action Day	Europe	Car-free day of the "Into the city - without my car" campaign	1998	launched in France, today under the aegis of the EU
September 22	action Day	international	Hobbit day	1978	Unofficial holiday in honor of the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins
September 23rd	action Day	international	World Sign Language Day	1951	Established by the World Association of the Deaf in 1951 and officially confirmed by the United Nations in 2018
September 23rd	National holiday	Saudi Arabia	Founding day		1932 founded by association
September 23rd	holiday	Japan	Beginning of autumn
September 24th	action Day	Germany	Space travel day	1998	DLR and ESA
September 24th		Guinea-Bissau	National holiday		1973 Declaration of Independence, previously Portuguese
September 24th	Remembrance day	South Africa	Heritage Day
September 24th	holiday	State of Salzburg	Rupert's Day or Rupert's Day		Rupert of Salzburg
25th of September	action Day	Germany	Dental Health Day	1991
September 26th	action Day	Europe	European Day of Languages	2000	Council of Europe
September 27th	action Day	international	World Tourism Day	1980	UNWTO
September 28th	action Day	international	World Rabies Day	2007	WHO , FAO , OIE
September 28th	National holiday	Czech Republic	St. Wenceslas Day or the Day of the Czech Statehood		National holiday
September 29th	Firmly	Christian	Michaelmas day		traditionally
September 29th	action Day	international	World heart day	2000	World Heart Federation (WHF), supported by WHO
30. September	National holiday	Botswana	Independence day
30. September	action Day	international	International Translators Day, Jerome Day	1991	Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works a . a. (Anniversary of the death of Jerome , patron saint of translators)
30. September	action Day	Germany	Day of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia	2015	Launched by Deutsche Kinderhilfe and the Federal Association of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia eV

October

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First monday	action Day	international	World Housing and Settlement Day Habitat Day	1991	United Nations
First friday	action Day	international	World Day of Smiles ( English World Smile Day )	1999	Main Sponsor: Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation
First sunday	Firmly	Christian	Thanksgiving		traditionally
Thursday after the first Sunday	Firmly	Leoben , Styria	Gösser Kirtag	1836
Second Monday	Firmly	United States	Columbus Day
Second Thursday	action Day	international	World Sight Day	2000	initiated by the Lions Club International Foundation, refers to the worldwide campaign "Vision 2020 - the right to sight"; Part of the week of seeing
Second Friday	action Day	international	International Day of the Egg ( English World Egg Day )	1996	International Egg Commission / Association of Egg Producers 1997
Second Saturday	action Day	international	Welthospiztag (World hospice and palliative care Day)	2005
Second Saturday	action Day	international	Home Movie Day	2002	initiated by film archivists from the USA
Last working day	action Day	Germany	World Savings Day	1924	Proclaimed by the 1st International Savings Banks Congress; internationally set for October 31
0October 1	action Day	international	International Day of the Elderly	1990	U.N.
0October 1	action Day	international	World music day	1975	International Music Council and UNESCO
0October 1	action Day	international	World Vegetarian Day	1977	North American Vegetarian Society
0October 1	National holiday	People's Republic of China	Founding day	1949
0October 1	National holiday	Cyprus	Independence day
0October 1	National holiday	Nigeria	Independence day	1960	formerly British
0October 1	National holiday	Tuvalu	Independence day	1978
0October 1	action Day	international	Day of coffee	2005	initiated by the German Coffee Association e. V.
0October 2nd	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Guardian Angel Festival		traditionally
0October 2nd	National holiday	Guinea	Independence day		1958, previously French
0October 2nd	National holiday	India	Gandhi Jayanti		Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
0October 2nd	action Day	international	International Day of Nonviolence	2007	Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
0October 2nd	Remembrance day	national	Remembrance Day of the Psychiatric Dead	2006	Demonstration by the Federal Association of Psychiatric Experienced Persons (BPE)
0October 3	National holiday	Germany	Day of German unity	1990	Reunification day
0October 3	action Day	Germany	Open mosque day	1997	Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD)
0October 3	Remembrance day	South Korea	Gaecheonjeol		National Founding Day in Korea (2333 BC)
04th of October	action Day	international	World Animal Day Animal Day World Day of animal welfare	1929	on the ecclesiastical feast day of St. Francis of Assisi ; International congress of associations for animal welfare
04th of October	action Day	international	Start of the International Space Week	1999	U.N.
04th of October	National holiday	Lesotho	Independence day	1966	formerly British
05th October	action Day	international	World Teachers Day International Teachers Day	1994	UNESCO
05th October	action Day	Germany	Epilepsy Day	1996	German Epilepsy Association acc. e. V.
05th October	National holiday	Vanuatu	Constitution Day
05th October	National holiday	Portugal	Day of the proclamation of the republic
0October 6th	Remembrance day	Germany / United States	German-American Day German-American Day	1987	German-American National Congress
0October 6th	Memorial and action day	German-speaking area	Nonviolent Communication Day	2016	Launched by several organizations (birthday of the late founder Marshall B. Rosenberg )
0October 7th	National holiday (former)	German Democratic Republic	day of the Republic	1949	until 1989 founding of the GDR on October 7, 1949
0October 7th	action Day	international	World Day for Decent Work	2006	International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
0October 7th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Rosary Festival		traditionally
08th October	National holiday	Croatia	Independence day
09th October	Remembrance day	international	Universal Postal Union Day United Nations Universal Postal Day		UPU commemorating the founding day of the Universal Postal Union in 1874
09th October	National holiday	South Korea	Hangul day
09th October	National holiday	Uganda	Independence day	1962
09th October	Remembrance day	United States	Leif Eriksson Day	1964	A special day for Leif Eriksson , celebrated with a tribute by the President
October 10th	action Day	international	World Day Against the Death Penalty	2003	World Coalition against Death Penalty and Amnesty International
October 10th	action Day	international	World Mental Health Day International Mental Health Day	1992	World Federation for Mental Health , World Federation for Mental Hygiene WHO
October 10th	action Day	international	World Dog Day
October 10th	National holiday	Taiwan	day of the Republic		Memorial Day for the Wuchang Uprising , establishment of the Chinese Republic in 1912
October 10th	Remembrance day	Luxembourg	National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of World War II Journée de la Commémoration Nationale
October 10th	National holiday	Carinthia	Carinthian national holiday		Referendum in 1920 for southern Carinthia to remain with Austria
October 10th	National holiday	Fiji	Independence day	1970	formerly British
October 11th	action Day	international	Coming out day	1988
October 11th	action Day	international	International Girls' Day	2012	United Nations, Children's Fund plan
October 12th	holiday	Latin America, Portugal Spain	Columbus Day Día de la Raza , Día de la Hispanidad		Remembrance day of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492
October 12th	action Day	international	World Rheumatism Day	1996	initiated by "Arthritis and Rheumatism International" (ARI)
October 12th	National holiday	Equatorial Guinea	Independence day		1968
October 12th	Firmly	Brazil , Roman Catholic Church	Nossa Senhora Aparecida		Appearance of the Mother of God Mary
October 13th	Day of action (former)	German Democratic Republic	Activist Day and Maritime Industry Day
October 13th	action Day	international	Day of Disaster Prevention ("International Day for Disaster Reduction")	2009	United Nations
October 14th	action Day	Germany	Hospice day	2000	German hospice and palliative Association e. V.
October 14th	action Day	international	World Standards Day (ISO)
15th October	action Day	international	"International Day of Women in Rural Areas"	2008	United Nations
15th October	action Day	United States	Day of the White Stick Day of consideration for the non-seeing	1969	proclaimed by the United Nations on the initiative of American President Johnson ; Part of the week of seeing
15th October	action Day	international	International hand washing day	2008	WHO
October, 16th	Remembrance day	international	World Bread Day	2006	International Union of Bakers and Confections UIBC, Madrid
October, 16th	Remembrance day	international	World Food Day Welthungertag World Food Day	1979	Founding of FAO in 1945
October, 16th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Gallus Day		traditionally
October, 16th	holiday	United States	Boss Day	1958	non-governmental
October 17th	action Day	international	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	1987/1992	Initiated in 1987 by Joseph Wresinski , proclaimed in 1992 by the General Assembly of the United Nations
October 18	Remembrance day	Alaska , USA	Alaska Day		1867 Formal transfer of Russian holdings in Alaska to the United States
October 18	action Day	Europe	European day against human trafficking		In 2007, the European Day Against Trafficking in Human Beings was introduced by the European Commission
the 20th of October	action Day	international	World Osteoporosis Day	1997	IOF , WHO
the 20th of October	action Day	international	World Statistics Day	2010	UN Statistics Commission
October 21	Remembrance day		Trafalgar Day		Memorial Day of the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
October 22nd	action Day	international	World Stuttering Day ("International Stuttering Awareness Day")	1998	from the four organizations American Speech-Language-Hearing Association , European League of Stuttering Associations , International Fluency Association , International Stuttering Association launched
23rd October	National holiday	Hungary	day of the Republic		To commemorate the beginning of the Hungarian people's uprising in 1956
23rd October	Remembrance day	Thailand	Chulalongkorn Day	1910	Anniversary of the death of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V.)
23rd October	action Day	Russia	Advertiser Day	1994
October 24th	Remembrance day	international	United Nations Day		United Nations , anniversary of the UN Charter, entered into force in 1945
October 24th	action Day	international	World Development Information Day	1972	proclaimed by the United Nations
October 24th	action Day	international	Beginning of the disarmament week	1978	UN , the disarmament week lasts until October 30th
October 24th	action Day	Germany	Libraries Day	1995	Umbrella organization of the German Literature Conference or Federal Association of German Library Associations
October 24th	National holiday	Zambia	Independence day	1964	formerly British
October 25	action Day	international	World noodle day	1995	40 international pasta producers
October 25	Remembrance day	Taiwan	Taiwan Return Day		Commemoration Day for the return of Taiwan as a result of the liberation from the Japanese occupation in 1945
October 26th	National holiday	Austria	National holiday in Austria		on the occasion of the adoption of the Austrian declaration of neutrality in 1955, until 1967 referred to as "Day of the (Austrian) Flag"
October 26th	National holiday	Nauru	Angam Day	1932
October 26th	action Day	international	Intersex Awareness Day	1996	Organization of Intersex International Australia on the occasion of the introduction of the “third” gender in Australia
October 27	National holiday	Turkmenistan	Independence day
October 27	action Day	international	World Audiovisual Heritage Day	2005	UNESCO (day of action for the preservation of historical film, video and sound documents)
October 27	action Day	international	World Occupational Therapy Day / World Occupational Therapy Day	Renamed in 2010	Engl. "World Occupational Therapy Day" Occasion: contacts between the “ World Federation of Occupational Therapists ” ( WFOT) and the WHO since 1959. Until April 2010 under the name “International Occupational Therapy Day”.
October 27		South Korea	Korean Film Day	1966	Filmmakers and the South Korean government agreed to honor the Korean film on the day Fight For Justice premiered (October 27, 1919).
28th of October	action Day	international	World polio day	1988	WHO
28th of October	National holiday	Greece	National holiday		so-called "no day" in memory of the rejection of the Italian ultimatum to surrender on October 28, 1940.
28th of October	National holiday	Chad	Independence day		1918
October 29th	action Day	international	World Psoriasis Day	2004	International Federation of Psoriasis Associations
October 29th	National holiday	Turkey	day of the Republic	1923	Holiday in memory of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
October 29th	action Day	international	World stroke day		World Stroke Organization (WSO)
30th of October	Remembrance day	Russia	Remembrance day for the victims of political violence	1991
October 31	Firmly	evangelical	Reformation day
October 31	Firmly	Catholic	Wolfgang Day		traditional, especially in the diocese of Regensburg
October 31	Firmly	general	Halloween and Samhain		traditionally
October 31	holiday	Mexico	Dia de los Muertos		traditionally
October 31	action Day	international	World Savings Day	1924	Proclaimed by the 1st International Savings Banks Congress; in Germany always on the last working day of October
October 31	World day	U.N.	World Cities Day	2014	With this World Day, the UN would like to raise awareness of the situation in cities

November

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
First full moon according to the Thai lunar calendar	holiday	Thailand	Loi Krathong (Festival of Lights)		The festival probably originates from India when a Hindu festival is celebrated as thanksgiving to the deity of the Ganges with floating lanterns, which are said to be life-giving all year round.
Second Thursday	action Day	international	World Usability Day	2005	Proclaimed by the Usability Professionals Association to improve the usability and usability of technical devices; in Germany every year actions in different cities.
Second Thursday	action Day	international	World quality day	1989	Initiated by the quality organizations of Europe (EOQ), the USA (ASQC) and Japan (JUSE).
Second Saturday	action Day	Germany	Save the chestnut	2008	Proclaimed by the German Forest Protection Association (SDW) to curb the multiplication of the chestnut leaf miner
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	United Kingdom Commonwealth	Remembrance Sunday	1945	Commemorates British and Commonwealth war casualties since World War I.
Third Thursday	action Day	international	World Philosophy Day	2005	UNESCO
Third Friday	action Day	Germany	Reading day	2004	One day in November, initiated by the Reading Foundation and the weekly newspaper Die Zeit
Third Sunday	Remembrance day	international	World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims	1995	U.N.
Wednesday before November 23rd	holiday	Germany	Day of Prayer and Repentance		Public holiday only in Saxony
Fourth Thursday	Firmly	Canada United States	Thanksgiving	16th century	Canadian and American Thanksgiving Day
Day after the fourth Thursday	action Day	United States	Black Friday	1966	Start of a traditional family weekend and the start of the Christmas shopping season
Second Sunday before the first Sunday in Advent	Remembrance day	Germany	Memorial Day	1952	National day of mourning for the dead of two wars on the fronts and at home, the victims of the tyranny of all nations; since 1952 on the second Sunday before the first Sunday in Advent
Last Saturday (North America: last Friday)	action Day	Europe, North America	Buy nothing day	1992
0November 1st	action Day	international	World Vegan Day	1994	Introduced on the 50th anniversary of the Vegan Society
0November 1st	National holiday	Algeria	National holiday	1954
0November 1st	National holiday	Mexico	Day of the dead (second day)
0November 1st	National holiday	Antigua and Barbuda	Independence day		Independent from Great Britain in 1981
0November 1st	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	All Saints Day		traditionally
0November 1st	Firmly	Evangelical Lutheran Church	Remembrance Day of the Saints
0November 1st	Firmly	Spain	Magosto (first day)		traditionally
0November 2	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	All Souls		traditionally
0November 2	Firmly	Mexico	Day of the dead (third day)
0November 3rd	action Day	international	World Men's Day World Men's Day	2000	Launched by andrologists from the University of Vienna .
0November 3rd	holiday	Japan	Day of Culture Bunka no Hi
0November 3rd	National holiday	Panama	Independence day		1903 independent from Colombia
0November 3rd	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Hubertus Day		traditionally
0November 3rd	National Memorial Day	East Timor	National Women's Day	2002
0November 4th	Remembrance day	Russia	People's Unity Day	2005
0November 5th	Firmly	United Kingdom	Bonfire Night		traditionally
0November 6th	action Day	international	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	2001	U.N.
0November 6th	Remembrance day	Morocco	Green March		1975 organized march of approx. 350,000 mostly unarmed people as part of the Western Sahara conflict
0November 6th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Leonhardifest		traditionally
0November 7th			October Revolution Day
0November 8th	action Day	international	World Town Planning Day	1949
0November 9th	Remembrance day		Inventor Day		Birthday of Hedy Lamarr , a rather unusual inventor
0November 9th	Remembrance day	Germany	Proclamation of the German Republic by the Social Democrat Philipp Scheidemann ( November Revolution) 1918
0November 9th	Remembrance day	Germany	Commemoration of the Reichspogromnacht 1938
0November 9th	Remembrance day	Germany	Commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall between East and West in 1989
0November 9th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome		The Lateran Basilica is the actual cathedral of the Pope with the designation "mother and head of all churches of the world"
November 10th	action Day	international	World Science Day	2001	UNESCO
November 11th	Remembrance day	some European Commonwealth countries	Commemoration of the fallen of the two world wars Veterans Day Remembrance Day Armistice Day		End of the First World War in 1918
November 11th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Martin's Day		traditional, feast day of St. Martin of Tours
November 11th	Firmly		Carnival, Mardi Gras and Mardi Gras begin at 11:11 a.m.		traditionally
November 11th	National holiday	Angola		1975	Anniversary of independence from Portugal (1975)
November 11th	National holiday	Colombia	Independence from Cartagena
November 11th	National holiday	Poland	Independence day	1937–1944, since 1989	Anniversary of the establishment of the Second Polish Republic (1918)
November 11th		South Korea	Pepero Day
November 12th	National holiday	East Timor	Youth Day ("Santa Cruz Day")	2002	Remembering the Santa Cruz massacre on November 12, 1991
November 12th	Remembrance day	Azerbaijan	Constitution Day	1996
November 13th	action Day	international	World Kindness Day	1998	Introduced by the "World Kindness Movement"
14th November	action Day	international	World Diabetes Day	1991	International Diabetic Association / WHO . World Diabetes Day has been an official United Nations day since 2007 .
15th of November	action Day	international	International " Writers-in-Prison-Day " "Day of the authors behind bars"	1980	Since 1980 the “Writers-in-Prison-Committee” of the writers' association PEN , founded in 1960, has been commemorating persecuted, imprisoned and murdered writers and journalists on this day.
15th of November	holiday	Palestine	Palestinian Independence Day	1988
November 16	action Day	international	International Day for Tolerance	1995	UNESCO
November 17th	action Day	international	World Student Day	1941	To commemorate the closure of Czech universities by the Nazis on November 17, 1939, the day of the struggle for freedom and democracy is celebrated in the Czech Republic .
November 17th	Remembrance day	Slovakia Czech Republic	Commemoration of the " Velvet Revolution "
November 17th	action Day	international	International Premature Baby Day	2008	Initiated by the EFCNI ("European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants")
November 18	National holiday	Morocco	independence Day		Formal re-enthronement of Mohamed V. 1955
November 18	National holiday	Latvia	day of the Republic		Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia in Riga on November 18, 1918
November 19th	action Day	international	World Toilet Day	2001	Proclaimed by the World Toilet Organization
November 19th	action Day	international	International Men's Day	1999	Introduced by Trinidad and Tobago
November 19th	National holiday	Monaco	National holiday
20th November	action Day	international	World Children's Day of the Rights of the Child		UNICEF
20th November	action Day	international	Transgender Day of Remembrance	1998	Gwendolyn Ann Smith
20th November	action Day	Brazil	Black Consciousness Day ("Dia da Consciência Negra")	1960s
20th November	action Day	international	World Industrialization Day in Africa		U.N.
20th November	action Day	Germany	German Liver Day	1999	initiated by the Gastro-Liga e. V.
21st November	action Day	international	World television day	1996	World Television Forum of the UN
21st November	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Feast of Our Lady in Jerusalem		traditionally
21st November	action Day	international	World hello day	1973	Founded by Brian and Michael McCormack in response to the Yom Kippur War
22nd of November	action Day	international	House music day in Germany also: Cecilia day		on the feast of St. Cäcilia , patroness of church music
22nd of November	National holiday	Lebanon	National holiday
November 23	National holiday	Japan	Thanks work day	1948
25. November	action Day	international	"International Day Against Violence Against Women" International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	1999	proclaimed by the UN , the background is the kidnapping and murder of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic on November 25, 1960
25. November	National holiday	Bosnia and Herzegovina	National holiday		Proclamation of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Mrkonjić Grad on November 25, 1943
November 26th	action Day	international	World Magazines Day
November 28th	National holiday	Albania	day of the Republic		Proclamation of the Republic
November 28th	National holiday	Mauritania	National holiday
November 28th	National holiday	East Timor	Proclamation day	2002	The independence of East Timor from Portugal was proclaimed on November 28, 1975
November 29th	action Day	international	World Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	1977	U.N.
November 29th	National holiday	Liberia	President Tubman's Birthday	1945	November 29, 1895 - Birthday of former President Tubman
30th of November	National holiday	Barbados	National holiday
30th of November	National holiday	Scotland , United Kingdom	St. Andrews Day
30th of November	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Andrea day		traditionally
30th of November	action Day	Community of Sant'Egidio / Cities for Life	Cities for Life / Cities against the Death Penalty	2002
30th of November	action Day	international	Blue Beanie Day	2007	Day of action on the importance of web standards

December

date	character	Nation / region / religion	title	Year of introduction	Occasion / remarks
Second Sunday	Remembrance day	international	Worldwide Candle Lighting World Memorial Day for all deceased children
0December 1	action Day	international	World AIDS Day	1988	WHO , UNAIDS
0December 1	Remembrance day	Liberia	"Mathilda Newport Day"	1823	Mathilda Newport saved Monrovia's first settler colony
0December 1	National holiday	Romania	National holiday
0December 1	National holiday	Central African Republic	National holiday
02. December	action Day	international	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	1949	UN , first time in 1950
02. December	National holiday	Laos	National holiday
02. December	National holiday	United Arab Emirates	National holiday
03rd of December	action Day	international	International Day of People with Disabilities	1992	UN , first published in 1993
0December 4th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Barbara day		traditionally
0December 5th	action Day	international	International Volunteer Day	1985	UN , first in 1986, earlier also December 2nd
0December 5th	action Day	international	World Soil Day	2002	initiated by the International Soil Science Union (IUSS)
0December 5th	National holiday	Thailand	Fathers day		Birthday of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej
06th of December	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	St. Nicholas Day		traditionally
06th of December	National holiday	Finland	National holiday
06th of December	National holiday	Spain	Constitution Day ("Día de la Constitución")	1986	on the occasion of the adoption of the Constitution in 1978
0December 7th	action Day	international	International Civil Aviation Day		UN / ICAO , first published in 1997
0December 7th	National holiday	East Timor	Day of Remembrance in honor and memory of all those who died in the resistance and fight against the Indonesian occupation and for the liberation of the Timorese	2002, rededicated in 2016	Indonesia's open invasion of East Timor began on December 7, 1975
0December 8th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Immaculate Conception		Public holiday in many countries (including Argentina, Italy, Spain, Austria, parts of Switzerland, ...)
0December 8th	action Day	Bulgaria	Student Day
0December 8th	action Day	Germany	Education Day	2015	initiated by the Stifterverband, SOS Children's Villages worldwide and the German Children and Youth Foundation
0December 8th	action Day	Germany	Crime day	2011	Association of German-speaking crime writers Syndicate
09th of December	action Day	international	World Anti-Corruption Day	2003	UN commemorating the signing of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
10th of December	Remembrance day	international	International Day of Human Rights World Day of Human Rights		UN commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10th of December		Norway	Day of the presentation of the Nobel Prizes		Anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel
10th of December	National holiday	Thailand	Constitution Day	1932	on the occasion of the first constitution in 1932
11th December	action Day	international	World Mountain Day International Mountain Day		U.N.
11th December	National holiday	Burkina Faso	National holiday
11th December	Remembrance day	international	Day of UNICEF		The day the United Nations Children's Fund was founded in 1946
12th of December	National holiday	Kenya	National holiday
13th December	Firmly	Sweden	Lucia Festival		traditional festival of the Queen of Lights Lucia
December 14th	Remembrance day	Bangladesh	Day of Martyrs, Intellectuals		commemorates the Bengali intellectuals who were systematically murdered by the Pakistani army in the Bangladesh war .
December 14th	Remembrance day	international	Monkey day		unofficial international holidays and Memorial Day, the monkeys , lemurs , apes and other nonhuman primates has for its object.
15th December	action Day	Esperanto speakers	Esperanto Bay Day / Zamenhof Day		Birthday of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof
December 16	National holiday	Bangladesh	day of the victory	1972	recalls the victory over Pakistan in the Bangladesh war
December 16	Remembrance day	India	day of the victory	1972	recalls the victory over Pakistan in the third Indo-Pakistani war
December 16	Remembrance day	South Africa	Day of Atonement		in memory of the Battle of Blood River in 1838
December 18th	action Day	international	International Migrants Day	2000	U.N.
19. December	Remembrance day	Germany	Remembrance for the victims of the genocide of the Sinti and Roma		Federal Council
20th of December	action Day	international	International Human Solidarity Day	2005	U.N.
21st December	Firmly	Northern Europe	Yule		traditionally
21st December	action Day	international	World orgasm day	2006	initiated by activists Donna Sheehan and Paul Reffell
24th of December	Firmly	Christianity	Christmas Eve / Christmas Eve		traditionally
25 December	Firmly	Christianity	Christmas		traditionally
December 26th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	2. Christmas Day Boxing Day , Boxing Day
December 28th	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	Innocent Children's Day		traditionally
December 31	Firmly	Roman Catholic Church	New Year's Eve		traditional and secularized term for the celebrations at the turn of the year, see New Year

Celebrations and memorial days that depend on the date of Easter

→ Main article : List of all days and times dependent on the date of Easter

The number of days before (-) or after (+) Easter Sunday is given. To determine the Easter date, see the article Easter date .

Mardi Gras
Weiberfastnacht = fat Thursday	−52
Carnival Monday	−48
Shrove Tuesday = Violet Tuesday	−47
Lent
Ash Wednesday	−46
Basel Carnival	−41 −40 −39
Holy Week
Palm Sunday	−7
Maundy Thursday	−3
Good Friday	−2
Holy Saturday	−1
Easter time
Easter Sunday	0
Easter Monday	+1
White Sunday	+7
Ascension Day = Father's Day (traditional)	+39
Sunday after Ascension Day: World Day of Social Communication (also: "World Day of Mass Media"; Roman Catholic Church; proclaimed in 1967 by Pope Paul VI )	+42
Pentecost Sunday	+49
Whit Monday	+50
Trinity	+56
Corpus Christi	+60

See also Easter Sundays

Festivals and memorial days dependent on the Jewish calendar

• Yom HaScho'a , 8 days before Yom HaAtzma'ut , memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust (Israeli national holiday since 1959)
• Yom HaAtzma'ut , Israeli Independence Day on the 5th of Ijjar.

More moving memorial days

• International Noise Awareness Day, since 1996, in Germany since 1998. The date is set anew every year by the "League for the Hard of Hearing": April 29, 2009, April 16, 2008, April 25 2007, April 25, 2006, April 20, 2005, April 28, 2004, April 30, 2003, April 24, 2002, April 25, 2001 etc.
• Christopher Street Day (weekend between June and August)
• Health Research Day , since 2005, in Germany on the third (2005, 2006, 2008) or fourth Sunday in February (2007)
• The World Day of the Laboratory Animal has been celebrated since 1978, initiated by the International Association against Excruciating Animal Experiments ; it takes place on alternating days at the end of April.
• German Lung Day , since 1998 on one day at the end of September, by the Verein Deutscher Lungentag e. V.
• Nationwide Cholesterol Day , since 2003; since 2004 on a day in June, by the German Society for Combating Lipid Metabolism Disorders and their secondary diseases DGFF ( Lipid League )
• Pharmacy Day , since 1998, takes place on a day in June, initiated and determined by the ABDA - Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations in cooperation with the regional chambers of pharmacists and associations.
• Geotag of biodiversity , since 1998, takes place on the first Saturday in June, initiator Heinz Sielmann and GEO with the support of NABU , BUND u. a. Conservation organizations
• German Allergy and Asthma Day, redefined annually by the German Allergy and Asthma Association. V.
• Environment Children's Day , organized by BUNDjugend Berlin since 1996, dates can be set by children between April 1st and September 1st.
• Mill Day Germany: Whit Monday, Switzerland: Saturday after Ascension Day , Netherlands: second Saturday in May, United Kingdom: second Sunday in May ("National Mills Weekend")
• Equal Pay Day , launched in 1966 (USA) and 2008 (Germany), initiated by the professional women's network Business and Professional Women , is redefined annually in Germany and Austria, Germany: 260 working days / year times the statistically current pay difference in percent (currently around the end of March), in Austria the day on which women work “free” (currently around the beginning of October).
• Day of Mourning , since 1926.
• Fat Cat Day - a day to mark the contrast between rich and poor. The day when the richest people in a country earned as much as the average worker. Most common in Great Britain, in 2018 it was January 4th of the year.
• The German Diversity Day calls on organizations to stand up for diversity and to create social awareness of diversity . It has been organized annually since 2013 by the Diversity Charter under the patronage of the Federal Chancellor .

Newly introduced days of remembrance and action in 2010 and later

Does not affect memorial days introduced by United Nations agencies.

• January 18 - World Snowman Day: Day of action for social, charitable or ecological projects for which the snowman is a symbol ( winter , transience, children, etc.), for the first time in 2010.
• February 15 - Internationalist Fighters Day, Remembrance Day, Russia, for the first time in 2010, day of the end of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1989.
• April 4 - World Drummers' Day , for the first time in 2013, proclaimed on January 22, 2013 in Krefeld - Uerdingen , initiated by Christian Schages, supported by reports from the German trade press.
• April 19 - World Fund Day, information day, Germany, for the first time in 2012, national information day for consumers on investment fund savings. On April 19th Adriaan van Ketwich, father of the investment fund idea, was born. In 1774, the Dutch merchant launched the first collective asset called “Eintracht macht stark”.
• First Saturday in May - World Fish Roll Day, started in 2010 as a marketing campaign by the Ostsee-Holstein-Tourismus e. V. The day of action dedicated to the fish sandwich , which so far always took place on a Saturday in May, is mainly celebrated in Schleswig-Holstein but also in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Lower Saxony .
• Second Thursday in May - Day-of-correct-lying, day of action, Switzerland, for the first time in 2014, organized by IG-RLS, Interest Group-Correct Lying and Sleeping.
• May 4th - Star Wars Day , day of action, worldwide, officially for the first time in 2011, May 4th was chosen because of the English play on words “May the fourth be with you” / “May the force be with you”.
• May 11 - Mountain Day, public holiday, Japan, for the first time in 2016, deliberately placed in the time of the Buddhist ancestral festival Obon in order to be able to take several days off - and to stimulate consumption.
• May 16 - Day of the Unintentionally Childless, day of action, Germany, for the first time in 2012, day for families and couples who cannot have children naturally.
• May 17th - Sebastian Kneipp Day , for the first time in 2010.
• May 17th - Day of the Allgäuer Weißlacker , day of action, Bavaria, for the first time in 2013, the first half of May traditionally marks the start of the season for sales of Weißlacker cheese in the Allgäu. This is not available in the winter season.
• May 25 - Neighbors' Day, day of action, in Europe since 2004, introduced in Germany in 2018
• First Monday in June - World Orthoptic Day, day of action, international, for the first time in 2013, proclaimed by the International Orthoptic Association; serves to raise awareness, educate and provide information on the topics of “one-sided blindness”, “disorders of binocular vision in childhood”, “functional visual impairments”, “rehabilitation of neurologically related visual impairments” and much more.
• June 4th - German Action Days Sustainability , Action Day, Germany, for the first time in 2012, initiated by the German Council for Sustainable Development on the occasion of the international environmental conference Rio + 20 .
• June 27th - Sunglasses Day, day of action to raise awareness of the harmful effects of UV radiation on the eyes, apparently proclaimed since 2016
• July 1 - International Joke Day
• July 17th - World Emoji Day , an unofficial "holiday" since 2014 for all lovers of the ideogram Emoji .
• September 13 - World Sepsis Day, day of action, international, for the first time in 2012, organized by the Global Sepsis Alliance.
• September 24th - Sauna Day, day of action for health-oriented leisure activities, for the first time in 2014, by the German Sauna Association. V. in cooperation with public bathing companies
• October 1st - Foundation Day, Action Day, Germany, for the first time in 2013, initiated by the Association of German Foundations .

See also

• National holidays , world days , public holidays in Germany , special purpose Sunday
• Moving public holiday (dates of moving public holidays in Germany)
• List of pawn rules

literature

• Timo Lokoschat : It's getting tight on the calendar. 365 strange commemorative and public holidays. Sanssouci published by Hanser Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8363-0218-0 .
• Klaus Sator: Annually recurring action and theme days - selection for the year 2014 ( Memento from 7 July 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: German Bundestag: Scientific Services. Info letter. WD 1-3010-067 / 13. November 8, 2013; Retrieved August 29, 2014.

Web links

• A selection of historical anniversaries as well as annually recurring commemorative, action and theme days of the German Bundestag
• Recurring United Nations memorial events
• International days, weeks, years and decades of the United Nations
• Medical Health Days ( Memento from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Anniversaries 2020 of the German Broadcasting Archive Foundation

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Baha'i World Religious Day. religion.orf.at, January 19, 2013, accessed January 20, 2013 . 
3. ^ World Leprosy Day 2011. In: American Leprosy Missions. Retrieved January 1, 2011 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Patricia Levy, Michael Spilling: Liberia . In: Cultures of the World . Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-7614-3414-6 , pp. 140 .
5. ↑ Feasts of Religions: "Voodoo Festival"
6. ↑ blockfloete.eu ( Memento from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ www.musikpraesenznrw.de
8. ↑ www.welt.de
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10. ↑ www.nationalhuggingday.com , Berliner Morgenpost, January 20, 2011
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17. ↑ ec.europa.eu , www.saferinternetday.org , www.klicksafe.de
18. ↑ Earthworm Day 2019 . In: Small calendar . ( Kleiner-kalender.de [accessed on August 8, 2018]).
19. ↑ Day of the Earthworm | February 15th . ( kuriose-feiertage.de [accessed on August 8, 2018]).
20. ↑ Press release German Children's Cancer Foundation. In: kinderkrebsstiftung.de. Retrieved February 15, 2019 . 
21. ^ Text of the website on International Children's Cancer Day. In: internationalchildhoodcancerday.org. Retrieved February 15, 2019 . 
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23. ↑ archive.thedailystar.net
24. ↑ www.thedailystar.net
25. ↑ International Rare Diseases Day
26. ↑ International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) ( Memento from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 208 kB, accessed on February 6, 2014).
27. ↑ www.welttag-des-hoerens.de
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29. ^ International Day of Mathematics. Retrieved March 16, 2020 . 
30. ^ International Day of Mathematics. UNESCO , March 4, 2020, accessed March 16, 2020 . 
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32. ^ Tilman Wittenhorst: On Pi Day: Mathematics celebrates its first international anniversary. In: heise online . March 14, 2020, accessed March 16, 2020 . 
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34. ↑ www.un.org (PDF)
35. ↑ JOURNEE INTERNATIONAL DE LA FRANCOPHONIE. Retrieved March 17, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Francophonie Day. Retrieved March 17, 2019 . 
37. ↑ International Day Against Racism. Retrieved March 17, 2019 . 
38. ↑ About World Water Day. (No longer available online.) February 10, 2005, archived from the original on December 24, 2011 ; accessed on May 11, 2016 . 
39. ↑ www.un.org , accessed on February 14, 2014
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