List of commemorative days
In this list all holidays (especially bank holidays ), memorial days and days of action are taken on which recurring annually - international or national - commemorate important historical secular or religious events or is informed of important socio-political or medical problems. For a list of observances of saints, see calendar of saints.
Preliminary remarks
The list includes no concrete memorial and action days in monthly calendars that have been introduced only in 2010 or later, or whose day is determined annually. Days are weekdays bound, the list such as " First Sunday " or " last Friday " are prefixed. The meaning of Memorial Day or action is to be demonstrated in each case.
January
February
March
April
May
World Fair Trade Day
( "Day of nursing", " International Nurses Day" )
Day of the Holy brothers Cyril and Methodius, author of Slavonic Literature ( in Bulgaria no school )
June
July
August
September
October
November
Veterans Day Remembrance Day Armistice Day
"Day of the authors behind bars "
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
December
World Day of Remembrance for all deceased children
From the date of Easter -related celebrations and observances
Indicated the number of days ago - Easter Sunday or after ( ) (). To determine the date of Easter, see the article the date of Easter.
From the Jewish calendar dependent Feasts
- Yom haScho'a, 8 days before Yom haAtzma'ut, commemorating the victims of the Holocaust ( Israeli national holiday since 1959)
- Yom haAtzma'ut, Israeli Independence Day on 5 Iyar.
More mobile Anniversaries
- . International Noise Awareness Day ( International Noise Awareness Day ), since 1996, in Germany since 1998, the date calculated annually determined by the " League for the Hard of Hearing ": April 29, 2009 April 16, 2008, April 25 2007 25 April 2006 20 April 2005 28 April 2004 30 April 2003 24 April 2002 25 April 2001 etc.
- Christopher Street Day ( weekend from June to August )
- Day of Health Research, since 2005, in Germany on the third ( 2005, 2006, 2008) and the fourth Sunday in February (2007)
- The World Day of the experimental animal is celebrated since 1978, initiated by the International Association against painful animal experiments; it takes place in late April on alternate days.
- German Lungentag, since 1998, one day in late September, e by the Association of German Lungentag V.
- Nationwide day of cholesterol, since 2003; since 2004 in a day in June, by the German Society for fighting fat metabolism disorders and their sequelae DGFF (lipid - League )
- Day of the pharmacy, since 1998, takes place on one day in June, initiated and established by the ABDA - Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists in cooperation with the provincial pharmacist chambers and associations.
- Geotag of biodiversity, since 1998, held the first Saturday in June,, initiator Heinz Sielmann and GEO with the support of NABU, BUND, inter alia, Conservation organizations
- German Allergy and Asthmatag, determined annually eV by the German Allergy and Asthma Association
- Environmental Children's Day, directed since 1996 by BUNDjugend Berlin, appointment of children themselves April 1 to September 1 fixable.
- Mill Day Germany: Whit Monday, Switzerland: Saturday after Ascension, The Netherlands: second Saturday in May, UK: Second Sunday in May (English " National Mills Weekend" )
- Equal Pay Day, since 1966 ( U.S.) or 2008 ( Germany ), initiated by the Professional Woman Network Business and Professional Women, is set annually in Germany and Austria, Germany: 260 working days / year times statistically currently determined pay gap in percent ( currently at about the end March ) in Austria the day from the women " free " work ( currently around the beginning of October).
2010 and later re- introduced Anniversaries
Does not affect introduced by organizations of the United Nations observances.