Author Archives: Rob Burroughs

This day celebrates and honours mothers in the United Kingdom on the fourth Sunday of Lent (3 weeks before Easter Sunday), either in March or April. It was said that Constance Adelaide Smith was inspired to advocate for Mothering Sunday, an already-existing Christian ecclesiastical celebration in which the faithful visit the church in which theyContinue reading “Mother’s Day/Mothering Sunday”

This is a global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The first gathering was in 1911 supported by over a million people. Each year there is a theme. In 2023 it is Embrace Equality. The website isContinue reading “International Women’s Day”

This day is marked on the first Thursday of March and encourages children and people to celebrate books and reading. It was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading and is now marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The first day took place in UKContinue reading “World Book Day”

This is an official state holiday for Ghana both within and in the diaspora to honour and celebrate the Heroes of Ghana who led the country to attain its independence. It is also remembrance of the day that marks the declaration of Ghanian independence from the British colonial rule. The British took over parts ofContinue reading “Ghana Independence Day”

This is the national day of Cornwall held on 5th March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tin miners. The day started as one of the many tinners’ holidays observed by the tin miners of Cornwall, until 1764.Continue reading “St Piran’s Day”

This day is a United Nations international day to celebrate all the world’s wild animals and plants and the contribution that they make to our lives and the health of the planet. This date was chosen as it is the birthday of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna andContinue reading “World Wildlife Day”

This day celebrates the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on 2nd March 1836. With this document signed by 59 delegates, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas. It is a partial staffing holiday.

St David’s Day is the feast day of the Patron Saint of Wales Saint David, marking the date of his death in 589 AD. It is not a public holiday, but parades and celebrations are held. It has been regularly celebrated since the canonisation of David in 1120 by Pope Callixtus II. Welsh people wearContinue reading “St David’s Day”

Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence Day This day celebrates the independence of the then Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. A vote had been taken between 28th February and 1st March 1992 for a independent Bosnia, and 99.7% voted in favour. They were accepted by its Parliament onContinue reading “Holidays on 1st March”

A leap year occurs every four years and is an additional day in the month of February, meaning there are 29 days in the month instead of the usual 28. This allows the calendar year to keep synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year as the year doesn’t last a whole number of days, itContinue reading “Leap Year”