Mongolian Constitution Day
The current constitution of Mongolia was adopted on 13th January in 1992, and put into force on 12th February. It established a representative democracy in the country, guaranteeing freedom of religion, rights, travel, expression, unalienable rights, government setup, election cycle and other matters. It was written after the Mongolian Revolution of 1990 adn dissolved the…
Plough Monday
This day is the traditional start of the English agricultural year, starting on the Monday after Epiphany on 6th January. This day traditionally saw the resumption of work after the Christmas period in some areas. It was common that a plough were hauled from house to house in a procession collecting money, often accompanied by…
National Day of Republic Srpska
It is the national day of Republic Srpska celebrated on 9th January as it is on the same day as the feast of its unofficial saint, Saint Archdeacon Stephen. The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the holiday unconstitutional on 26th November 2015 because of it coinciding with a religious holiday. However parades and…
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Day
8th January is the annual celebration of when a new government and constitution came into effect in 1978 on the Northern Mariana Islands after a referendum held the year before.
Holidays on 7th January
Distaff Day It is an unofficial holiday in catholic nations, celebrated the day after Epiphany and sometimes called Roc or Rock Day. The term distaff or roc is used in spinning which was the medieval symbol of women’s work. In many European cultural traditions, women resumed their household work after the twelve days of Christmas.…
Epiphany
This day is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity it commemorates the visit of the Magi to Jesus, and his physical manifestation to the Gentiles. It is sometimes called Three Kings’ Day, and in some denominations initiates the liturgical season of Epiphanytide. The night…
National Technology Day
The 5th January recognises the way technology changes the world and looks to the future of technology.
Holidays on 4th January
Myanmar Independence Day This dates celebrates Myanmar’s Declaration of Independence from British Rule on 4th January 1948. Burma was colonised by the British in the 19th century. The country was devastated during World War 2, with people from the country fighting on both sides of the war. Following the end of the war, General Aung…
National Science Fiction Day
This is an unofficial holiday celebrated by many science fiction fans in the USA on 2nd January, which is the date of the famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
Holidays on 1st January
Cuba Liberation Day This national public holiday commemorates the overthrow of the military government of Fulgencio Batista led by Fidel Castro that succeeded on this day in 1959. Haiti Independence Day This day commemorates the declaration of independence from France in 1804. The French first settled in the western part of the island in the…
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