History Observances

Find out the history and background to Constitution Day in Ireland.

Commemorates the 18th-century Treaty of Cudjoe between fugitive slaves and the British.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Ratification Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Vietnam Peace Day.

Marks the day when the Australian govt. formally apologised for their impact on the First Nations Peoples.

Soviet Occupation Day is a holiday in the country of Georgia, observed on 25 February, to commemorate the Red Army invasion in 1921.

Idaho Day was created in 2014 celebrate the rich history, cultural diversity and boundless resources of the State of Idaho.

The Kingdom of Italy was officially founded on March 17th 1861, so today the date is known as the Day of Unity or Unification.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.

Honors Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Eiffel Tower Day.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Vimy Ridge Day.

Commemorates the First International Conference of American States which ended on 14 April 1890.

Arguably, the most famous ever ship sank this day in 1912.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Ellis Island Family History Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Heritage Day.

The bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, killed 168 people and is the worst act of homegrown terrorism in the nation’s history.

Commemorates the opening battles of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord in 1775

Also known as Elbe Day this day commemorates an important date in the second world war.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Yom HaShoah.

A day to remember those affected by the world's worst nuclear accident, that took place in 1986.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Lapu Lapu Day.

Israel's official remembrance day is commemorated on the day before Independence day

May 4th is the day on which the Netherlands commemorates all Dutch victims of war

Cinco de Mayo is one of two days, which mark Mexico's independence from foreign rulers

Victory in Europe Day marks May 8th 1945 when the Allies formally accepted an unconditional surrender by the armed forces of Germany

Find out the dates and history of Europe Day and Victory over Fascism Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Famine Commemoration Day in Ireland.

Maritime Day honors the SS Savannah which made the first trans-Atlantic crossing under steam power in 1819.

Honoring the Diversity and Contributions of Immigrants in the USA.

Marks the signing of a peace treaty in 1920 that formally ended World War I between the Allies and the Kingdom of Hungary

Juneteenth commemorates the date in 1865 when news of the emancipation of African American slaves reached Galveston, Texas.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Day of the Silesian Uprisings.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Anne & Samantha Day

Keti Koti is a national commemoration in the Netherlands to mark the abolition of slavery in the Dutch Antilles on July 1st 1863.

Marking the day in 1405 when Ming Dynasty navigator 'Zheng He' started his seven voyages.

On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan began his "wrong way" transatlantic flight from New York to Dublin instead of California.

Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army

Marks the end of Slavery across the British Empire on August 1st 1834

Ready, Steady, Go! This day highlights the importance of Traffic Lights.