;USA-Maryland MD
;State of Maryland
;capital: Annapolis
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Maryland.gif
COMMENT=Updated March 16, 2022


TYP=Holy
25.3.>1915<1997 =#1915th Maryland Day ;Note=1916 1st legal holiday >1996, commemoration 1st European settlement of Maryland 1634 {d}
02.11.%1980,4+1Tu =Election Day (Presidential, every 4 years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, President & Vice-President {m}
01.11.+4Th-1Dy<2008 =Friday after Thanksgiving Day
01.11.+4Th-1Dy>2007 =#2007th American Indian Heritage Day ;Note=1st 2008, Friday after Thanksgiving

TYP=Local
;holidays formerly observed for State employees, abolished as such in 1996:
Es-2Dy<1996 =Good Friday*
12.2.<1996  =Abraham Lincoln's Birthday*
12.9.<1996  =Defenders Day ;Note=successful defense of Baltimore during the War of 1812 (Battle of Fort McHenry) {d}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days

14.1.  =Treaty of Paris Ratification Day* ;Note=1784 ratification Treaty of Paris at Maryland State House, ending Revolutionary War {d}
25.3.>1996 =#1915th Maryland Day ;Note=1916 1st legal holiday >1996, commemoration 1st European settlement of Maryland 1634 {d}
01.4.+1We =Maryland Arbor Day*  ;Note=1st Wednesday April {m}
13.4.  =John Hanson's Birthday* ;Note=1721 birth John Hanson ? April 14 {d}
28.4.  =Maryland Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1788 {d}
01.5.  =Law Day USA*
01.6.+1Sa =Confederate Memorial Day ;Note={m}
01.9.+4Sa =Maryland Coast Day*  ;Note=4th Saturday September {m}
14.9.  =National Anthem Day
15.10. =Poetry Day*
23.11. =Repudiation Day         ;Note=1765 Frederick County refused to observe the Stamp Act {d}

;local events
;In Baltimore (Maryland), for instance, sunrise aligns on March 25 and September 18 and sunset on March 12 and September 29. 
;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge
25.3. =Baltimore, sunrise aligns with the grid system
18.9. =Baltimore, sunrise alignswith the grid system
12.3. =Baltimore, sunset alignswith the grid system
29.9. =Baltimore, sunset alignswith the grid system




;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, (Virginia & Maryland comprised the Chesapeake Colonies)
;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, Province of Maryland, later Maryland

20.6.  =Charter for Terra Maria (Maryland) granted #1632 years ago* ;Note=1632, Charles I of Engeland to Cæcilius Calvert (Cecil), 2nd Baron Baltimore in the Peerage of Ireland {d}
22.11. =Isle of Wight, Jesuits set sail for Amerika #1633 years ago (> 1st Maryland colony)* ;Note=1633, ships Ark & Dove {d}
25.3.  =Jesuits land on St. Clement's Island #1634 years ago (birth Maryland colony)* ;Note=1634 {d}
21.4.  =Maryland Toleration Act passed #1649 years ago* ;Note=1649, freedom to worship {d}
30.7.  =Baltimore founded #1729 years ago* ;Note=1729, named after Cæcilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore {d}
25.5.  =London, signing peace agreement colonies Pennsylvania & Maryland #1738 years ago* ;Note=1738, end Conojucular/Cresap's War, provisional boundary {d}
19.10. =Annapolis, burning of the ship Peggy Stewart with its cargo of tea #1774 years ago (Annapolis Tea Party)* ;Note=1774, punishment for contravening the boycott on tea imports {d}
28.6.  =Maryland Convention approves independence United Colonies #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
01.3.  =Maryland off. ratifies Articles of Confederation #1781 years ago* ;Note=1781 {d}
28.4.  =Maryland off. ratifies US Constitution #1788 years ago (7th state) ;Note=1788, Vote 63-11 {d}
;23.12.1788, Maryland General Assembly passed an act, allowing it to cede land for the federal district
06.11. =Baltimore, 1st Roman Catholic Diocese in the US #1789 years ago* ;Note=1789 {d}
07.7.  =Baltimore, cornerstone 1st US Roman Catholic cathedral laid #1806 years ago* ;Note=1806, Cathedral of the Assumption, John Carroll, consecrated 31.5.1821 {d}
11.6.  =Baltimore-Holliday Street museum, illuminated with gas lamps #1816 years ago* ;Note=1816, Rembrandt Peale {d}
07.2.  =Baltimore, 1st street illuminated with gas lamps #1817 years ago* ;Note=1817, corner Market & Lemon streets {d}
31.5.  =Baltimore, 1st US Roman Catholic cathedral consecrated #1821 years ago* ;Note=1821, Cathedral of the Assumption, 3rd Archbishop of Baltimore, Ambrose Maréchal, 1937 >Minor Basilica, 1st cornerstone 07.7.1806 {d}
03.2.  =Maryland ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 4th state {d}
11.10. =Baltimore, Flag of Maryland 1st flown #1880 years ago* ;Note=1880, off. March 9, 1904 {d}
10.8.  =Baltimore, open. 1st US commercial electric streetcar #1885 years ago* ;Note=1885, Leo Daft, Baltimore & Hampden Line, 3rd-rail system, 1st test Nov. 23, 1883 Saratoga {d}
25.10. =Gettysburg Battlefield, Flag of Maryland 2nd flown #1888 years ago* ;Note=1888, off. March 9, 1904 {d}
09.3.  =Flag of Maryland off. in use #1904 years ago* ;Note=1904, flown: 1st Oct. 11, 1880, 2nd Oct. 25, 1888 {d}


;The entries for Maryland were added by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/
;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland
;http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/other_documents/holidays.htm
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Day
;MARYLAND HOLIDAYS - Several holidays formerly observed for State employees were abolished as such in 1996.
;These included Lincoln's Birthday, Maryland Day, Good Friday, and Defender's Day (Chapter 347, Acts of 1996).
;When a holiday falls on a Saturday, for State employees it is observed the Friday before. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the observance is on the following Monday
;http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/holidaye.html
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 166-167