;USA-New Jersey NJ
;State of New Jersey
;capital: Trenton
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-New_Jersey.gif
COMMENT=Updated March 3, 2016

TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday*
12.2.<2009 =Lincoln's Birthday* ;Note=Public Employee Pension & Benefits Reform Act eliminated the holiday (September 29, 2008) {n}
01.11.%1979,4+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Gubernatorial, every 4 years) ;Note=first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Federal, even years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m}

TYP=HolyHalf
24.12. =Christmas Eve
31.12. =New Year's Eve



TYP=Normal

;regulars days - observances

01.1.+2Su =Volunteer Fireman Day*          ;Note=2nd Sunday January {m}
01.1.+3Su =Volunteer Firts Aid & Rescue Squad Day* ;Note=3rd Sunday January
03.1.>1876<1884     =Princeton, #1876th Peeing/Pissing Day ;Note=1st 03.1.1877, 1884 >2nd Saturday March, every year except 1918 {m}
01.3.+2Sa>1883<1918 =Princeton, #1876th Peeing/Pissing Day ;Note=1st 03.1.1877, 1884 >2nd Saturday March, every year except 1918 {m}
01.3.+2Sa>1918      =Princeton, #1877th Peeing/Pissing Day ;Note=1st 03.1.1877, 1884 >2nd Saturday March, every year except 1918 {m}
05.3.  =Crispus Attucks Day*
31.3.>1998 =#1998th Thomas Mundy Peterson Day* ;Note=1st 1999 {d}
17.4.  =New Jersey Day*
30.4.-1Fr =New Jersey Arbor Day*           ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.5.  =Law Day*
31.5.-1Su =Grandparent's Day*              ;Note=last Sunday May
07.6.  =1st day American Flag Week (> June 14)*
10.6.  =Lidice Memorial Day*
24.6.  =New Jersey Day                     ;Note=1664 royal grant issued {d}
20.7.  =New Jersey POW/MIA Recognition Day*
01.11.+1Su =New Jersey Retired Teachers Day* ;Note=1st Sunday November
09.11. =Kristallnacht Memorial Night*
18.12. =New Jersey Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1787 Ratification US Constitution {d}

;local days

01.5.+1Th>1974 =Ocean City, #1974th Martin Z. Mollusk Day* ;Note=1st 1975 {m}


;(remembrance) dates by year

;Lenapehoking, 1524 >Lorraine (Giovanni Da Verrazano), >New Sweden, >New Netherland, June 24, 1664 >New Jersey
;British Thirteen North American colonies, Middle Colonies, Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey

15.9.  =New Sweden incorporated into New Netherlands #1655 years ago* ;Note=1655, parts of present-day Delaware, New Jersey & Pennsylvania {d}
05.9.  =1st off. permanent settlement #1661 years ago* ;Note=1661, village of Bergen, Apr. 7, 1668 >Towne & Corporation of Bergen {d}
10.2.  =East New Jersey, constitution signed #1664 years ago* ;Note=1664 {d}
12.3.  =Royal Patent granted for land & governance of New Jersey to James, Duke of York #1664 years ago (Proprietary colony)* ;Note=1664, King Charles II {d}
24.6.  =New Jersey granted to John Lord Berkeley & Sir George Carteret by James, Duke of York #1664 years ago* ;Note=1664, James' charter March 12, 1644 {d}
;1665, New Jersey was split off from New York to become a separate province, but the final border was not finalized until 1765
18.3.  =West Jersey sold to English Quakers #1673 years ago* ;Note=1673, Lord Berkeley {d}
07.5.  =Province of East Jersey & Province of West Jersey >Dominion of New England #1688 years ago* ;Note=1688, >May 18, 1689 {d}
07.5.  =Province of New York >Dominion of New England #1688 years ago* ;Note=1688, >May 18, 1689, present states New York, New Jersey, Delaware & Vermont, portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts & Maine, eastern Pennsylvania {d}
18.5.  =Dominion of New England collapsed #1689 years ago* ;Note=1689, Governor in Chief Edmund Andros arrested {d}
15.4.  =West & East Jersey reunited as a Royal colony #1702 years ago ;Note=1702, reign of Queen Anne {d}
10.11. =Perth Amboy, begin 1st New Jersey Assembly (Royal colony) #1703 years ago* ;Note=1703 {d}
21.6.  =Provincial Congress of New Jersey approves independence United Colonies #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
02.7.  =New Jersey, 1st Constitution (1776) signed #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
19.11. =New Jersey's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature Nov. 26, 1778 {d}
26.11. =Philadelphia PA, delegates New Jersey signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification Nov. 19, 1778 {d}
18.12. =New Jersey off. ratifies US Constitution #1787 years ago (3rd state) ;Note=1787, Unanimous vote - 38-0 {d}
20.11. =New Jersey ratifies Bill of Rights #1789 years ago (1st state)* ;Note=1789 {d}
15.2.  =New Jersey abolshes slavery #1804 years ago* ;Note=1804 {d}
;1813, keep-right rule
29.6.  =New Jersey, 2nd Constitution (1844) signed #1844 years ago* ;Note=1844, 1st July 2, 1776 {d}
19.6.  =Hoboken, 1st US off. recorded Baseball game #1846 years ago* ;Note=1846, Elysian Fields, New York Nine & the Knickerbocker Club, 1st UK March 31, 1755, 1st Canada June 4, 1838 {d}
16.3.  =New Jersey rejects 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, Jan. 23, 1866 ratifies as 32nd state {d}
23.1.  =New Jersey ratifies 13th Amendment #1866 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1866, 32nd state, rejected March 16, 1865 {d}
19.1.  =Roselle, 1st electric lighting system employing overhead wires #1883 years ago* ;Note=1883, Thomas A. Edison {d}
11.3.  =Flag of New Jersey approved #1896 years ago* ;Note=1896, New Jersey General Assembly {d}
04.9.  =New Jersey, Glassboro Normal School opened #1923 years ago (1997 >Rowan University)* ;Note=1923 {d}
12.9.  =New Jersey State Normal School opened #1929 years ago (1998 >New Jersey City University)* ;Note=1929 {d}
06.6.  =Camden, 1st drive-in cinema opens #1933 years ago (1st/world)** ;Note=1933, Richard Hollingshead {d}
10.9.  =New Jersey, 3th Constitution (1947) signed #1947 years ago, 2nd June 29, 1844, 1st July 2, 1776 {d}
26.9.  =New Jersey, Kean College >Kean University #1997 years ago* ;Note=1997, founded 1855 {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_holidays_in_New_Jersey
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 173-174