;USA-Wisconsin WI
;State of Wisconsin
;capital: Madison
;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/-5

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COMMENT=Updated June 28, 2012

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01.4.+3Mo  =Patriot's Day (public school holiday) ;Note=Apr. 19, observance 3th Monday April, anniversary Battles of Lexington & Concord {m}
01.10.+3Sa =Sweetest Day* ;Note=3th Saturday October {m}



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;yearly days - observances

15.1.  =Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday*
15.2.>1976 =#1976th Susan B. Anthony Day ;Note=Laws of Wisconsin, Chapter 307, section 20 (April 15, 1976) {n}
04.3.*MVU =Casimir Pulaski Day*       ;Note=public schools, Section 118.02, Wisconsin Statutes
30.4.-1Fr =Wisconsin Arbor Day*       ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.5.+3Su =Citizenship Day*           ;Note=3rd Sunday May
29.5.  =Wisconsin Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1848 {d}
01.6.+1Sa     =Free Fishing Weekend*  ;Note=1st consecutive Saturday & Sunday June {m}
01.6.+1Sa+1Dy =Free Fishing Weekend*  ;Note=1st consecutive Saturday & Sunday June {m}
01.6.+1Sa+1Dy =State Parks Open House Day* ;Note=1st Sunday of 1st full weekend June {m}
04.7.  =Indian Rights Day*            ;Note=if Sunday >may be observed on July 3 or July 5
30.9.-1Su =Gold Star Mother's Day*    ;Note=last Sunday September
01.11.+1Su =Family Sunday*            ;Note=1st Sunday November
01.11. =1st day Wisconsin Family Week (> Nov. 7)* ;Note=first 7 days November
;Arbor & Bird Day ;Note=unspecified date


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained all of present-day Winsconsin

13.7.  =Northwest Territory formed #1787 years ago (Northwest Ordinance)* ;Note=1787, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, northeastern part of Minnesota {d}
13.7.  =slavery banned in Northwest Territory #1787 years ago (Northwest Ordinance)* ;Note=1787, modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & northeastern part of Minnesota {d}
07.5.  =Indiana Territory organized #1800 years ago* ;Note=1800, law signed President John Adams, eff. July 4, 1800, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, as well as portions of Minnesota {d}
04.7.  =Indiana Territory off. formed #1800 years ago* ;Note=1800, org. May 7, 1800, previously part of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, as well as portions of Minnesota {d}
20.4.  =Wisconsin Territory organized #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, eff. July 3, 1836, previously part of Michigan Territory, present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas {d}
03.7.  =Wisconsin Territory off. formed #1836 years ago ;Note=1836, Act Apr. 20, 1836, previously part of Michigan Territory, present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas {d}
06.8.  =Wisconsin Enabling Act #1846 years ago* ;Note=1846, authorizing formation of a State government & Admission thereafter {d}
13.3.  =Wisconsin ratified its constitution #1848 years ago
29.5.  =Wisconsin off. admitted to the Union #1848 years ago (30th state) ;Note=1848, Act of Congress {d}
24.2.  =Wisconsin ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 18th state {d}
08.10. =Peshtigo (forest) Fire #1871 years ago* ;Note=1871, one of the most disastrous fires in history {d}
11.9.  =West Allis, 1st event 1st US race-circuit #1903 years ago* ;Note=1903, Milwaukee Mile {d}
01.7.  =1st Wisconsin State licence plates issued #1905 years ago* ;Note=1905 {d}
29.1.  =1st US State unemployment insurance law enacted #1932 years ago* ;Note=1932 {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 185