;United Kingdom-days ;YOU NEED MovingOperation_LUX, _MVU, _B01, _B02, _B03, _WEV, _OE1, _NE7, _NLD, _B21, _NSU, F01 ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com ;Only interested in one or a few of the mentioned days? ;You can import one or a few days to your 'organiser', without making the whole chapter active, by pointing with your cursor on that day in the 'special days' window of the PTBSync-program. LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_UnitedKingdom.gif ;IMAGE=Holiday_UK-England.gif ;IMAGE=Holiday_UK-Scotland.gif ;IMAGE=Holiday_UK-Wales.gif ;IMAGE=Holiday_UK-NorthernIreland.gif COMMENT=Updated 23 june 2022 \nyearly or regular days, additional to the United Kingdom \nalso separate files available for each country: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & a file for all common days MOVE=Always Es-8Su =Hall Sunday* ;Note=Sunday before Fat Tuesday {e} Es-7Mo =Hall Monday/Collop Monday/Rose Monday/Merry Monday ;Note=Monday after Hall Sunday {e} ES-7Mo =England-Cornwall, Nicka-Nan Night* ;Note=night preceding Shrove Tuesday {e} ES-7Mo =England, East Cornwall, Peasen/Paisen Monday* ;Note=custom of eating pea soup on that day, Shrove Monday {e} ES-7Mo =England, Devon, Dappy-Door night* ;Note=night preceding Shrove Tuesday {e} Es-7Tu =Shrove Tuesday ;Note=Tuesday after Hall Sunday {e} Es-7Tu =Pancake Day ;Note=Shrove Tuesday {e} Es-7We =London, St Paul's Cathedral, Cakes & Ales Sermon* ;Note=Ash Wednesday, Worshipful Company of Stationers {e} Es-7Fr =England, Kissing Friday* ;Note=Friday after Ash Wednesday {e} Es-4Su =Mothering Sunday** ;Note=Laetare Sunday {e} Es-4Su =Simnel Sunday* ;Note=4th Sunday Lent, eating of Simnel cakes {e} Es-3Su =Carling Sunday* ;Note=5th Sunday Lent {e} Es-2Su =England, Fig Sunday* ;Note=Palm Sunday {e} Es-2Su =Wales, Sul y Blodau* ;Note=Palm Sunday {e} ;English=Flowering Sunday Es-3Dy =Queen gives 'Maundy money'* ;Note=Maundy Thursday {e} Es-2Dy =London, Smithfield, St Bartholomew-the-Great, Hot-Cross Buns Service* ;Note=Good Friday, 21 widows are given money & hot-cross buns {e} Es+1Dy =England, Easter Lifting by men (>12:00) ;Note=Easter Monday morning {e} Es+2Dy =England, Easter Lifting by women (>12:00) ;Note=Easter Tuesday morning {e} Es+2Dy =Easter Tuesday ;Note={e} Es+2Su =Hocktide ;Note=1st Sunday after Easter {e} Es+2Mo =Hocktide/Binding Monday ;Note=men traditionally raised money for charity {e} Es+2Tu =Hocktide/Binding Tuesday ;Note=women traditionally raised money for charity {e} Es+2We =London, St Lawrence Jewry, Spital Sermon Procession* ;Note=2nd Wednesday following Easter, attended by the Lord Mayor {e} Es+7Sa>1986 =#1986th Mars for Jesus (Christians)* ;Note=1st 1987 London (1987 & 1988 City March), Saturday before Pentecost Sunday {e} Es+8Mo =Pentecost Monday/Whitmonday ;Note={e} Es+8Tu =Pentecost Tuesday/Whittuesday ;Note={e} Es+8We =Mother Shipton's Day ;Note=Wednesday following Whitsunday, Ursula Sontheil (patron saint of women working in laundries) {e} ;01.01.>2011 =#2011th Love Your Liver (>31 Jan.)* ;Note=1st 2012 01.1. =Scotland, La Challuinn* ;Note={d} ;English=New Year's Day 01.1. =Wales, Dydd Calan ;English=New Year's Day 01.1. =Cornwall, Padstow, Mummer's/Darkie Day ;Note=Boxing Day & New Year's Day {d} 01.1.+1Mo =Scotland & Northern England, Handsel Monday ;Note=beginning 1st working week of a new year, 1st Monday January {m} 04.1.>2008 =1st day #2008th National Braille week (8d) ;Note=1st 2009, World Braille Day {d-01-04} 11.1.>2008 =8th & last day #2008th National Braille week ;Note=1st 2009 {d-01-04} 05.1. =England, Glastonbury, flowering of the Thorn* ;Note={d} 06.1. =St James's Palace's Chapel Royal, Queen's Gifts (gold, frankincense & myrrh)* ;Note=offered on behalf of the Queen {d} 07.1.+1Su =England, Plough Sunday, beginning of the agricultural year** ;Note=Sunday after Epiphany (Jan. 6) {m} 07.1.+1Su+1Mo =England, Plough Monday, traditional start of the English agricultural year ** ;Note=Monday after Plough Sunday {m} 12.1. =Wales, Gwaun Valley, Hen Galan (New Year's Day)* ;Note=old Juliaan New Year (1752), close to Fishguard, Dyfed {d} 13.1. =England, Tiegunde Day* ;Note={d} 13.1.+1Mo =Scotland, Auld Handsel Monday ;Note=1st Monday after 12 Jan. {m} 14.1. =coldest day of the year (British folklore)* ;Note=St Hilary {d} 14.1.>2010 =#2010th STIQ Day (Sexually Transmitted Infection Question)* ;Note=1st 2011, Sexual Health Awareness Day {d} 14.1. =England, Suffolk, Cakes & Ale Day* ;Note=food for the poor {d} 14.1. =England, Oxford, All Souls College, Mallard Day* ;Note=1437 discovery of an unusually large & tasty duck {d} 14.1.%1701,100 =England, Oxford, All Souls College, Mallard Feast & Parade* ;Note=1st year of every century, 1437 discovery of an unusually large & tasty duck {d} 14.1.+1Su =England & Wales, Peace Sunday ;Note=traditionally observed on the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time {m} 17.1. =England, Wassailing* ;Note=Old Twelvey Night {d} 18.1. =Winnie the Pooh Day* ;Note=Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne (1882) {d} 24.1. =England, Cornwall, Tinners' & Seafarers' Day (Paul Pitcher Day)* ;Note=celebrating new season of sailing & mining in Cornwall {d} 25.1. =Wales, Dydd Santes Dwynwen* ;Note=Welsh-only equivalent to Valentine's Day {d} ;English=Saint Dwynwyn's Day 21.7.>1800<1802 =Scotland, Burns Night Supper (since 1801, #1801 years ago)* ;Note=1st 21.7.1801, 2nd 29.1.1802, 1803 >25.1., birthday Robert Burns (1759) {d-01-25} 29.1.>1801<1803 =Scotland, Burns Night Supper (since 1801, #1801 years ago)* ;Note=1st 21.7.1801, 2nd 29.1.1802, 1803 >25.1., birthday Robert Burns (1759) {d-01-25} 25.1.>1802 =Scotland, Burns Night Supper (since 1801, #1801 years ago)* ;Note=1st 21.7.1801, 2nd 29.1.1802, 1803 >25.1., birthday Robert Burns (1759) {d} 27.1.>2000 =#2000th Holocaust Memorial Day ;Note=1st UK 2001, #1945th birthday liberation Auschwitz {d} 28.1. =Scotland, traditional Schotish New Year* ;Note=begin Runic half month of Elhaz {d} 30.1. =London, Charles I Commemoration Ceremony* ;Note=Procession St Martin-in-the-Fields >Trafalgar Square {d} 31.1.>1987 =National Bug Busting Day ;Note=1e 1988, also 15 June & 31 Oct. {d} 01.1.-6Dy+7We =Dorset, Portland, Binding Day* ;Note=7th Wednesday after Christmas {m-02} ;01.02. =National Heart Month (>28/29 Feb.)* ;01.02. =Raynaud’s Awareness Month (>28/29 Feb.)* 01.2.+1Fr>2011 =#2011th Feel Good Friday* ;Note=1st 2012, Samaritans {m} 01.2.+1Su>2007 =#2007th British Yorkshire Pudding Day* ;Note=1st 2008, 1st Sunday February {m} 01.2.+1Su =1st day Bramley Apple Week (8d) ;Note=1st Sunday February {m} 01.2.+2Su =8th & last day Bramley Apple Week 01.2.+2Mo =Scotland, universities, (Oat)Meal Monday* ;Note=2nd Monday February {m} 01.2.+3We>2011 =#2011th University Mental Health & Wellbeing Day ;Note=1st 2012, 3rd Wednesday February {m} 01.2.+4Fr>2003 =#2003th Work Your Proper Hours Day* ;Note=1st 2004 {m} 01.2. =England, Candlemas Eve, off. last day Christmas season* ;Note=last date for taking down the Christmas greens, leaving them up after Candlemas is bad luck {d} 02.2. =Northern England, Wives’ Feast Day* ;Note=Candlemas {d} 02.2. =Wales, Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau ;Note=Welsh equivalent of the Goidelic holiday of Imbolc {d} ;English=Mary's Festival of the Candles 06.2.>1951 =London, Royal Salutes* ;Note=1952 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II {d} 07.2.>1996 =1st day #1996th National Marriage Week (8d) ;Note=1st 1997 {d} 14.2.>1996 =8th & last day #1996th National Marriage Week ;Note=1st 1997 {d-02-07} 10.2. =Plimsoll Day* ;Note=1824 birthday Samuel Plimsoll, 1876 Bill required a mark on a ship's hull to indicate the waterline for maximum cargo capacity {d} ;12.2. =Scottish Highlands, Borrowed Days ;Note=borrowed from January (12>14.2.) ;13.2. =Scottish Highlands, Borrowed Days ;Note=borrowed from January (12>14.2.) ;14.2. =Scottish Highlands, Borrowed Days ;Note=borrowed from January (12>14.2.) 14.2. =Think about Sex Day* ;Note=Sexual Advice Association, formerly the Sexual Dysfunction Association {d} 14.2.>1998 =#1998th Gold Heart Day* ;Note=1st 1999 {d} 14.2.-1Su>2008 =1st day #2008th Children of Alcoholics Week (7d, NACoA) ;Note=week containing Valentine’s Day, National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) {d-02-14} 14.2.+1Sa>2008 =7th & last day #2008th Children of Alcoholics Week (NACoA) ;Note=week containing Valentine’s Day, National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) {d-02-14} 14.2.>1996 =1st day #1996th National Nest Box Week (8d, BTO) ;Note=1st 1997, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) {d} 21.2.>1996 =8th & last day #1996th National Nest Box Week (BTO) ;Note=1st 1997, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) {d-04-14} 23.2. =England, Shropshire county day ;Note=Traditional, feast day of St Milburga, the abbess of Wenlock Priory, Shropshire {nd} 14.2.<1753 =England, Rooks start building nests ;Note=before Gregorian calendar {d-02-26} 25.2.>1752<1801 =England, Rooks start building nests ;Note=from Gregorian calendar till 1800 {d-02-26} 26.2.>1800 =England, Rooks start building nests ;Note=from 1801 {d} 26.2.>2001<2017 =#2001th National Wear Red Day* ;Note=1st 2002, 2017 >June 9, raising awareness of heart disease {d} ;09.6.>2016 =#2001th National Wear Red Day* ;Note=1st 26.2.2002, 2017 >June 9, raising awareness of heart disease {d} >09.6. 27.2. =England, Eton College, Threepenny Day* ;Note={d} 29.2.-1Fr =London, Sir John Cass' School, Red Feather Day* ;Note=last Friday February {m} ;01.03. =Great Daffodil Appeal (>31 March)* ;Note=support of our Marie Curie Nurses ;01.03.>1989 =#1989th National Bed Month (>31 March)* ;01.03. =Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (>31 March)* ;01.03. =Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (>31 March)* 23.4.>1994<1998 =#1994th World Book Day UK* ;Note=1st 1995, 1998 >1st Thursday March {d} 01.3.+1Th>1997 =#1994th World Book Day UK* ;Note=UK & Ireland, UNESCO 23 April (& UK 1995>1997) {m} 01.3.%1801,10 =#1801,10th 10-yearly census (March>June) ;Note=1st 1801, only exception 1941 {d} 07.3.>1983<1985 =1st National No Smoking Day (Ash Wednesday)* ;Note=1st 7 March 1984, 2nd 20 March 1985, 1986 >2nd Wednesday March {m} 20.3.>1984<1986 =2nd National No Smoking Day* ;Note=1st 7 March 1984 (Ash Wednesday), 2nd 20 March 1985, 1986 >2nd Wednesday March {m} 01.3.+2We>1985 =#1983th National No Smoking Day** ;Note=1st 7 March 1984 (Ash Wednesday), 2nd 20 March 1985, 1986 >2nd Wednesday March {m} 01.3. =England, Cornwall, Blind Days (1>3) ;Note={d} 02.3. =England, Cornwall, Blind Days (1>3) ;Note={d} 03.3. =England, Cornwall, Blind Days (1>3) ;Note={d} 01.3. =Wales, Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant (National Day) ;Note={d} ;English=St. David's Day 01.3.+46Dy*F01-46Dy =Wales, Dewi Sant ;Note=Roman Catholics: if Ash Wednesday >28/29 February {d-03-01} 01.3.+46Dy*B01-46Dy =Wales, Dewi Sant ;Note=Anglican Church: if Ash Wednesday >2 March {d-03-01} 01.3. =Scotland, Lanark, Whuppity Scoorie Day* ;Note={d} 05.3. =England, Cornwall, Gool Peran/St Piran's Day* ;Note=one of the patron saints of Cornwall {d} 17.3. =Northern Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day (National Day) ;Note={d} 17.3. =Scotland, 1st day of Spring* ;Note=Highlands & Islands, St. Patrick's Day {d} 20.3. =England, Durham county day ;Note=Traditional, Feast Day of St Cuthbert {nd} 21.3. =Wales, Alban Eilir ;Note=middle of Spring ;English=Spring Equinox 21.3. =Gloucestershire Back BadgeBack Badge Day* ;Note=Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment, 1802 Battle of Alexandria {d} 21.3.-1Mo>2009 =1st day Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week (7d) ;Note=since 2010 week including 21 March (World Down Syndrome Day), till 2009 begin June {xd-03-21} 21.3.+1Su>2009 =7th & last day Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week ;Note=since 2010 week including 21 March (World Down Syndrome Day), till 2009 begin June {xd-03-21} 21.3.>1998 =start #1998th Tree Care Campaign (>21 September #0000) ;Note=1st 1999 {d} 24.3. =Day of Albion/Prytania/Britannia* ;Note=guardian goddess of Great Britain (Albion) {d} 25.3. =(OS) British Empire, 1st day of the year until 1751** ;Note=Lady Day {d} 25.3. =Freedom Day ;Note=1807 passage Slave Trade Act {d} 25.3.*OE1+4Dy*NE7 =Lord falls in our Lady's lap (omen of evil for England) ;Note=Easter Sunday on the same date as Lady Day {d-03-25) 25.3. =England, Alresford, #1149th ‘The Tichborne Dole’* ;Note=since 1150 {d} 25.3. =Swallow Day* ;Note=swallows return {d} ;29.3. =Scottish Highlands, Borrowed Days ;Note=last three days in March were borrowed from April ;30.3. =Scottish Highlands, Borrowed Days ;Note=last three days in March were borrowed from April ;31.3. =Scottish Highlands, Borrowed Days ;Note=last three days in March were borrowed from April 05.2.>1987<1989 =1st Red Nose Day ;Note=1988, 2nd 10 March 1989, >unpair years, mostly 3rd last Friday March {xm-03} 10.3.>1988<1990 =2nd Red Nose Day ;Note=1989, 1st 5 February 1988, 1991 >unpair years, mostly 3rd last Friday March {xm-03} 31.3.%1991,2-3Fr>1990<2011 =#1985,2th Red Nose Day (fund raising, unpair years) ;Note=3th last Friday March {xm-03} 18.3.>2010<2012 =13th Red Nose Day ;Note=2011 {xm-03} 31.3.%1991,2-3Fr>2011 =#1985,2th Red Nose Day (fund raising, unpair years) ;Note=3th last Friday March {xm-03} ;01.4. =Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (>30 April)* ;01.4. =National Autism Awareness Month (>30 April)* 01.4.+1Su =Daffodil Sunday* ;Note=1st Sunday April, daffodils >sicks in hospitals {m} 01.4.+2Sa+1Su =legal (not applied) Easterdate (Easter Act, 1928)* ;Note=Sunday after 2nd Saturday april, {m} 01.4. =start government's financial year* ;Note={d} 01.4. =Scotland, Huntigowak/hunt the gowk/Gowkie Day* ;Note={d} 01.4. =North, England, April Noddy* ;Note={d} 02.4. =Scotland, Taily Day* ;Note=2nd day April Fools Day {d} 04.4.-1Sa =Tax Saturday* ;Note=Saturday before 05 Apr. {m-04} 05.4. =London, St Andrew's Undershaft, John Stow's Quill Pen Ceremony* ;Note=Lord Mayor places a quill in the hand of Stow's statue {d} 06.4. =start of the personal tax year ** ;Note=Jul. date (OS) ‘Lady Day’, New Year until 1752 (#1752 years ago) {d} 06.4.>1996 =#1996th Phone in Sick Day (United Kingdom) ;Note=1st UK 1997, 2000 world >May 2, >US & Canada May 1 {d} 09.4. =Jenkin's Ear Day (#1731th anniversary)* ;Note=1731 {d} 14.4. =England, Sussex, first Cuckoo day* ;Note=St. Tiburtius' Day {d} 15.4. =England, Swallow Day* ;Note=swallows arrive {d} 15.4.>1989 =Liverpool, Hillsborough Disaster Memorial* ;Note=1989 {d} 16.4. =Scotland, Orkney county day ;Note=feast day of Saint Magnus {nd} 18.4.+1Mo+6Dy*B21-6Dy>2003 =1st day National Stop Snoring Week (5d) ;Note=if week before Easter >2nd week after Easter {d-04-18} 18.4.+1Mo+6Dy*B21-2Dy>2003 =5th & last day National Stop Snoring Week ;Note=if week before Easter >2nd week after Easter {d-04-18} 19.4. =Pimrose Day ;Note=Benjamin Disraeli died 1881, primrose was his favourite flower {d} 21.4.>1951 =London, Hyde Park/Tower of London, Queen's Birthday Gun Salute* ;Note=41/62-gun salute to mark the actual birthday of The Queen {d} 21.4. =National Tea Day 22.4.>2018 =#2018th Stephen Lawrence Day ;Note=1st 2019 {d} 23.4. =England, Saint George's Day (National Day, patron saint since 1222, #1222 years ago) ;Note=death Sint George in 303 CE, celebration: if 23 Apr. on/before Easter >Eastermonday {d} 23.4.*B01+1Dy*B02+1Dy*B03-2Dy =England, Saint George's Day (National Day, patron saint since 1222, #1222 years ago) ;Note=death Sint George in 303 CE, celebration: if 23 Apr. on/before Easter >EasterMonday {d-04-23} 23.4. =Londen, off. announcement new Knights/Ladies ‘Most Noble Order of the Garter’ ;Note=St Georges Day (Apr. 23) {d} 05.3.>2010<2012 =UK/Ireland, 1st World Book Night ;Note=1st 2011, 2012 >23 Apr. {d-04-23} 23.4.>2011 =UK/Ireland, #2010th World Book Night ;Note=1st 2011, 2012 >23 Apr. {d} 23.4.-3Dy+1Su =National Drive It Day ;Note=Sunday nearest to 23 April (23 April 1900, 1st day Thousand Mile Trial) {d-04-23} 25.4. =England, Cuckoo Day* ;Note={d} 25.4.>2001 =England, Huntingdonshire, #2001th Huntingdonshire Day* ;Note=1st 2002, birthday Oliver Cromwell {d} 30.4.-1Su>1973 =1st day #1973th Save the Children Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 1974 {x} 30.4.-1Su+1Sa>1973 =7th & last day #1973th Save the Children Week* ;Note=1st 1974 {x} 01.5.%1999,4+1Th =Scottish parliamentary election (every 4 year, normal date) ;Note=1st Thursday May {m} 01.5.%1999,4+1Th =Elections to the Welsh Assembly (every 4 year, normal date) ;Note=1st Thursday May {m} 01.5.+1Mo>2009 =#2009th Misophonia Monday* ;Note=1st 2010 {m} 01.5.+2Su-1Dy =National Mills Weekend* ;Note={m} 01.5.+2Su =National Mills Weekend* ;Note={m} 01.5.+3Sa-1Su>1956 =1st day #1956th Christian Aid Week (7d) ;Note=1st 1957, charity Christian Aid {m} 01.5.+3Sa>1956 =7th & last day #1956th Christian Aid Week ;Note=1st 1957, charity Christian Aid {m} 01.5.>2015 =England, #2015th Staffordshire county day ;Note=1st 2016 {nd} 01.5. =Wales, Calan Mai/Calan Haf ;Note=1st day of summer & Welsh equivalent of Beltane ;English=May Day 02.5.>2001 =Scotland, #2001th (Intern.) Nessie Day* ;Note=1st 2002 {d} 03.5.*NE1 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Monday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 03.5.*NE2 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Tuesday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 03.5.*NE3 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Wednesday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 03.5.*NE4 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Thursday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 03.5.*NE5 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Friday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 03.5.*NE6 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Saturday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 03.5.*NE7 =Scotland, Avoiding/Dismal Day (Sunday unlucky throughout the year)* ;Note=day on which it fell >considered unlucky throughout the year {d} 16.5. =Middlesex Day* ;Note=1811, Battle of Albuera {d} 18.5.-3Dy+1Su-2Dy =Museums At Night Weekend (Fr>Su) 18.5.-3Dy+1Su-1Dy =Museums At Night Weekend (Fr>Su) 18.5.-3Dy+1Su =Museums At Night Weekend (Fr>Su) ;Note=Sunday closest to 18 May (Intern. Museum Day) {d-05-18} 21.5. =London, Tower, Lilies & Roses* ;Note=date King Henry's murder, delegates place lilies (Eton) & roses (King's College) on the spot of his death {d} 24.5.*NSU =Aldersgate Day ;Note=celebrated on Sunday on/preceding 24 May {d} 24.5.-1Su =Aldersgate Sunday ;Note=Sunday on/preceding 24 May (Aldersgate Day) {d-05-24} 26.5.>2001 =England, #2001th Kent county day ;Note=Traditional, feast day of Augustine of Canterbury, first Archbishop of Canterbury {nd} 29.5. =England, Oak Apple Day (Shick-Shack Day, since 1660, #1660 years ago)* ;Note=1660, King Charles II entered London, 8 May 1660 restoration monarchy England {nd} 29.5. =London, #1691th Royal Hospital Founder's Day* ;Note=1st 1692, 29 May 1630 birthday (King) Charles (II) founder hospital {d} ;01.6. =Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month (>30 June)* ;01.6. =National Microchip Month (>30 June)* ;01.6. =SANDS Awareness Month (Stillbirth & neonatal charity) (>30 June)* 01.6.+1Sa =Butterfly Education & Awareness Day (AFB) ;Note=Association For Butterflies (AFB) {m} 01.6.+1Su =National Cancer Survivors Day ;Note={m} 01.6.+3Su =Father's Day ;Note=3th Sunday June {m} 01.6.+3Fr>2006 =#2006th National Flip Flop Day ;Note=1st 2007 {m} 01.7.+3We>1997<2009 =#1997th National Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st UK 1998, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06} 01.6.+3Mo>2008 =#1997th National Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st UK 1998, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06} 01.6.>1983 =1st day #1983th Volunteers’ Week (7d) ;Note=1st 1984 {d} 01.6. =England, Dorset county day ;Note=Traditional, Feast Day of St Wite {nd} 02.6.>1952 =London, Gun salute for Coronation Day (12:00, #1953 year ago)* ;Note=1953, Hyde Park {d} 04.6. =England, Devon county day ;Note=Traditional, Saint Petroc’s Day {nd} 06.6.+1Th-1Su =Scotland, Lanark, 1st day Lanimer Week (7d) ;Note=week including Lanimer Day {m} 06.6.+1Th+1Sa =Scotland, Lanark, 7th & last day Lanimer Week ;Note=week including Lanimer Day {m} 06.6.+1Th =Scotland, Lanark, Lanimer Day* ;Note=Thursday between the 6th and 12 June {m} 07.6.>1983 =7th & last day #1983th Volunteers’ Week ;Note=1st 1984 {d-06-01} 08.6.>1992 =#1992th National Tampon Alert Day* ;Note=1st 1993, also Intern. .. since .. {d} 08.6.-1Mo =1st day National Tampon Alert Week (7d) ;Note=week including 8 June since .. {d-06-08} 08.6.+1Su =7th & last day National Tampon Alert Week ;Note=week including 8 June since .. {d-06-08} 09.6.>2016 =#2001th National Wear Red Day* ;Note=1st 26.2.2002, 2017 >June 9, raising awareness of heart disease {d} 09.6.*NE4 =Scotland, one of the luckiest days of the year* ;Note=St. Columba falls on Thursday {d} 10.6. =Mad Hatter Day (UK)* ;Note=2nd Silly Day, Oct. 6 in US {d} 11.6.+1Sa =London, Trooping the Colour (11:00, National Day, since 1748, #1748 years ago) ;Note=Saturday on/after 11 June {xm} 15.6. =Magna Carta Day ;Note=1215, Magna Carta receives royal seal {d} 15.6.>1987 =National Bug Busting Day ;Note=1st 1988, also 31 Jan. & 31 Oct. {d} 15.6.>2014 =#2014th National Beer Day ;Note=1st 2015, date that Magna Carta was sealed in 1215 and ale is mentioned in clause 35 of Magna Carta {dn} 16.6.>2006 =England, Sussex, #2006th Sussex Day ;Note=1st 2007, feast day of St Richard of Chichester, Sussex's patron saint {d} 18.6. =Waterloo Day* ;Note=celebrated by certain regiments of the British Army {d} 21.6. =Scotland, Shetland Isles day ;Note=Traditional {nd} 20.6.-1Mo>1997 =1st day #1997th Refugee Week ;Note=1st 1998, week (Mo>Su) including World Refugee Day (20 June) {d-06-20} 20.6.+1Su>1997 =7th & last day #1997th Refugee Week ;Note=1st 1998, week (Mo>Su) including World Refugee Day (20 June) {d-06-20} 21.6. =Wales, Alban Hefin ;English=Summer Solstice 21.6.>2006 =Northern Ireland, #2006th Day of Private Reflection* ;Note=1st 2007 {d} 21.6.>2016 =England, #2016th Suffolk county day ;Note=1st 2017 {nd} 22.6.>2017 =Windrush Day ;Note=1st 2018 (70th anniversary of the Windrush migration) {d} 23.6. =Britain, Traditional Midsummer* ;Note=St. John's Eve {d} 24.6. =Wales, Gwyl Ifan ;Note=Midsummer's day ;English=St John's Day 24.6. =Scotland, Bannockburn Day** ;Note=1314 Battle of Bannockburn, 1st War of Scottish Independence {d} 24.6. =London, The Knollys Red Rose Rent** ;Note=fine imp. on Sir Robert Knollys was 1 red rose from his garden to be given >Lord Mayor every Midsummer Day {d} 24.6. =England, Leicester, Damask Rose ceremony* ;Note=Lord Mayor receives symbolic peppercorn rent of a Damask Rose & four old pennies from the landlord of O'Neills (The Crown and Thistle) every Midsummer Day {d} 29.6. =England, East Anglia, best day to harvest herbs* ;Note=tradition {d} ;01.7. =National Fishing Month (>31 July)* ;01.7. =Sickle Cell Awareness Month (>31 July)* 01.7.+1Mo =1st day National Childhood Obesity Week (7d) ;Note={m} 01.7.+1Mo+1Su =7th & last day National Childhood Obesity Week ;Note={m} 01.7.+1Fr>1929 =Scotland, Galashiels, #1929th Braw Lads Gathering ;Note=1st 1930, {m} ;03.7. =Dog-days begin ;Note=>Aug. 11 {d} !! = OS = 14.7. NS 04.7. =England, Whalton, Old Midsummer Eve* ;Note=1752 moved due to introduction Gregorian Calendar {d} 05.7. =Old Midsummer Day/Old St John's Day* ;Note=1752 moved due to introduction Gregorian Calendar {d} 06.7.>2005 =#2005th Day of the Stolen Kiss ;Note=1st 2006, UK's national kissing day {n} 11.7. =Northern Ireland, 11th Night/Bonfire Night* ;Note=precursor to The 12th (Battle of the Boyne) {d} 12.7. =Northern Ireland, Battle of the Boyne Day (#1690 years ago), Orangemen’s Day ;Note=anniversary of the Battle (OS) 01.7.1690 (NS) 11.7.1690 {d} 14.7. =Emmeline Pankhurst Day* ;Note=birthday Emmeline Pankhurst (born Goulden) (1858) {d} 30.3.>2012<2014 =England-West Midlands, #2012th Black Country Day ;Note=1st 2013, 2014 >14.7., all or part of the four boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton {d-07-14} 14.7.>2013 =England-West Midlands, #2012th Black Country Day ;Note=1st 30.3.2013, 2014 >14.7., all or part of the four boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton {d} 14.7. =(NS) Dog-days begin ;Note=3 July Jul. (OS), >Aug. 11 Jul (OS) (Aug 22 Greg. NS) {d} 15.7. =Saint-Swithin’s Day (if it rains it will rain for forty days) ;Note=Bishop of Winchester {d} 16.7.>1989 =#1989th National Hug Day* ;Note=1st national day 1990 {d} 25.7. =English Oyster season officially begins ;Note=St. James' Day {d} 25.7. =Sussex, Saint James's Day* ;Note={d} 27.7.>2017 =England, #2017th Norfolk county day ;Note=1st 2018 {nd} 29.7.>2014 =England, #2017th Buckinghamshire county day ;Note=1st 2015, remembers the founding of the Paralympic Movement at Stoke Mandeville Hospital {nd} 31.7.-1Mo =London, Thames, Swan Upping* ;Note=last Monday July, Queen's Swan Keeper & Swan Markers row in skiffs to mark the cygnets (baby swans) {m} 01.8.+1Mo-1Sa =England, Ripon, St Wilfrid's Day* ;Note=Saturday before 1st Monday August {m-08} 01.8.+1Mo =Wales, Llyn y Fan fach ;Note=lake near Llanddeusant in Dyfed {m} ;English=Lady of the Lake 01.8.+1We>1986<1988 =1st Playday ;Note=1st 1987, none 1988, annual since 1989 {m} 01.8.+1We>1988 =#1987th Playday ;Note=1st 1987, none 1988, annual since 1989 {m} 01.8. =Wales, Calan Awst ;Note=Welsh equivalent of Lughnasadh, or Lammas ;English=1st day of Autumn 01.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 02.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 03.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 04.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, strong miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 05.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 06.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 07.8.*NE1 =Scotland, Loch-mo-Naire, miraculous healing qualities (00:00>01:00) ;Note=1st Monday August, strong if 4 Aug. {m} 01.8.>1974 =England, Yorkshire, #1974th Yorkshire Day** ;Note=promotion Yorkshire, 1st 1975 {d} 05.8. =National Oyster Day* ;Note=1st day legal season for oysters {d} ;11.8. =Dog-days end ;Note=since July 3 {d} !! = OS = 22.8. NS 12.8.*Lux =Glorious Twelfth (start open season grouse shooting) ;Note=if Sunday >Monday, >01 Dec. {d-08-12} 15.8. =Scotland, St. Mary's Feast of Harvest* ;Note={d} 22.8. =(NS) Dog-days end ;Note=11 August Jul. (OS), since 3 July Jul. (OS) (14 July Greg. NS) {d} 30.8.>1998 =England, Liverpool, #1998th Yellow Submarine Day* ;Note=1st 1999 {d} 31.8.-1Mo =Northern Ireland, Ballycastle, Ould Lammas Fair* ;Note=last Monday & Tuesday August {m} 31.8.-1Mo+1Dy =Northern Ireland, Ballycastle, Ould Lammas Fair* ;Note=last Monday & Tuesday August {m} ;01.9. =Bear Necessities Month (>30 September) ;01.9. =Organic September (>30 September) ;01.9. =International Blood Cancer Awareness Month (>30 September) 01.9.+1Su =1st day Migraine Awareness Week (7d) ;Note={m} 01.9.+1Su+1Sa =7th & last day Migraine Awareness Week ;Note={m} 01.9.+2Su>1994 =British Christian churches, #1994th Racial Justice Sunday* ;Note=2nd Sunday September, 1st 1995 {m} 01.9.+3Mo =1st day Meningitis Awareness Week (7d) ;Note={m} 01.9.+3Mo+1Su =7th & last day Meningitis Awareness Week ;Note={m} 01.9.+3Sa>1983<2010 =1st day #1983th Beachwatch (We) ;Note=1st 1984, weekend, 2010 >4 days {m} 01.9.+3Sa+1Dy>1983<2010 =2nd & last day #1983th Beachwatch ;Note=1st 1984, weekend, 2010 >4 days {m} 01.9.+3Sa-1Dy>2009 =1st day #1983th Beachwatch (4d) ;Note=1st 1984 (weekend), 2010 >4 days (Fr>Mo) {m} 01.9.+3Sa+2Dy>2009 =4th & last day #1983th Beachwatch ;Note=1st 1984 (weekend), 2010 >4 days (Fr>Mo) {m} 01.9.+4Mo>2009 =1st day #2009th National Work Life Week (5d) ;Note=1st 2010 {m} 01.9.+4Mo+1Fr>2009 =5th & last day #2009th National Work Life Week ;Note=1st 2010 {m-09} 01.9. =England, Saint Partridge* ;Note=opening of partridge hunting season in England, which continues until February 1st {d} 02.9. =Great Britain & Ireland, Calendar Adjustment Day ;Note=British Calendar Act of 1751, correcting the Gregorian calendar, September 2nd, 1752 last day Julian calender {d} 03.9. =Cromwell Day** ;Note=1658 death Oliver Cromwell {d} 05.9.+1Su =Wakes Sunday ;Note=Sunday after 4 Sep. {m} 05.9.+1Su+1Mo =Wakes Monday ;Note=Monday following Sunday after 4 Sept. {m} 09.9.>2017 =#2017th Emergency Services Day ;Note=1st 2018, the 999 Day begins from 9am to represent the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month {d} ;10.9.>1991 =Gibraltar, #1991th Gibraltar Day (National Day) ;Note=since 1992, remembr. 1967: referendum British/Spanish {d} 13.9.>2005 =#2005th Roald Dahl Day* ;Note=1st 2006 (would have been Roald Dahl’s 90th birthday) {d} 14.9. =England, Day of the Holy Nut, Holy Rood Day, Nutting Day* ;Note=Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Hazelnuts collected on this day have magical properties {d} 14.9. =England, lacemaker could use a candle to light his work (>Shrove Tuesday) ;Note=Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Nutting Day {d} 15.9.>1939 =Battle of Britain Day** ;Note=1940 aerial bombing raid on United Kingdom {d} 15.9.+1Su>1942 =London, Westminster Abbey, #1942th Battle of Britain Sunday* ;Note=Sunday on/after 15 Sept., 1st 1943 St. Paul's Cathedral, since 1944 Westminster Abbey {m} 15.9.-1Mo>1999 =1st day #1999th Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week (7d) ;Note=1st 2000, Monday>Sunday including World Lymphoma Awareness Day (15 Sept.) {d-09-15} 15.9.+1Su>1999 =7th & last day #1999th Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week ;Note=1st 2000, Monday>Sunday including World Lymphoma Awareness Day (15 Sept.) {d-09-15} 15.9.-1Su =1st day Agatha Christie Week (8d) ;Note=from Sunday on/before 15 Sept. (birthday Agatha Christie) >next Sunday {d} 16.9.+1Su =8th & last day Agatha Christie Week ;Note=from Sunday on/before 15 Sept. (birthday Agatha Christie) >next Sunday {d-09-15} 16.9.>2012 =National Teaching Assistants Day ;Note=1st 2013 {d} 21.9. =England, Devil's Nutting Day* ;Note=mortals should never gather nuts on this day {d} 21.9. =Wales, Alban Elfed ;Note=middle of Autumn ;English=Autumn Equinox 23.9. =1st day Seed Gathering Season (>23 October) ;Note=traditionally start of autumn {d} 27.9.>1990 =#1990th National World’s Biggest Coffee Morning ;Note=1st National 1991 (1st 1990) {d} 28.9.-1Fr =London, Admission of Sherriffs* ;Note=Sep. 29 or Friday preceeding, new sheriffs march Mansion House >Guildhall to be installed {m} 28.9.-1Su =Scotland, Carrot Sunday* ;Note=Sunday before Old Michaelmas (29 Sep.) {m} 29.9.*MVU =London, election #1327th Lord Mayor** ;Note=Michaelmas, if weekend >next Monday {xd-09-29} 29.9. =England, last blackberry-picking day * ;Note=Devil spits/urinates this night on blackberries {d} 01.10.-3Dy+1Sa>2005 =1st day Red Squirrel Week (9d) ;Note=since 2006 Saturday closest to 1 October {d-10-01} 01.10.-3Dy+1Sa+2Su>2005 =9th & last day Red Squirrel Week ;Note=since 2006 start Saturday closest to 1 October >2nd Sunday {d-10-01} 01.10.+1Mo+1Th>1995 =#1995th National Poetry Day* ;Note=Thursday after the 1st Monday (or 4th last Thursday) {xm} 01.10.+1Fr>1995 =#1995th Jeans for Genes* ;Note=1st Friday October, 1st 1996 {m} 01.10.+1Sa =National Badger Day* ;Note={m} 01.10.%1990,2+2Sa =Hospice & Palliative Care Day* ;Note=2nd Saturday October {m} 01.10.%1991,2+2Sa =Hospice & Palliative Care Day with Voices for Hospices* ;Note=2nd Saturday October, day yearly, voices odd years {m} 01.10.+2Su =Seed Gathering Sunday* ;Note=2nd Sunday October {m} 01.10.+2Mo>2007 =1st day #2007th Humphreys Pyjama Week* (5d) ;Note=1st 2008, The Children's Trust {xm} 01.10.+2Mo+1Fr>2007 =5th & last day #2007th Humphreys Pyjama Week* ;Note=1st 2008, The Children's Trust {xm} 01.10.+2Mo>2001 =1st day Bramley Apple Pie Week (7d) ;Note=2nd Monday since 2002 {m} 01.10.+2Mo+1Su>2001 =7th & last day Bramley Apple Pie Week ;Note=Sunday after 2nd Monday since 2002 {m} 01.10.>2005 =England, Lincolnshire, #2005th Lincolnshire Day ;Note=1st 2006, Lincolnshire Rising (1536) {d} 02.10.+1Fr>2006 =#1997th Byte Night* ;Note=1st 1998 September, 2007 >October, annual sleep out in support of Action for Children {xm} 13.10. =English Language Day (UK) ;Note=1362 1st opening of parlaiment with speech in English, UN Apr. 23 {d} 15.10. =Wales, Shwmae Su'mae Day 18.10.>2009 =#2009th Anti Slavery Day* ;Note=1st 2010, Anti-Slavery Day Act (April 2010) {d} 18.10. =St. Luke's little summer ;Note={d} 19.10. =England, Oxfordshire Day ;Note=also called Saint Frideswide's Day {nd} 21.10. =Trafalgar Day ;Note=1805 Victory of Trafalgar {d} 21.10.>1989 =#1989th Apple Day* ;Note=1st 1990, many celebrations are held on the weekends around that date {d} 21.10.-3Dy+1Su =London, Trafalgar Parade & Service* ;Note=Sunday nearest Oct. 21, march >Trafalgar Square remembers triumph of Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805 {d-10-21} 21.10.*WEV =Everybody Writes Day ;Note=writing event primary & secondary schools, weekday on/before 21 Oct. {d} 21.10.*WEV>2010 =#2010th National Heroes Day* ;Note=1st 2011, schools: weekday on/before 21 Oct. {d} 22.10.>2009 =#2009th National Nut Day* ;Note=1st UK 2010 {d} 23.10. =last day Seed Gathering Season (since 23 September) ;Note={d-09-23} 25.10. =Black Cat Awareness Day* ;Note=UK {d} 25.10.>2013 =England, #2013th Northamptonshire county day ;Note=1st 2014, feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, the patron saints of cobblers {nd} ;27.10. =England & Scotland, National Tell a Story Day* ;Note={d} >30.10.-1Fr 28.11.>2014 =England, Bedfordshire, #2014th Bedfordshire day ;Note=1st 2015, birth of John Bunyan {d} 30.10. =Mischief Night* ;Note=day before Halloween {d} 31.10. =Wales, Nos Calan Gaeaf/Ysbrydnos ;Note=spirits are abroad {d} ;English=Winter's eve 31.10.>1987 =National Bug Busting Day ;Note=1e 1988, also 31 Jan. & 15 June {d} 31.10.-1Th =Somerset, Hinton St George, Punky Night* ;Note=last Thursday October {m} 31.10.-1Fr>2002 =#2002th Wear It Pink Day ;Note=Breast Cancer Campaign, 1st 2003 {m} 30.10.-1Fr =Scotland, National Tell a Story Day* ;Note=part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival {m} 31.10.-1Sa>1995 =#1995th CSV Make a Difference Day ;Note=last Saturday October, Community Service Volunteers (CSV), 1st 1996 {m} 31.10.-1Su-6Dy>2009 =1st day #2009th Bruxism Awareness Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 2010 {xm} 31.10.-1Su>2009 =7th and last day #2009th Bruxism Awareness Week* ;Note=1st 2010 {xm} ;The State Opening usually takes place in (October or) November on the first day of the new parliamentary session. ;There will also be a State Opening shortly after a general election ;01.11.>2004 =#2004th Lung Cancer Awareness Month (>30 Nov.)* ;Note=1st 2005 ;01.11. =Mouth Cancer Action Month (>30 Nov.)* ;01.11. =Men's Health Awareness Month/Movember (>30 Nov.)* ;01.11. =Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (>30 Nov.)* ;01.11.>2005 =#2005th National Blog Posting Month (>30 nov.)* ;Note=1st 2006 ;01.11.>1999 =#1998th National Novel Writing Month (>30 nov.)* ;Note=1st 1999 San Francosco (July), 2000 >November 01.11.+3Mo>2007 =1st day #2005th Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (7d) ;Note=1st 2006, 3rd Monday since 2008, 2006 december, 2007 november {xm} 01.11.+3Mo+1Su>2007 =7th & last day #2005th Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week ;Note=1st 2006, from 3rd Monday since 2008, 2006 december, 2007 november {xm} 01.11.+1We>1998 =#1998th National Stress Awareness Day* ;Note=1st 1999 {m} 01.11.+2Sa-1Dy =London, #1327th Lord Mayor is sworn in (Silent Ceremony) ;Note=day before 2nd Saturday november {m} 01.11.+2Sa =London, Lord Mayor’s Show (10:55>14:30, fireworks 17:00) ;Note=since 1215 (#1215 years ago), 2nd Saturday november {m} 01.11.+2Sa+1Mo =London, Lord Mayor’s Banquet ;Note=Monday after 2nd Saturday november {m} 01.11.+3Su-1Mo>2008 =1st day #2008th Self Care Week (7d) ;Note=1st 2009 {m} 01.11.+3Su>2008 =7th & last day #2008th Self Care Week ;Note=1st 2009 {m} 01.11. =Wales, Calan Gaeaf ;Note=1st day of winter in Wales {d} ;English=begin winter 01.11. =1st day Psoriasis Awareness Week (7d)* ;Note={d} 04.11. =Mischief Night/Devil's Night ;Note=Eve of Guy Fawkes Day, northern England, Scotland, Ireland {d} 07.11. =7th & last day Psoriasis Awareness Week ;Note={d-11-01} 05.11. =Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Night ;Note=1605 Gunpower Plot (#1605 years ago) {d} 11.11.-3Dy+1Su =Remembrance Sunday ;Note=Sunday closest to Nov. 11 {m} 11.11.-3Dy+1Su =London, Cenotaph Parade (11:00)* ;Note=Remembrance Sunday {m} 11.11.*NLD =England, Knightlow Hill, Wroth Silver Ceremony* ;Note=Martinmas Eve before sun rising (11.11.), if Sunday >Saturday before {d} 17.11. =England & Wales, #1569th Queene's Day ;Note=1558 accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne, 1570 1st publicly celebrated (national holiday for about 300 years) {d} 17.11.>2004 =England, Devon, Berry Pomeroy, Queene's Day* ;Note=1558 accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England, revived 2005 {d} 25.11.>1997 =#1997th White Ribbon Day* ;Note=1998 1st UK (WOMANKIND), 1981 1st Latin America, 2000 1st UN {d} 27.11.>1995 =England, Lancashire, #1995th Lancashire Day* ;Note=1st 1996, 1295 Lancashire sent its first representatives to Parliament {d} 30.11.*MVU =Scotland, Saint Andrew's Day (National Day) ;Note={d} 30.11.-1Sa>1999 =#1999th Buy Nothing Day* ;Note=1st UK 2000 {m} ;01.12. =Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (>31 Dec.)* 01.12.+1Sa>1989 =#1989th Tree Dressing Day ;Note=1st 1990, 1st full weekend December {m} 01.12.+1Sa+1Dy>1989 =#1989th Tree Dressing Day ;Note=1st 1990, 1st full weekend December {m} 01.12.+1Su>1974 =last day #1974th National Tree Week ;Note=1st 1975 {xm-12} 01.12.+1Su-2Sa>2009 =1st day #1974th National Tree Week ;Note=1st 1975, 2010>9 days, before 2010 12 days {xm-12} 01.12.+1Su-2We>1974<2010 =1st day #1974th National Tree Week ;Note=1st 1975, 12 days, 2010>9 days {xm-12} 01.12. =1st day National Anger Awareness Week (7d) ;Note={d} 07.12. =7th & last day National Anger Awareness Week ;Note={d-12-01} 11.12. =Wales, Remembrance Day of Llywelyn II* ;Note=1282 death Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (last prince of an independent Wales) {d} 17.12. =Scotland, Orkney Islands, Sow Day* ;Note=a sow was killed on this day {d} 18.12.-1Th =England, West Cornwall, Chewidden Thursday (White Thursday, Chewidden Day, Jew-whidn)* ;Note=last clear Thursday Christmas {m} 21.12. =England, Thomasing (a-Thomasing, a-gooding, a-corning) ;Note=door-to-door begging, St. Thomas Day >1969 {d} 21.12. =Wales, Alban Arthan ;Note=Midwinter festival, the shortest day of the year ;English=Winter Solstice 24.12.-5Su =England, Stir Up Sunday* ;Note=last Sunday before Advent {m-12} 24.12.-4Su-1Dy =Wreath Making Day* ;Note=making the Advent Wreath {m-12} 24.12.-2Th =England, East Cornwall, Picrous Day* ;Note=2nd Thursday before Christmas {m} 25.12.>1932 =#1932th Royal Christmas Message (15:00 GMT) ;Note=1st 1932, none 1969, until 1956 radio, since 1957 TV {d} 25.12.+1Su =Christmas Sunday* ;Note=Sunday on/after 25.12 {m} 26.12. =Cornwall, Padstow, Mummer's/Darkie Day ;Note=Boxing Day & New Year's Day {d} 26.12. =Wales, Gŵyl San Steffan ;English=St. Stephen's Day 31.12. =Scotland, Oidhche Challuinn, Hogmanay* ;Note=Old Year's Night {d} 31.12. =Wales, Nos Galan ;English=New Year's Eve ;Quarter Days 25.3. =England, Wales-Ireland, Quarter Day (Lady Day)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 24.6. =England, Wales-Ireland, Quarter Day (Midsummer Day)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 29.9. =England, Wales-Ireland, Quarter Day (Michaelmas)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 25.12. =England, Wales-Ireland, Quarter Day (Christmas)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 02.2.<1992 =Scotland, old Quarter Day (Candlemas)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 15.5.<1992 =Scotland, old Quarter Day (legislatively fixed Whitsunday)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 01.8.<1991 =Scotland, old Quarter Day (Lammas)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 11.11.<1991 =Scotland, old Quarter Day (Martinmas)** ;Note=4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} ;The Act specifies that the new dates take effect on 13 June 1991 (12 months from the date it was passed). 28.2.>1991 =Scotland, New Quarter Day* ;Note=1990 Act, 4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 28.5.>1991 =Scotland, New Quarter Day* ;Note=1990 Act, 4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 28.8.>1990 =Scotland, New Quarter Day* ;Note=1990 Act, 4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} 28.11.>1990 =Scotland, New Quarter Day* ;Note=1990 Act, 4 dates in each year on which servants were hired, rents & rates were due, … {d} ;sittings (or "legal terms") for the Court of Appeal and the High Court 01.10.*MVU =England & Wales, start 1st sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Michaelmas term, >Dec. 21, if weekend >Monday {d} 21.12.*WEV =England & Wales, end 1st sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Michaelmas term, since Oct. 1, if weekend >Friday {d} 11.1.*MVU =England & Wales, start 2nd sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Hilary term, >Wednesday before Easter, if weekend >Monday {d} Es-1We =England & Wales, end 2nd sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Hilary term, Wednesday before Easter, since Jan. 11 {e} Es+2Tu =England & Wales, start 3th sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Easter term, 2nd Tuesday after Easter, >Friday before 'spring holiday' {e} 31.5.-1Mo-1Fr =England & Wales, end 3th sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Easter term, Friday before 'spring holiday' (laatste Monday May), since 2nd Tuesday after Easter {m} 31.5.-1Mo+2Tu =England & Wales, start 4th sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Trinity term, 2nd Tuesday after 'spring holiday' (last Monday May), >July 31 {m-05} 31.7.*WEV =England & Wales, end 4th sittings Court of Appeal & High Court* ;Note=Trinity term, since 2nd Tuesday after 'spring holiday', if weekend >Friday {d} ;The PTBSync holiday files are maintained by dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com ;On http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ you find a library of additional files for PTBSync ;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm ;http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/Overview.aspx ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom ;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_holidays