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Friday 29 April 2011 was a special bank holiday to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. In 2012, there was a special holiday on Tuesday 5 June to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Therefore, to create a four-day weekend, the Spring Bank Holiday that would usually have occurred at the end of May was moved ...
South Slavic tradition and Balkan spring festival. In Serbian, St. George's Day is called Đurđevdan ( Cyrillic: Ђурђевдан) and is celebrated on 6 May every year, as the Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian, Old Style calendar. St. George's Day is one of the most common Slavas (family patron day) among the Serbs.
The event was first officially held in 2010, announced as "the first Pageant of St George in 425 years". [21] The event has since developed as a major festival centred on Trafalgar Square and organised by the Mayor of London. [22] In 2011, a campaign to make St. George's Day a public holiday in England began on the UK government's e-petition ...
Anastasia of Sirmium feast day: 25 December. Twelve Days of Christmas: 25 December–6 January. Saint Stephen's Day: 26 December – In Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ireland a holiday celebrated as Second Day of Christmas. Saint John the Evangelist 's Day: 27 December.
The 2010 general election takes place, resulting in a hung parliament. The Conservative Party win 306 of the 649 seats contested, placing them 20 seats short of an overall majority in the House of Commons. The Labour Party win 258 seats, the Liberal Democrats win 57, and other parties win 28.
2010s political history refers to significant political and societal historical events in the United Kingdom in the 2010s, presented as a historical overview in narrative format. There were four Prime Ministers during this time ( Brown, Cameron, May, Johnson ). However, Brown and Johnson were collectively in power for less than a year of this ...
Saint Valentine's Day, also known as the Feast of Saint Valentine, [9] is celebrated annually on 14 February. Originating as a Western Christian feast day honouring one or two early saints named Valentinus, Saint Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love, although it is not a public holiday.
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons. The election took place in 650 constituencies [ note 2] across the United Kingdom under the first-past-the-post system. The election resulted in a large swing to the opposition Conservative Party led by ...