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In the United Kingdom, public holidays are days on which most businesses and non-essential services are closed. Many retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays, Easter and Christmas Day in England and Wales and on New Year's Day and Christmas Day in Scotland.
public holidays Maximum number of public holidays Notes Albania [1] 14 14 Argentina [2] 19 19 Australia [3] 9 13 depending on state Austria [4] 13 18 depending on state and workplace Bangladesh [5] 22 22 Belgium [6] 10 10 Barbados [7] 12 12 Brazil [8] [9] 9 12 including bank holidays Bulgaria [10] 12 12 Cambodia [11] 21 21 Canada [12] 10 11 ...
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .
Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708 in the Hebrew calendar). Yom Ha'atzmaut is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nearest to 5 Iyar, so it occurs between 3 and 6 Iyar each year; this means that the holiday can fall any time between and including 15 April and 15 May, according to the Gregorian calendar.
Access your AOL Calendar. Add events, set up reminders, and create multiple calendars to keep your work and personal life separate. To sync schedules and simplify event planning, subscribe to someone else's calendar or share your own. AOL Calendar is only available on desktop web browsers and AOL Desktop Gold. 1.
Saint George is the patron saint of England in a tradition established in the Tudor period, based in the saint's popularity during the times of the Crusades and the Hundred Years' War . Veneration of the saint in folk religion declined in the 18th century. Attempts to revive the celebration of Saint George's Day (23 April) as an expression of ...
Public holidays in Andorra. Public holidays in Angola. Public holidays in Antigua and Barbuda. Public holidays in Argentina. Public holidays in Armenia. Public holidays in Australia. Public holidays in Christmas Island. Public holidays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Public holidays in Norfolk Island.
1 Brigid of Kildare, Abbess of Kildare, c.525. 2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) – may be celebrated on the Sunday between 28 January and 3 February. 3 * Anskar, Archbishop of Bremen, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865. 4 Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189.