| Aprilscherz - Montag 1 April, 2019 Karten/Blumen : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
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| Ostersonntag - Sonntag 1 April, 2018 Katholisch oder protestantisch : Not a paid holiday
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| Ostermontag - Montag 2 April, 2018 Karten/Blumen :
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| Vimy Ridge- Tag - Dienstag 9 April, 2019 Kultur : To honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge which took place during the First World War at Vimy Ridge, France, in 1917. since 2003 Wikipedia
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| Tag der Trauer - Samstag 28 April, 2018 Kultur : The National Day of Mourning commemorates workers who have been injured, killed or suffer illness as a result of occupational accidents and hazards
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| Nationaler Tag des Gebets - Mittwoch 9 Mai, 2018 Karten/Blumen : National Day of Honor for troops who contributed to Afghanistan mission
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| Muttertag - Sonntag 13 Mai, 2018 Karten/Blumen : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914
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| Royal wedding - Freitag 18 Mai, 2018 Besondere Ereignisse :
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| Regionaler Feiertag - Montag 21 Mai, 2018 Weltliche Feiertage : In tribute to Queen Victoria's birth in 1819 -
In Quebec : Patriots' Day, commemorates the 1837-1838 rebellion against British monarchy only in Alberta - British Columbia - Labrador - Manitoba - Northwest Territories -
Nunavut - Ontario - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Yukon
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