November 11 - Holidays and Observances

Holidays and Observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Bartholomew of Grottaferrata (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
    • St. Martin's Day
  • Menas
  • Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church)
  • Theodore the Studite
  • November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• End of World War I related observances:
  • Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
  • Independence Day, commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918 (Poland)
  • Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
  • Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when the holiday was rededicated to be in honor all American military, naval, and Air Force, veterans. (United States)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
• Lāčplēsis Day (Latvia)
• Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
• Pocky Day and Pretz Day (Japan)
• Pepero Day (South Korea)
• Republic Day (Maldives)
• Singles Day (China)
• Women's Day (Belgium)
• Dhanteras celebrated by Hindus in (India) and all over the world.