Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on April 24
23 holidays and special days are celebrated on April 24 around the world.
- 23observances
- 47events
Holidays and observances
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, California, France)Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, also known as Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, is a public holiday in Armenia and the former Republic of Artsakh and is observed by the Armenian diaspora on 24 April. It is held annually to commemorate the victims of the Armen
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Benedict MenniBenedict Menni, OH, born Angelo Ercole Menni Figini, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest. Menni was a professed member of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God and he went on to establish a religious congregation of women known as the Si- Christian feast day: Dermot of Armagh Diarmaid of Armagh was Abbot and bishop of Armagh.
- Christian feast day: Dyfnan of AngleseySaint Dyfnan ap Brychan was an obscure Welsh saint. He was sometimes accounted a son of Brychan, the invading Irish king of Brycheiniog.
- Christian feast day: Ecgberht of RiponEcgberht was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain and around the Irish Sea. He was instrumental in the establishment of Wihtberht's mission to Fri
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Elizabeth HesselbladMaria Elizabeth Hesselblad, OSsS, was a Swedish Catholic religious sister who founded a new, active, branch of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters. Hesselblad is recognised as a Righteous Among the Nations due to her efforts in World War II savin
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Fidelis of SigmaringenFidelis of Sigmaringen, O.F.M. Cap. was a German Capuchin friar who was involved in the Catholic Counter-Reformation. He was martyred by his opponents at Seewis im Prättigau, now part of Switzerland. Fidelis was canonized in 1746.- Christian feast day: Gregory of ElviraGregory Baeticus was the bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain.
- Christian feast day: Ivo of RamseySaint Ivo was a Cornish bishop and hermit, and became the eponymous saint of St Ives, Huntingdonshire.
- Christian feast day: Johann Walter (Lutheran) Johann Walter, also known as Johann Walther or Johannes Walter, was a Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period.
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Mary of ClopasAccording to the Gospel of John, Mary of Clopas was one of the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus and bringing supplies for his funeral. The expression Mary of Clopas in the Greek text is ambiguous as to whether Mary was the daughter or wife of Clopas, 
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Mary Euphrasia PelletierMary Euphrasia Pelletier, RGS, religious name Mary of Saint Euphrasia, born as Rose Virginie Pelletier, was a French religious sister. She founded the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and was its first superior general.- Christian feast day: MellitusMellitus was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity. He arrived in 601 AD with a group of
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Salome (disciple)Salome was a follower of Jesus who appears briefly in the canonical gospels and at greater length in apocryphal writings. Mark names her among the women present at the crucifixion and as one of the Myrrhbearers who found the empty tomb. Later interpretation id- Christian feast day: Wilfrid (Catholic Church and Church of England)Wilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded mon
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William FirmatusWilliam Firmatus was a Norman hermit and pilgrim of the eleventh century.
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April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)Apr. 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Apr. 25
Concord Day (Niger)National Day of Concorde is a national holiday in Niger, celebrated every 24 April since 1995.
Democracy Day (Nepal)The 2006 Nepal revolution, also known as the Democracy Movement, was a political movement in Nepal opposed to the authoritarian, absolutist form of monarchy adopted by King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement was the second protest against the monarchy, following
Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances:
Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)Labour Day is an official public holiday in many countries. In most countries, Labour Day is synonymous with, or linked with, International Workers' Day, which happens on 1 May. It was originally chosen to commemorate the 1886 general strike which culminated i- National Panchayati Raj Day (India)National Panchayati Raj Day is the national day of Panchayati Raj System in India celebrated by Ministry of Panchayati Raj on 24 April annually.
- Republic Day (The Gambia)This is a list of public holidays in The Gambia.
World Day for Laboratory AnimalsWorld Day For Animals In Laboratories is observed every year on 24 April. The surrounding week has come to be known as "World Week for Animals In Laboratories". The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) describes the day as an "international day of commemor
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on April 24?
23 observances are celebrated on April 24 around the world: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, California, France), Christian feast day: Benedict Menni, Christian feast day: Dermot of Armagh, Christian feast day: Dyfnan of Anglesey, Christian feast day: Ecgberht of Ripon, Christian feast day: Elizabeth Hesselblad. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
What happened on April 24?
47 documented historical events happened on April 24, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: John Campbell released the first issue of The Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in British North America. On the same day, in another year: The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part of an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the nation's capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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