Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on December 10
11 holidays and special days are celebrated on December 10 around the world.
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- 53events
Holidays and observances
Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
By an ordinance issued by the government of Sweden, a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag flying days when the Swedish flag is flown on all public flagpoles and buildings. Hoisting of the Swedish flag on private flagpoles on t
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Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church)Saints Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs were 4th-century Christians who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Zoroastrian King Shapur II. They are venerated as Saints in the Oriental Orthodox Churches and their lives are described in writings known as the
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Eulalia of MéridaEulalia of Mérida was a young Roman Christian martyred in Augusta Emerita, the capital of Lusitania, during the Persecution of Christians under Diocletian. Other views place her death at the time of Trajan Decius. There is debate whether Saint Eulalia of Barce
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Gregory IIIPope Gregory III was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death on 28 November 741. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention of Charles 
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Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA))Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship of the Barmen Declaration, and especially his unfinished multi-volume theological s
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Polydore PlasdenPolydore Plasden (1563–1591) was one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A native of London, he studied for the priesthood at Rheims and Rome, and was ordained in 1586 before being sent back to England soon after.
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Thomas Merton (Episcopal Church (USA))Thomas Merton, religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, theologian, mystic, poet, and social activist. He was a professed member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death.
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Translation of the Holy House of LoretoThe Basilica della Santa Casa is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy. The shrine is widely known for preserving the house of the Holy Family. Pious legends claim the same house was supernaturally flown over by angelic beings from Nazareth to Tersa
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December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)December 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 11- Constitution Day (Thailand) Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors. There are usually nineteen public holidays in a year, but more may be declared by the cabinet. Other observances, both official and non
Human Rights Day (International)Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December.
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on December 10?
11 observances are celebrated on December 10 around the world: Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden), Christian feast day: Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church), Christian feast day: Eulalia of Mérida, Christian feast day: Gregory III, Christian feast day: Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA)), Christian feast day: Polydore Plasden. 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 December 10?
53 documented historical events happened on December 10, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice. On the same day, in another year: Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society. 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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