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Holidays and observances on December 30

13 holidays and special days are celebrated on December 30 around the world.

Holidays and observances

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What is celebrated on December 30?

13 observances are celebrated on December 30 around the world: Christian feast day: Abraham the Writer, Christian feast day: Anysia of Salonika, Christian feast day: Egwin of Evesham, Christian feast day: Frances Joseph-Gaudet (Episcopal Church), Christian feast day: Liberius of Ravenna, Christian feast day: Pope Felix I. 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 30?

48 documented historical events happened on December 30, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: In Ireland, the combined forces of Munster and Meath crushed a rebellion by Leinster and Dublin. On the same day, in another year: Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, Lancastrian forces destroyed the Yorkist army and killed Richard of York at Sandal Magna in West Yorkshire, England. 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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