Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on January 15
16 holidays and special days are celebrated on January 15 around the world.
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- 56events
Holidays and observances
Arbor Day (Egypt)Arbor Day is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season.
Armed Forces Remembrance Day (Nigeria)The Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC) is observed on 15 January in Nigeria. It serves to honour veterans of the First and Second World War and Nigerian Civil War as well as to commemorate the servicemen of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Being a form
Army Day (India)Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General Kodandera M. Cariappa's taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from General Francis Roy Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India,- Christian feast day: Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)Abeluzius is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He is commemorated with a feast day of January 15. Little else is known of the person. It has been speculated that the name may be a typographical error for "Abba Lucius", a Syro-Roman name.
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Arnold JanssenArnold Janssen, was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint. He founded the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary religious congregation, also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for
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Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (one of Martyr Saints of China)Francis Fernández de Capillas was a Spanish Dominican friar who went as a missionary to Asia. He died in China as a martyr. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 1 October 2000, as one of the 120 Martyrs of China.
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ItaÍte ingen Chinn Fhalad, also known as Íde, Ita, Ida or Ides, was an early Irish nun and patron saint of Killeedy. She was known as the "foster mother of the saints of Erin". The name "Ita" was conferred on her because of her saintly qualities. Her feast day is
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Our Lady of the PoorOur Lady of Banneux, or Our Lady of the Poor, is the Catholic title given to the eight apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Mariette Beco, an adolescent girl living in Banneux, Liège Province, Belgium, between 15 January and 2 March 1933. Beco told her family and
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Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)Macarius of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great.
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Maurus and Placidus (Order of Saint Benedict)Saint Maurus (512–584) was a Benedictine monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young boy to be b
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Paul the HermitPaul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes in Roman Egypt from the age of 16 to the age of 
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January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)January 15 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for th- John Chilembwe Day (Malawi) This is a list of public holidays in Malawi.
Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)Hangul Day, called Hangeul Day (Korean: 한글날) in South Korea, and Chosŏn'gŭl Day (Korean: 조선글날) in North Korea, is a holiday celebrating the creation or promulgation of the native Korean alphabet, also called Hangul. The holiday is observed on October 9 in Sout- Ocean Duty Day (Indonesia) The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays. Cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official holidays, there are the so-called "libur bersama" or "cuti bersama", or joint leave
- Teacher's Day (Venezuela) The table below shows a list of the most notable holidays in Venezuela. Popular and public holidays are included in the list.
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on January 15?
16 observances are celebrated on January 15 around the world: Arbor Day (Egypt), Armed Forces Remembrance Day (Nigeria), Army Day (India), Christian feast day: Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church), Christian feast day: Arnold Janssen, Christian feast day: Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (one of Martyr Saints of China). 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 January 15?
56 documented historical events happened on January 15, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: War of 1812: The American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, was captured by a squadron of four British frigates. On the same day, in another year: In British Hong Kong, hundreds of Europeans were non-lethally poisoned by arsenic in bread from a locally owned bakery, leading to geopolitical tension. 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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