Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on June 6
17 holidays and special days are celebrated on June 6 around the world.
- 17observances
- 39events
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Bessarion of EgyptBessarion of Egypt, also known as Bessarion of Scetis or Bessarion the Great was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived around the 4th to 5th century in Egypt, wandering in the Nitrian Desert.
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Claudius of BesançonSaint Claudius of Besançon, sometimes called Claude the Thaumaturge, was a priest, monk, abbot, and bishop. A native of Franche-Comté, Claudius became a priest at Besançon and later a monk. Georges Goyau in the Catholic Encyclopedia wrote that “The Life of St.- Christian feast day: Iarlaithe mac LogaIarlaithe mac Loga, also known as Jarlath, was an Irish priest and scholar from Connacht, remembered as the founder of the monastic School of Tuam and of the Archdiocese of Tuam, of which he is the patron saint. No medieval biography of Jarlath is extant, but
- Christian feast day: Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church) Ini Kopuria was a Solomon Islands police officer from Maravovo, Guadalcanal, who founded the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, John Manwaring Steward, formed a brotherhood to spread Christianity to non-Christian areas of Melanesi
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Blessed Innocent GuzBeatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on behalf of individuals who pray in their name, permitting a restricted, local for
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Marcellin ChampagnatMarcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat, FMS was a French Catholic priest who founded the Marist Brothers, a religious congregation of brothers devoted to Mary and dedicated to education. He was canonized in 1999 and his feast day is 6 June, his death anniversary
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Blessed Maria Laura MainettiMaria Laura Mainetti was an Italian religious sister of the Sisters of the Cross. Mother superior of a convent in Chiavenna that specialised in helping juvenile delinquents, she was stabbed to death in a satanic sacrifice by three teenage girls on the night of
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NorbertNorbert of Xanten, also known as Norbert Gennep, was a German Catholic bishop who was the Archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Norbert was canonized by Pope Grego
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June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)June 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 7
D-Day Invasion AnniversaryThe Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the larg- Engineer's Day in TaiwanEngineer's Day is observed in several countries on various dates of the year.
- Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North KoreaThis is a list of public holidays in North Korea, known as myŏngjŏl. See also the Korean calendar for a list of traditional holidays. As of 2017, the North Korean calendar has 71 official public holidays, including Sundays. In the past, North Koreans relied on
Memorial Day in South KoreaMemorial Day or Hyeonchungil (Korean: 현충일) is a South Korean public holiday on the sixth day of June by article 2, subparagraph 8. of 'Regulations On Holidays Of Government Offices' that commemorates all the Koreans who have contributed or died while serving t
National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union and the coronation of King Gustav VasaThe National Day of Sweden is observed annually as a public holiday on 6 June. Prior to 1983, the day was celebrated only as the Swedish Flag Day. It was officially named the Swedish National Day by the Swedish parliament in 1983, and became a public holiday i
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United StatesHuntington's or Huntington disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that is usually inherited. It typically presents as a triad of progressive psychiatric, cognitive, and motor symptoms. The earliest symptoms are of- Queensland DayQueensland Day is officially celebrated on 6 June as the birthday of the Australian state of Queensland.
UN Russian Language DayUN Russian Language Day is observed annually on 6 June. The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010. UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on June 6?
17 observances are celebrated on June 6 around the world: Christian feast day: Bessarion of Egypt, Christian feast day: Claudius of Besançon, Christian feast day: Iarlaithe mac Loga, Christian feast day: Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church), Christian feast day: Blessed Innocent Guz, Christian feast day: Marcellin Champagnat. 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 June 6?
39 documented historical events happened on June 6, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy. On the same day, in another year: Shivaji, who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. 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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