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Holidays and observances on March 29

11 holidays and special days are celebrated on March 29 around the world.

Holidays and observances

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What is celebrated on March 29?

11 observances are celebrated on March 29 around the world: Christian feast day: Armogastes, Christian feast day: Berthold of Calabria, Christian feast day: Gwynllyw, Christian feast day: Jonas and Barachisius, Christian feast day: Ludolph of Ratzeburg, Christian feast day: March 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). 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 March 29?

49 documented historical events happened on March 29, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Viking expansion: Viking raiders, possibly led by the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, plundered and occupied Paris, holding the city for a large ransom. On the same day, in another year: After an eight-year siege, the Ottoman Empire captured the city of Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. 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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