Holidays and observances
May
Holidays and observances on May 5
30 holidays and special days are celebrated on May 5 around the world.
- 30observances
- 51events
Holidays and observances
Children's Day (Japan, South Korea)Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country.
In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is 
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Angelus of JerusalemAngelus of Jerusalem, OCarm was a Catholic convert from Judaism and a religious priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance.
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Aventinus of ToursAventinus was a hermit and friend of Thomas Becket. Living the life of a hermit in Tours, France, before being ordained a deacon by Thomas Becket, and subsequently accompanied him to the Synod of Tours in 1163.
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Blessed Caterina CittadiniBeatification 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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Blessed Edmund Ignatius RiceEdmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.
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Frederick the Wise (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. He was the son of Ernest, Elector
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Gotthard of HildesheimGotthard, also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint.- Christian feast day:
Blessed Grzegorz Bolesław FrąckowiakBeatification 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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Hilary of ArlesHilary of Arles, also known by his Latin name Hilarius, was a bishop of Arles in Southern France. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with 5 May being his feast day.
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Jutta of KulmseeJutta of Kulmsee, was a German member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.
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Stanisław KazimierczykStanisław Kazimierczyk was a Polish Catholic priest and a professed member of the Canons Regular of the Lateran. He became noted for his ardent devotions to both the Eucharist and to his personal patron saint, Stanislaus of Szczepanów, as well as for his chari
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May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)May 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 6
Cinco de Mayo (Mexico, United States)Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Zaragoza died months after the battle from an illness, however, and a larger Fren- Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan)Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy.
Europe Day (Council of Europe)Europe Day is a day celebrating "peace and unity in Europe" celebrated on 5 May by the Council of Europe and on 9 May by the European Union.
Feast of al-Khadr or Saint George (Palestinian)Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George, celebrated by Christian churches, countries, regions, and cities from which he is the main patron saint, including England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Catalonia, Aragon, Palestine, Rio de Janeiro, Alcoi, and Genoa, 
Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)Indian Arrival Day is a public holiday that was first started in Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate the East Indian immigrants arrival to the nation during the indentureship period.- International Midwives' Day (International)The International Day of the Midwife is annually celebrated on 5 May, and was established in 1992 by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) to celebrate and raise awareness about the midwifery profession.
Liberation Day (Denmark, Netherlands)Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the original creation of statehood. It commemorates the end of an occupation or the fall of
Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)The Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth or Lusophone Community, is an international organization and political association of Lusophone nations across four continents, where Portuguese is an official language. T- World Portuguese Language Day (International)World Portuguese Language Day is observed annually on May 5. The day is marked through a range of musical performances, literature readings, competitions, cultural shows, art exhibitions, lectures, plays, and other cultural events worldwide in order to highlig
Martyrs' Day (Albania)Martyrs' Day is an Albanian Holiday observed annually on May 5 for the remembrance of those who died for Albanian liberation during World War 2. The date was chosen for its significance as the anniversary of the assassination of Qemal Stafa by Italian fascists
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day (Canada and United States)Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are victims of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, of those in the First Nations in Canada and Native American communities, but also amongst other Indigenous peoples, such as in Aus
National Cartoonist DayMay 5th is National Cartoonist Day, a world-wide celebration of cartoonists and their work. The National Cartoonist Society declared the date in the 1990s to promote support for the cartooning industry, and to recognize the impact they have had on society. The
Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)The Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day, also called Meyazia 27, is a national holiday in Ethiopia celebrated on 5 May to commemorate the Ethiopian Arbegnoch resistance against Italy during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1937). It also marks Haile Selassie's
Revenge of the Fifth (see Star Wars Day)Star Wars Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May 4 to celebrate the Star Wars media franchise created by filmmaker George Lucas. Observance of the day has spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations since the franchise began- Senior Citizens Day (Palau)This is a list of holidays in Palau.
Soviet Press Day (Soviet Union)The Soviet Press Day was an annual observance in the Soviet Union, celebrated on May 5. The celebration was done in commemoration of the publishing of the first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda on 5 May [O.S. 22 April] 1912. Soviet Press Day was institu
Tango no sekku (Japan)Tango no Sekku (端午の節句), also known as Ayame no hi , originally referred to an annual ceremony held at the Japanese imperial court on May 6. It was one of the five annual court ceremonies called Gosekku. Since the Kamakura period (1185–1333), when the samurai c- Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival (Doppa Day): 1–2The Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival, observed annually on 5 May, celebrates the culture and history of the Uyghurs, a Turkic people originating from Xinjiang, China. It is also known as Uyghur Doppa Day or just Doppa Day. The doppa is a traditional skullcap com
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on May 5?
30 observances are celebrated on May 5 around the world: Children's Day (Japan, South Korea), Christian feast day: Angelus of Jerusalem, Christian feast day: Aventinus of Tours, Christian feast day: Blessed Caterina Cittadini, Christian feast day: Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, Christian feast day: Frederick the Wise (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod). 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 May 5?
51 documented historical events happened on May 5, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: First English Civil War: Charles I surrendered himself to Scottish Covenanter leader David Leslie near Newark, England. On the same day, in another year: Cromwell's Act of Grace, which pardoned the people of Scotland for any crimes committed during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, was proclaimed in Edinburgh. 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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