Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on November 4
16 holidays and special days are celebrated on November 4 around the world.
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Holidays and observances
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Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)Charles Borromeo was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was made a cardinal in 1560.
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Emeric of HungaryEmeric, also Emericus, Emerick, Emery or Emory. Venerated as Saint Emeric, was the son of King Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria.
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Felix of ValoisFelix of Valois, OSsT (French: Félix de Valois; was a French Catholic former Cistercian hermit and a co-founder of the Trinitarian Order.- Christian feast day: Joannicius the GreatJoannicius the Great or Ioannikios was a Byzantine Christian saint, sage, theologian and prophet. Well known for his devoted asceticism and defense of icon veneration, Joannicius spent the majority of his life as a hermit on Mysian Olympus, near what is today
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ModestaSaint Modesta was the founder and abbess of the monastery of Oeren in Trier, Germany.
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Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother of God of Kazan, is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and a palladium of all of Russia and Rus', known - Christian feast day: PieriusPierius was a Christian priest and probably head of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, conjointly with Achillas. He flourished while Theonas was bishop of Alexandria, and died at Rome after 309. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 4 November.
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Blessed Teresa ManganielloBeatification 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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Vitalis and AgricolaVitalis and Agricola are venerated as martyrs and saints, who are considered to have died at Bologna about 304, during the persecution ordered by Roman Emperor Diocletian.
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November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)November 3 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 5- Community Service Day (Dominica) This is a list of public holidays in Dominica.
- Flag Day (Panama)Public holidays in Panama include:
National Tonga Day (Tonga)The Tongan archipelago has been inhabited for perhaps 3,000 years, since settlement in late Lapita times. The culture of its inhabitants has surely changed greatly over this long time period. Before the arrival of European explorers in the late 17th and early
National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate (Italy)National Unity and Armed Forces Day is an Italian national day since 1919 which commemorates the victory in World War I, a war event considered the completion of the process of unification of Italy. It is celebrated every 4 November, which is the anniversary o
Unity Day (Russia)Unity Day, also called the National Unity Day and the Day of People's Unity, is a national holiday in Russia held on 4 November [O.S. 22 October]. It commemorates the popular uprising which ended the Polish-Lithuanian occupation of Moscow in November 1612, and
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (unofficial, but widely commemorated)Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general who was the prime minister of Israel, having served from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to have been born in the region of Palestine, at the t
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on November 4?
16 observances are celebrated on November 4 around the world: Christian feast day: Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church), Christian feast day: Emeric of Hungary, Christian feast day: Felix of Valois, Christian feast day: Joannicius the Great, Christian feast day: Modesta, Christian feast day: Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church). 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 November 4?
50 documented historical events happened on November 4, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Túpac Amaru II led a rebellion of Aymara, Quechua, and mestizo peasants in protest against the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. On the same day, in another year: American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners. 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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