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Holidays and observances on October 12
24 holidays and special days are celebrated on October 12 around the world.
- 24observances
- 66events
Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Blessed Louis BrissonBeatification 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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Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-- Christian feast day: FiaccSaint Fiacc was a poet, the chief bishop of Leinster, and founder of two churches.
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Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar)Our Lady of the Pillar is the name given to the Virgin Mary in the context of the traditional belief that Mary, while living in Jerusalem, supernaturally appeared to the Apostle James the Greater in AD 40 while he was preaching in what is now Spain. Those who 
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Our Lady of AparecidaOur Lady of Aparecida Portuguese: Nossa Senhora Aparecida or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with the Immaculate Conception.
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Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic)Radim Gaudentius was Archbishop of Gniezno and the first Polish archbishop.
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Seraphin of MontegranaroSeraphin of Montegranaro, was an Italian Capuchin lay brother, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.- Christian feast day: Wilfrid of RiponWilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded mon
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Carlo AcutisCarlo Acutis was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digital media to promote Catholic devotion. Born in London and raised in Milan, he developed an early interest in computers and video games, teach
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October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)October 11 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – October 13
Children's Day (Brazil)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 
Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Columbus Day (Honduras)Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an islan- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain)Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an islan
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay)Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an islan
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an islan
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de las Américas (Belize)Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an islan
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an islan
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, "Day of respect for cultural diversity" (Argentina) The following are the national public holidays and other observances of Argentina.
- Discovery Day (The Bahamas)Discovery Day is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land, gold, and other significant national discoveries.
Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema)Thelema is a Western esoteric and occult social and spiritual philosophy, and a new religious movement. It was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. Central to Thelema is the 
Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)The National Day of Spain is a national holiday held annually on 12 October. It is also traditionally and commonly referred to as the Día de la Hispanidad, commemorating Spanish legacy worldwide, especially in Hispanic America.
Hafez Day (Iran) 1Khajeh Shams-od-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi (1325–1390), also known by his pen name Hafez, was a Persian lyric poet whose collected works are regarded by many Iranians as one of the highest pinnacles of Persian literature. His works are often found in the homes- Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968. This is a list of holidays in Equatorial Guinea.January 1: New Year's Day April 7: Good Friday May 1: Labour Day June 5: President's Day, birthday of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. June 8: Corpus Christi August 3: Freedom Day, marks the date in 1979
International Day Against DRMInternational Day Against DRM (IDAD), sometimes called just Day Against DRM or anti-DRM day, is a grassroots international observance of protests against digital rights management technology. The event is intended as "a counterpoint to the pro-DRM message broa
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on October 12?
24 observances are celebrated on October 12 around the world: Christian feast day: Blessed Louis Brisson, Christian feast day: Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England), Christian feast day: Fiacc, Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar), Christian feast day: Our Lady of Aparecida, Christian feast day: Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic). 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 October 12?
66 documented historical events happened on October 12, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reached Seoul after having set out from Java four months before. On the same day, in another year: Believing he had reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in the Caribbean, sparking a series of events that led to the European colonization of the Americas. 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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