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Holidays and observances on September 6

15 holidays and special days are celebrated on September 6 around the world.

Holidays and observances

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What is celebrated on September 6?

15 observances are celebrated on September 6 around the world: Christian feast days: Begga, Christian feast days: Chagnoald, Christian feast days: Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria, Christian feast days: Gondulphus of Metz, Christian feast days: Blessed Jan Franciszek Czartoryski, Christian feast days: Magnus of Füssen. 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 September 6?

59 documented historical events happened on September 6, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Christopher Columbus set sail from San Sebastián de La Gomera in the Canary Islands on his first voyage across the Atlantic, discovering the Americas. On the same day, in another year: Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71. 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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