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The Martyrs of Damascus were eleven Catholic saints martyred while praying inside a Franciscan-run parish in Damascus by Druze during the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and D…
Christian feast day: Martyrs of Damascus
Rufina and Secunda were Roman virgin-martyrs and Christian saints. Their feast day is celebrated on 10 July.
Christian feast day: Rufina and Secunda
Felicitas of Rome, also anglicized as Felicity, is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she…
Christian feast day: Seven Brothers
Saints Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax are venerated as martyrs and saints by the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Christian feast day: Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax
July 9 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 11
Christian feast day: July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The holidays in The Bahamas include the following:
Independence Day (Bahamas), celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973.
Nikola Tesla is portrayed in many forms of popular culture. The Serbian-American engineer has particularly been depicted in science fiction, a genre which is well suited to address…
Nikola Tesla Day
A state of the United States is one of the 50 constituent entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and …
Statehood Day (Wyoming)
Benedict of Nursia, often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian monk and the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict. He is famed in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Chur…
Christian Feast Day: Benedict of Nursia
Saint Drostan, also known as Drustan, was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire. His relics were later translated to the church at New Aberdour and hi…
Christian Feast Day: Drostan
Kjeld or Ketil was a 12th-century Danish clergyman. He is venerated as a saint in Denmark, by both Catholics and Danish Lutherans.
Christian Feast Day: Kjeld
Marciana of Toledo, also known as Marciana of Mauretania and Marciana of Caesarea, is venerated as a martyr and saint.
Christian Feast Day: Marciana of Toledo
Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tr…
Christian Feast Day: Olga of Kiev
Pius I was the bishop of Rome from c. 140 to his death c. 154, according to the Annuario Pontificio. His dates are listed as 142 or 146 to 157 or 161, respectively. He is considere…
Christian Feast Day: Pope Pius I
Thomas Sprott, also spelled Thomas Spratt, was an English martyr, as was his colleague, Thomas Hunt, who is also known as Thomas Benstead.
Christian Feast Day: Thomas Sprott
July 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 12
Christian Feast Day: July 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
China National Maritime Day, officially referred to as Maritime Day of China, also known as China Maritime Day, Maritime Day in China, Chinese: 中国航海日; pinyin: hanghairi, is celebra…
China National Maritime Day (China)
Bandoneón Day is celebrated on 11 July each year in Argentina. This date was chosen to mark the birth of the man who is considered the "Supreme Bandoneón of Buenos Aires", the musi…
Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)
The Flemish Community Day is an annual holiday held in the Flemish Community of Belgium on 11 July. It is also variously translated as the Day of the Flemish Community, Flemish Com…
Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium)
In Northern Ireland, the Eleventh Night or 11th Night, also known as "bonfire night", is the night before the Twelfth of July, an Ulster Protestant celebration. On this night, towe…
Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland)
The National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of Citizens of the Polish Republic committed by Ukrainian Nationalists is an official commemorative date in Poland, m…
National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Citizens of the Polish Republic committed by…
The following are public holidays in Kiribati. Dates refer to 2002.
Gospel Day (Kiribati)
In Ireland, the National Day of Commemoration commemorates all Irish people who died in past wars or United Nations peacekeeping missions. It occurs on the Sunday nearest 11 July, …
National Day of Commemoration, held on the nearest Sunday to this date (Ireland)
Naadam is a traditional festival celebrated in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Tuva, involving Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery. The festival is also locally termed "erii…
The first day of Naadam (July 11–15) (Mongolia)