Calendar

Oct
22
Tue
2019
British Virgin Islands: Feast of St Ursula
Oct 22 all-day

The Virgin Islands celebrate the feast of St Ursula annually on 22 October.

Christopher Columbus named the Virgin Islands in honour of the saint in 1493.

Dec
15
Sun
2019
Alderney: Homecoming Day
Dec 15 all-day

Alderney celebrates Homecoming Day annually on 15 December.

The people of Alderney were evacuated in June 1940 before the German occupation.

Homecoming Day marks the day the islanders could first return home in 1945.

Jan
23
Thu
2020
Pitcairn Islands: Bounty Day
Jan 23 all-day

The Pitcairn Islands celebrate Bounty Day annually on 23 January.

Bounty Day commemorates the burning of HMS Bounty by the mutineers in 1790.

Mar
1
Sun
2020
Wales: St David’s Day
Mar 1 all-day

 

St David’s Day is Wales’ national day.

The Senedd Cymru flies the Welsh national flag – Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) – all year round.

On St David’s Day it also flies the flag of St David (below).

https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf

St David’s Day is also listed as a flag flying day (for Wales only) by UK government guidance.

The Union Flag is specified.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying

Mar
17
Tue
2020
Northern Ireland: St Patrick’s Day
Mar 17 all-day

St Patrick’s Day is listed as a flag flying day (for Northern Ireland only) by UK government guidance.

The Union Flag is specified.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying

There is no official, current pan-Ireland or Northern Ireland flag that may be used to mark St Patrick’s Day.

St Patrick’s Saltire is one of several possible alternatives.

Apr
23
Thu
2020
England: St George’s Day
Apr 23 all-day

 

St George’s Day is England’s national day –  St George was named as England’s principal patron saint in 1416.

St George’s Day is listed as a flag flying day (for England only) by UK government guidance.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying

The Union Flag is specified.

May
9
Sat
2020
Guernsey: Liberation Day
May 9 all-day

Guernsey celebrates Liberation Day (Lé Jour dé la Libératiaon in Guernsey French) annually on 9 May.

The date commemorates the island’s liberation in 1945 from German occupation during the Second World War.

May
10
Sun
2020
Sark: Liberation Day
May 10 all-day

Sark celebrates Liberation Day annually on 10 May.

The date commemorates the island’s liberation in 1945 from German occupation during the Second World War.

May
30
Sat
2020
Anguilla Day
May 30 all-day

Anguilla Day takes place annually on 30 May.

On 30 May 1967 the Anguillans began a revolution that led to independence from the union of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.

Jun
14
Sun
2020
Falkland Islands: Liberation Day
Jun 14 all-day

The Falkland Islands celebrate Liberation Day annually on 14 June.

The date commemorates the liberation of the islands from Argentine military occupation in 1982.