The battle of Albuera (1811) took place during the Peninsular War, when Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated the French.
The 57th (West Middlesex) Foot suffered very heavy casualties during the battle and later celebrated the anniversary as a regimental day.
St Aldhelm (639–709) was Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborne.
St Petroc (c.468–c.564) ministered throughout southwest England.
Wiltshire Day takes place annually on 5 June.
It commemorates the first raising of the Wiltshire Flag at County Hall, Trowbridge (2007).
Sussex Day takes place annually on 16 June, the feast of St Richard of Chichester (1197–1253), the patron saint of Sussex.
Also known as Richard de Wych, the saint was bishop of Chichester.
Suffolk Day takes place annually on 21 June.
Former BBC radio presenter Mark Murphy created the event in 2016.
It has since become a staple in the Suffolk calendar, hosted by towns across the county.
Mercia Day takes place annually on 22 June, the feast of St Alban.
St Alban is the first recorded British Christian martyr, by tradition beheaded in Verulamium (modern St Albans) during the third or fourth centuries.
Black Country Day celebrates the installation of the first practical steam engine by Thomas Newcomen (1712).
Hampshire Day takes place annually on 15 July, the Feast Day of St Swithun.
St Swithun was Bishop of Winchester (852–63) and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral.
Buckinghamshire Day marks the origin of the Paralympic Games.
On the opening day of the London Olympics (1948), Stoke Mandeville Hospital hosted the first event ever organised for disabled athletes alongside an Olympic Games.
The Stoke Mandeville Games later became the Paralympic Games, which first took place in Rome (1960).
