Lancashire Day has taken place annually on 27 November since 1996.
It commemorates the day when Lancashire first sent representatives to Parliament, the Model Parliament of King Edward I (1295).
Bedfordshire Day takes place annually on 28 November.
The date, chosen by popular vote, commemorates the birthday of John Bunyan.
Several alternative options included:19 January – earldom (later dukedom) of Bedford recreated (1550); 12 April – Bedfordshire County Council granted its coat-of-arms (1951); 20 June – siege of Bedford Castle begins (1224); 13 August – Blenheim Day, celebrated by the Bedfordshire Regiment and its successors; 12 September – birth of prison reformer John Howard (1726); 14 October – first flight of the airship R101 from Cardington (1929); 6 November – 1st and 2nd Battalions Bedfordshire Regiment meet at Bailleul en route to Ypres (1914); 15 November – first High Sheriff of Bedfordshire appointed (1575); 25 November – feast of St Catherine, patron saint of spinners, weavers and lacemakers; 15 December – birth of Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams (1899).
World AIDS Day takes place annually on 1 December. It is an international day first held in 1988 and dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and mourning those who have died of the disease.
World AIDS Day is an official flag flying day in Scotland but not in the rest of the UK.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The start of LGBT+ History Month is an official flag flying day only in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
Shropshire Day takes place annually on 23 February, the feast of St Milburga.
Milburga (d.715) was a Mercian princess and the abbess of Wenlock Priory.
In the eleventh century, her reputation as a miracle worker turned Much Wenlock into a place of pilgrimage.
Visitors flocked to St Milburga’s Well seeking cures for their ailments.
St Piran, the patron saint of tin miners, is one of Cornwall’s patron saints.
St Felix (d.647/8), the first bishop of the East Angles, introduced Christianity to the kingdom.
St Cuthbert (c.634–87), prior of Lindisfarne, is buried in Durham Cathedral.
West Riding Day marks the anniversary of the battle of Towton (1461), reputedly the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil.
The Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastians, leading to a change of royal dynasty.
Edward Duke of York deposed King Henry VI (ruled 1422–61, 1470–1) and took the crown as King Edward IV (ruled 1461–1470, 1471–83).
The first Cheshire Day took place in 2021.
It commemorates the date when King Edward I, who was also Earl of Chester, reconfirmed a charter of liberties for the county.
