Norfolk Day takes place annually on 27 July.
Local media initiated the day, first celebrated in 2018.
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).
Yorkshire Day began in 1975 as a celebration launched by the Yorkshire Ridings Society – newly formed ‘a protest movement against the local government re-organisation of 1974’ – to promote the county of Yorkshire.
The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, now part of the The Rifles, already celebrated this date as Minden Day, marking their part in the battle of Minden (1759).
The six infantry regiments involved in that battle wear a rose in their headdress.
In the case of The Rifles, the rose is white.
North Riding Day takes place annually on 22 August.
It marks the date of the battle of the Standard (1138), when English forces defeated the Scots near Northallerton.
The name of the battle derives from the consecrated banners of the minsters of Durham, York, Beverley and Ripon.
These flew from a mast mounted on a cart that marked the centre of the English position.
East Riding Day takes place annually on 24 August.
It marks the birthday of Hull-born MP William Wilberforce (1759–1833), leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
Nottinghamshire Day takes place annually on 25 August.
By raising the royal standard at Nottingham Castle, King Charles I triggered the start of the Civil Wars.
Northumbria Day takes place annually on 31 August, the feast of St Aidan.
Aidan of Lindisfarne (d. 651) was a monk and missionary.
He founded Lindisfarne Priory and by tradition converted the Northumbrians to Christianity.
Rutland Day takes place annually on 13 September.
It marks the defeat of the ‘Grand Assault’ during the siege of Gibraltar in 1782.
Among the defenders were the men of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot.
Gloucestershire Day was first celebrated in 2020.
Derbyshire Day takes place annually on 22 September.
BBC Radio Derby presenter Andy Whittaker organised a vote, and the chosen date commemorates the first raising of the flag.
Alternative suggestions included: 28 July – Derby, the county town, granted city status; 12 May – the birthday of Florence Nightingale, who spent her early years in the county.
