Day Guide for Monday March 25th 2019 What are the holidays on March 25th 2019?

This is our day guide for Monday March 25th 2019 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on March 25th 2019

International: Greek Independence Day

Greece's Independence Day is actually a holiday that has blended over time with an older festival - the feast of the Annunciation

Azerbaijan: Novruz Holiday

Novruz Bayrami is the most important holiday in Azerbaijan. It celebrates the Persian New Year, and the beginning of Spring

Colombia: St. Joseph's Day (in lieu)

If 19th March does not fall on a Monday, it is observed the following Monday.

Kazakhstan: Nauryz Holiday

Nauryz means 'new day', it is celebrated over several days from March 21st and marks Persian New Year which begins on the Vernal Equinox.

Lebanon: Feast of the Annunciation

This day celebrates the visit of the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce to her that she would become the mother of Jesus

Regional

New Zealand (regional): Otago Anniversary Day

Otago Anniversary Day is 23 March, but is celebrated on the closest Monday. In 1848 settlers first arrived at Koputai (Port Chalmers)

San Marino: Anniversary of the 'Arengo'

Commemorates the events of March 25th 1906 which led to a Parliament elected directly by the people.

Public sector only

USA (regional): Seward's Day

A legal state holiday observed in Alaska, USA. It is celebrated on the last Monday in March and commemorates the signing of the the Alaska Purchase treaty on March 30th 1867.

Observances on March 25th 2019

United Nations: Slavery Remembrance Day

For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.

United Nations: Detained Staff Day

A day to mobilize action, demand justice and strengthen our resolve to protect UN staff and peacekeepers, as well as staff in the non-governmental community and the press.

USA: National Lobster Newburg Day

Lobster Newburg is very similar to Lobster Thermidor. The difference is in the sauce. And, there is no Lobster Thermidor Day.

USA: National Medal of Honor Day

This date was chosen because the first Medal of Honor was presented on March 25, 1863, during the Civil War.

USA: National Tolkien Reading Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Toliken Reading Day

Sweden: National Waffle Day

This food holiday is based on the pronunciation of much older Christian festival.

Belarus: Belarus Freedom Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Freedom Day in Belarus.

International: National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day.

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General Information for March 25th 2019
There are 8 public holidays today.
Day 84 of 2019
281 days left in 2019
Week 13 of the year
On this Day in History
2006 - In the US, a gunman kills six people then takes his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
1977 - the last episode of Porridge, 'Final Stretch', is screened.
1957 - The 'Treaty of Rome', establishing the European Economic Community, is signed in Rome by Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
1199 - King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting the French, leading to his death on April 6.