October Holidays and Observances
Every fixed-date holiday and observance in October, from international days to national holidays and religious feast days. Select a day to see its full list. The dates are the same every year, so holidays whose date moves, such as Easter, are not listed. All entries come from Wikipedia.
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- Religious feast days
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All October holidays by day
October 1
National and local
- Armed Forces Day (South Korea) Wikipedia
- Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year Wikipedia
- Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka) Wikipedia
- Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan) Wikipedia
- Ground Forces Day (Russia) Wikipedia
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960 Wikipedia
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960 Wikipedia
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from UN trust territory status in 1994 Wikipedia
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978 Wikipedia
- Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom) Wikipedia
- National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China) Wikipedia
- Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia) Wikipedia
- Tampere Day (Finland) Wikipedia
- Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan) Wikipedia
- Unification Day (Cameroon) Wikipedia
- Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Bavo of Ghent Wikipedia
- Blessed Edward James Wikipedia
- Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Remigius Wikipedia
- Thérèse of Lisieux Wikipedia
- Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches) Wikipedia
- October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 2
International
National and local
Religious feast days
- Blessed Antoine Chevrier Wikipedia
- Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Blessed Jan Beyzym Wikipedia
- Blessed Maria Antonina Kratochwil Wikipedia
- Blessed María Francisca Ricart Olmos Wikipedia
- Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Wikipedia
- Leodegar Wikipedia
- October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 3
National and local
Religious feast days
- Abd-al-Masih Wikipedia
- Adalgott Wikipedia
- Ambrósio Francisco Ferro Wikipedia
- Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy Wikipedia
- Dionysius the Areopagite Wikipedia
- Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair Wikipedia
- John Raleigh Mott (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- Gerard of Brogne Wikipedia
- Hesychius of Sinai Wikipedia
- Théodore Guérin Wikipedia
- Maximian of Bagai Wikipedia
- October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 4
National and local
October 5
International
National and local
Religious feast days
- Anna Schäffer Wikipedia
- Faustina Kowalska Wikipedia
- Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Blessed Bartolo Longo Wikipedia
- Thraseas Wikipedia
- Hor and Susia (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria) Wikipedia
- Placid and Maurus Wikipedia
- Placidus (martyr) Wikipedia
- October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 6
International
- World Space Week (October 4–10) Wikipedia
National and local
- Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan) Wikipedia
- Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia) Wikipedia
- German-American Day (United States) Wikipedia
- Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary) Wikipedia
- Teachers' Day (Sri Lanka) Wikipedia
- Yom Kippur War commemorations: Armed Forces Day (Egypt) Wikipedia
- Yom Kippur War commemorations: Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Blessed Marie Rose Durocher Wikipedia
- Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Wikipedia
- Bruno of Cologne Wikipedia
- Faith Wikipedia
- Mary Frances of the Five Wounds Wikipedia
- Pardulphus Wikipedia
- Sagar of Laodicea Wikipedia
- October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
- William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Myles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA)) Wikipedia
October 7
National and local
- Teachers' Day (Laos) Wikipedia
October 8
National and local
Religious feast days
- Evodus (or Yves) Wikipedia
- Palatias and Laurentia Wikipedia
- Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches) Wikipedia
- Reparata Wikipedia
- San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos) Wikipedia
- Simeon (Gospel of Luke) Wikipedia
- Thaïs Wikipedia
- William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 9
International
- World Post Day Wikipedia
National and local
- Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States) Wikipedia
- Hangul Day (South Korea) Wikipedia
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda) Wikipedia
- Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador) Wikipedia
- Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway) Wikipedia
- National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania) Wikipedia
- National Nanotechnology Day (United States) Wikipedia
- Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan) Wikipedia
- Indian Foreign Service Day Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Abraham Wikipedia
- Denis of Paris Wikipedia
- Dionysius the Areopagite Wikipedia
- Ghislain Wikipedia
- Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias Wikipedia
- John Henry Newman Wikipedia
- John Leonardi Wikipedia
- Luis Beltran Wikipedia
- Robert Grosseteste (Church of England) Wikipedia
- Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church in the United States) Wikipedia
- October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 10
International
National and local
- Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as the Finnish Literature Day (Finland) Wikipedia
- Arbor Day (Poland) Wikipedia
- Army Day (Sri Lanka) Wikipedia
- Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam) Wikipedia
- Constitution Day (Sint Maarten) Wikipedia
- Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy Wikipedia
- Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912 Wikipedia
- Fiji Day (Fiji) Wikipedia
- Independence Day (Cuba) Wikipedia
- Party Foundation Day (North Korea) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Blessed Angela Truszkowska Wikipedia
- Cerbonius Wikipedia
- Daniele Comboni Wikipedia
- Eulampius and Eulampia Wikipedia
- Gereon and companions Wikipedia
- Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios) Wikipedia
- Paulinus of York (in England) Wikipedia
- Pinytus Wikipedia
- Tanca Wikipedia
- Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- Viktor of Xanten Wikipedia
- October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 11
International
National and local
Religious feast days
- Christian feast days: Agilbert Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Alexander Sauli Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Æthelburh of Barking Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Bruno the Great Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Cainnech of Aghaboe Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Gratus of Oloron Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Gummarus Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Lommán of Trim Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Nectarius of Constantinople Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Philip the Evangelist Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Zenaida and Philonella Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 12
International
- International Day Against DRM Wikipedia
National and local
- Children's Day (Brazil) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Columbus Day (Honduras) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día de las Américas (Belize) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica) Wikipedia
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, "Day of respect for cultural diversity" (Argentina) Wikipedia
- Discovery Day (The Bahamas) Wikipedia
- Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain) Wikipedia
- Hafez Day (Iran) 1 Wikipedia
- Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968 Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Blessed Louis Brisson Wikipedia
- Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England) Wikipedia
- Fiacc Wikipedia
- Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar) Wikipedia
- Our Lady of Aparecida Wikipedia
- Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic) Wikipedia
- Seraphin of Montegranaro Wikipedia
- Wilfrid of Ripon Wikipedia
- Carlo Acutis Wikipedia
- October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
- Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema) Wikipedia
October 13
International
- International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international) Wikipedia
National and local
October 14
International
- World Standards Day (International) Wikipedia
National and local
October 15
International
- World Students' Day Wikipedia
National and local
October 16
International
- World Food Day (International) Wikipedia
National and local
Religious feast days
- Balderic (Baudry) of Monfaucon Wikipedia
- Bercharius Wikipedia
- Bertrand of Comminges Wikipedia
- Colmán of Kilroot (Colman mac Cathbaid) Wikipedia
- Eliphius Wikipedia
- Fortunatus of Casei Wikipedia
- Gall Wikipedia
- Gerard Majella Wikipedia
- Hedwig of Silesia Wikipedia
- Hugh Latimer (Anglicanism) Wikipedia
- Junian (of Saint-Junien) Wikipedia
- Marguerite Marie Alacoque Wikipedia
- Marie-Marguerite d'Youville Wikipedia
- Nicholas Ridley (Anglicanism) Wikipedia
- Silvanus of Ahun Wikipedia
- Blessed Thevarparampil Kunjachan (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church / Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Pope Victor III Wikipedia
- October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 17
International
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Wikipedia
National and local
Religious feast days
- Andrew of Crete Wikipedia
- Anstrudis Wikipedia
- Catervus Wikipedia
- Ethelred and Ethelberht Wikipedia
- Florentius of Orange Wikipedia
- François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs) Wikipedia
- Hosea Wikipedia
- Ignatius of Antioch Wikipedia
- John the Short (John Colobus) Wikipedia
- Marguerite Marie Alacoque (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines) Wikipedia
- Nothhelm Wikipedia
- Rule of Andrew Wikipedia
- Richard Gwyn Wikipedia
- Victor of Capua Wikipedia
- October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 18
International
- World Menopause Day Wikipedia
National and local
October 19
National and local
Religious feast days
- Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria) Wikipedia
- Aquilinus of Évreux Wikipedia
- Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre Wikipedia
- Frideswide Wikipedia
- Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion) Wikipedia
- Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions Wikipedia
- Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko Wikipedia
- Paul of the Cross Wikipedia
- Ptolemaeus and Lucius Wikipedia
- Varus Wikipedia
- Veranus of Cavaillon Wikipedia
- William Carey (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 20
National and local
Religious feast days
- Christian feast days: Acca of Hexham Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Aderald Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Artemius Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Caprasius of Agen Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Hedwig (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16) Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Irene of Tomar Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Magdalene of Nagasaki Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Margaret Marie Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16) Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Paul of the Cross (in USA, moved from Oct. 19) Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Maria Bertilla Boscardin Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: Mater Admirabilis Wikipedia
- Christian feast days: October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 21
National and local
- Armed Forces Day (Honduras) Wikipedia
- Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt) Wikipedia
- Indian Police Commemoration Day (India) Wikipedia
- National Nurses' Day (Thailand) Wikipedia
- Ndadaye Day (Burundi) Wikipedia
- Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China) Wikipedia
- Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century) Wikipedia
- Birth of the Báb (2017) (Baháʼí Faith) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Céline of Laon Wikipedia
- Blessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Fintán of Taghmon Wikipedia
- Hilarion Wikipedia
- John of Bridlington Wikipedia
- Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Wikipedia
- Malchus of Syria Wikipedia
- Pedro Calungsod Wikipedia
- Peter Yu Tae-chol Wikipedia
- Severinus of Bordeaux Wikipedia
- Tuda of Lindisfarne Wikipedia
- Ursula Wikipedia
- Viator of Lyons Wikipedia
- October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 22
October 23
International
- Mole Day (International observance) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer Wikipedia
- James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox) Wikipedia
- Allucio of Campugliano Wikipedia
- Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul) Wikipedia
- Boethius Wikipedia
- Ignatios of Constantinople Wikipedia
- John of Capistrano Wikipedia
- Joséphine Leroux Wikipedia
- Peter Pascual Wikipedia
- Romain (Romanus) of Rouen Wikipedia
- Servandus and Cermanus Wikipedia
- Severin of Cologne Wikipedia
- October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
- Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church Wikipedia
October 24
International
National and local
- Food Day (United States) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Anthony Mary Claret Wikipedia
- Arethas of Najran Wikipedia
- Eberigisil (Evergitus) Wikipedia
- Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions) Wikipedia
- Luigi Guanella Wikipedia
- Magloire of Dol Wikipedia
- Martin of Vertou Wikipedia
- Proclus of Constantinople Wikipedia
- Rafael Guízar y Valencia Wikipedia
- Senoch Wikipedia
- October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 25
National and local
Religious feast days
- Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo) Wikipedia
- Pope Boniface I Wikipedia
- Canna Wikipedia
- Blessed Carlo Gnocchi Wikipedia
- Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity) Wikipedia
- Crispin and Crispinian Wikipedia
- Fructus Wikipedia
- Gaudentius of Brescia Wikipedia
- Goeznovius Wikipedia
- Minias of Florence Wikipedia
- Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches) Wikipedia
- Tabitha (Dorcas) Wikipedia
- Tegulus Wikipedia
- Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy Wikipedia
- The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales) Wikipedia
- The Hallowing of Nestorius Wikipedia
- October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 26
National and local
Religious feast days
- Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Amandus of Strasbourg Wikipedia
- Beóán (Bean) of Mortlach Wikipedia
- Blessed Celine Borzecka Wikipedia
- Cedd Wikipedia
- Cuthbert of Canterbury Wikipedia
- Demetrius of Thessaloniki Wikipedia
- Eadfrith of Leominster Wikipedia
- Eata of Hexham Wikipedia
- Pope Evaristus (Aristus) Wikipedia
- Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church) Wikipedia
- Quadragesimus Wikipedia
- Quodvultdeus Wikipedia
- Rusticus of Narbonne Wikipedia
- Witta (Albinus) of Büraburg Wikipedia
- Eastern Orthodox liturgics Wikipedia
October 27
International
National and local
- Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia) Wikipedia
- Flag Day (Greece) Wikipedia
- Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979 Wikipedia
- National Black Cat Day (United Kingdom)
- Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13) Wikipedia
October 28
International
- International Animation Day (ASIFA) Wikipedia
National and local
- Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia) Wikipedia
- Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece Wikipedia
- Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture) Wikipedia
- Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia) Wikipedia
- Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Abdias of Babylon Wikipedia
- Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- Eadsige Wikipedia
- Faro Wikipedia
- Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Firmilian Wikipedia
- Godwin of Stavelot Wikipedia
- Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
- The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity) Wikipedia
- Lord of Miracles (Lima) Wikipedia
- October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 29
National and local
Religious feast days
October 30
National and local
- Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia) Wikipedia
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine) Wikipedia
- Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India) Wikipedia
- Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Ethelnoth (Egelnoth) the Good Wikipedia
- Blessed Dominic Collins (Catholic, Ireland, Society of Jesus) Wikipedia
- Gerard of Potenza Wikipedia
- Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph Wikipedia
- John Wycliffe (Episcopal Church (USA)) Wikipedia
- Marcellus of Tangier Wikipedia
- Saturninus of Cagliari Wikipedia
- Serapion of Antioch Wikipedia
- Talarican (Tarkin) Wikipedia
- Theonistus Wikipedia
- Zenobios and Zenobia Wikipedia
- October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
October 31
National and local
- Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru) Wikipedia
- Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden) Wikipedia
- Halloween and related celebrations: Allantide (Cornwall) Wikipedia
- Halloween and related celebrations: Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places) Wikipedia
- Halloween and related celebrations: Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man) Wikipedia
- Halloween and related celebrations: Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year) Wikipedia
- Halloween and related celebrations: The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (Mexico) Wikipedia
- Girl Scouts Founders Day (United States) Wikipedia
- King Father's Birthday (Cambodia) Wikipedia
- National Unity Day (India) Wikipedia
- Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones) Wikipedia
Religious feast days
- Alphonsus Rodriguez Wikipedia
- Ampliatus Wikipedia
- Begu Wikipedia
- Erc of Slane (in Cornwall) Wikipedia
- Foillan (in Namur) Wikipedia
- Martin Luther (Anglican Communion) Wikipedia
- Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church) Wikipedia
- Quentin Wikipedia
- Blessed Theodore Romzha (Ruthenian Catholic Church) Wikipedia
- Wolfgang of Regensburg Wikipedia
- October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia