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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All October holidays by day

October 1

International

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

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What happened on October 1

October 2

International

  • Gandhi's birthday-related observances: International Day of Non-Violence Wikipedia
  • International Day of Non-Violence Wikipedia

National and local

  • Batik Day (Indonesia) Wikipedia
  • Gandhi's birthday-related observances: Gandhi Jayanti (India) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958 Wikipedia
  • National Grandparents Day (Italy) Wikipedia

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What happened on October 2

October 3

National and local

  • 3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands) Wikipedia
  • German Unity Day (Germany) Wikipedia
  • Mean Girls Day Wikipedia
  • Morazán Day (Honduras) Wikipedia
  • National Day, celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932 Wikipedia
  • National Foundation Day or Gaecheonjeol (South Korea) Wikipedia

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What happened on October 3

October 4

International

National and local

  • Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland) Wikipedia
  • Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique) Wikipedia
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966 Wikipedia

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October 5

International

National and local

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October 6

International

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

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October 7

National and local

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October 8

International

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October 9

International

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

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What happened on October 9

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

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October 11

International

  • International Day of the Girl Child Wikipedia
  • International Newspaper Carrier Day Wikipedia

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

What happened on October 11

October 12

International

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

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What happened on October 12

October 13

International

  • International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international) Wikipedia

National and local

  • Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan) Wikipedia
  • Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan) Wikipedia
  • Paramedics' Day (Poland) Wikipedia
  • Rwagasore Day (Burundi) Wikipedia

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What happened on October 13

October 14

International

  • World Standards Day (International) Wikipedia

National and local

  • Day of the Cathedral of the Living Pillar (Georgian Orthodox Church) Wikipedia
  • Mother's Day (Belarus) Wikipedia
  • National Education Day (Poland), formerly Teachers' Day Wikipedia
  • Nyerere Day (Tanzania) Wikipedia
  • Second Revolution Day (Yemen) Wikipedia

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October 15

International

National and local

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October 16

International

National and local

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October 17

International

  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Wikipedia

National and local

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October 18

International

National and local

  • Alaska Day (Alaska, United States) Wikipedia
  • Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991 Wikipedia
  • Necktie Day (Croatia) Wikipedia
  • Persons Day (Canada) Wikipedia

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What happened on October 18

October 19

National and local

  • Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue) Wikipedia
  • Oxfordshire Day Wikipedia

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What happened on October 19

October 20

International

National and local

  • Arbor Day (Czech Republic) Wikipedia
  • Heroes' Day (Kenya) Wikipedia
  • Revolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala) Wikipedia
  • Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam) Wikipedia

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

What happened on October 20

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

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What happened on October 21

October 22

International

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day Wikipedia

National and local

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What happened on October 22

October 23

International

  • Mole Day (International observance) Wikipedia

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What happened on October 23

October 24

International

  • International Day of Diplomats Wikipedia
  • United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International) Wikipedia
  • World Development Information Day Wikipedia
  • World Polio Day Wikipedia

National and local

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What happened on October 24

October 25

National and local

  • Armed Forces Day (Romania) Wikipedia
  • Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country) Wikipedia
  • Republic Day (Kazakhstan) Wikipedia
  • Retrocession Day and the memorial day for the Battle of Guningtou ( Taiwan) Wikipedia
  • Sovereignty Day (Slovenia) Wikipedia
  • Thanksgiving Day (Grenada) Wikipedia

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What happened on October 25

October 26

National and local

  • Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India) Wikipedia
  • Angam Day (Nauru) Wikipedia
  • Armed Forces Day (Benin) Wikipedia
  • National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria) Wikipedia
  • Intersex Awareness Day Wikipedia

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What happened on October 26

October 27

International

  • International Religious Freedom Day (United States) Wikipedia
  • World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Wikipedia

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

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What happened on October 27

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

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October 29

National and local

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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

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What happened on October 30

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

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What happened on October 31

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