Important International Day

Important International Days

JANUARY

14 January

  • World Logic Day

24 January

  • International Day of Education
  • World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

27 January

  • International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

FEBRUARY

4FEBRUARY

11 February

  • International Day of Women and Girls in Science

13 February

  • World Radio Day

21 February

  • International Mother Language Day

MARCH

  • World Defence Day is celebrated on 1 March.
  • Zero Discrimination Day – 1 March.
  • World Wildlife Day – 3 March.
  • World Hearing Day – 3 March
  • National Safety Day – 4 March
  • 4 March World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 
  • International Women’s Day – 8 March
  • CISF Raising Day – 10 March
  • No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March) – 11 March
  • Mauritius Day – 12 March
  • World Sleep Day – 13 March
  • Pi Day – 14 March
  • International Day of Action for Rivers – 14 March
  • 14 March International Day of Mathematics 
  • World Consumer Rights Day – 15 March
  • National Vaccination Day – 16 March
  • Ordnance Factories Day (India) – 18 March
  • International Day of Happiness – 20 March
  • World Sparrow Day – 20 March
  • World Oral Health Day – 20 March
  • World Forestry Day – 21 March
  • World Down Syndrome Day – 21 March
  • 21 March International Day of Nowruz 
  • World Poetry Day – 21 March
  • World Water Day – 22 March
  • World Meteorological Day – 23 March
  • World Tuberculosis (TB) Day – 24 March
  • World Theatre Day – 27 March

APRIL

6 April

  • International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 

15 April

  • World Art Day

23 April

  • World Book and Copyright Day

30 April

  • International Jazz Day

MAY

3 May

  • World Press Freedom Day

5 May

  • African World Heritage Day
  • World Portuguese Language Day

16 May

  • International Day of Light
  • International Day of Living Together in Peace

21 May

  • World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 May

  • International Day for Biological Diversity

JUNE

5 June

  • World Environment Day 

8 June

  • World Oceans Day

17 June

  • World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 
  • World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Hindi

21 June

  • International Day of Yoga

JULY

14 July

  • World Day for International Justice

18 July

  • Nelson Mandela International Day 

26 July

  • International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem 

AUGUST

  • 1 August – National Mountain Climbing Day and Yorkshire Day
  • 1 August – Yorkshire Day
  • 4 August – U.S. Coast Guard Day
  • 6 August – Hiroshima Day   
  • August (First Friday of August) – International Beer Day
  • 8 August – Quit India Movement Day
  • 9 August – Nagasaki Day
  • 9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 
  • 12 August– International Youth Day
  • 13 August – International Lefthanders Day
  • 14 August – Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)
  • 15 August – National Day of mourning (Bangladesh)
  • 15 August – Independence Day in India
  • 15 August (UK) – Victory over Japan Day
  • 15 August – Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
  • 16 August – Bennington Battle Day
  • 17 August – Indonesian Independence Day
  • 19 August – World Photography Day
  • 19 August – World Humanitarian Day
  • 20 August – World Mosquito Day
  • 20 August – Sadbhavna Diwas
  • 20 August – Indian Akshay Urja Day
  • 23 August – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
  • 23 August – European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
  • 26 August – Women’s Equality Day
  • 29 August – National Sports Day
  • 30 August – Small Industry Day
  • 31 August – Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)

SEPTEMBER

  • 1 September – National Nutrition Week
  • 2 September – Victory over Japan Day, World Coconut Day & Last Day of Onam
  • 3 September – Skyscraper Day
  • 5 September – International Day of Charity, Teachers’ Day (India) (First Saturday of September)
  • 7 September – Brazilian Independence Day
  • 8 September – International Literacy Day
  • 10 September – World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
  • 14 September – World First Aid Day & Hindi Diwas
  • 15 September – Engineers Day (India), International Day of Democracy
  • 16 September – World Ozone Day
  • 20 September International Day of University Sport.
  • 21 September – International Day of Peace (UN) & World Alzheimer’s Day
  • 22 September – Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer patients)
  • 26 September – European Day of Languages, World Contraception Day & World Maritime Day (Fourth Saturday of September)
  • 27 September – World Tourism Day & World Rivers Day (Fourth Sunday of September)
  • 21st September – 27th September – International Week of the Deaf or Deaf Awareness Week
  • 28 September – World Rabies Day
  • 29 September – World Heart Day

OCTOBER

5 October

  • World Teachers’ Day 

11 October

  • International Day of the Girl Child 

13 October

  • International Day for Disaster Reduction 

17 October

  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 

24 October

  • United Nations Day 

27 October

  • World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 

NOVEMBER

First Thursday

  • International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying  

2 November

  • International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists 

5 November

  • World Day of Romani Language 
  • World Tsunami Awareness Day 

10 November

  • World Science Day for Peace and Development 

Third Thursday in November

  • World Philosophy Day 

16 November

  • International Day for Tolerance 

18 November

  • International Day of Islamic Art  

25 November

  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

26 November

  • World Olive Tree Day 

29 November

  • International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 

DECEMBER

1 December

  • World AIDS Day –

3 December

  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities 

10 December

  • Human Rights Day 

18 December

  • International Migrants Day 

18 December

  • World Arabic Language Day

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