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Holidays and events

44 Topics

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
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  • K
  • L
  • M
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  • Q
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  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

A

  • All Hallows
  • Ascension Day
  • Ash Wednesday

B

  • Bartholomew's Day
  • Battle of Lowestoft
  • Battle of Worcester
  • Birthdays
  • Brampton Feast

C

  • Candlemas Day
  • Christmas
  • Collar Day
  • Coronation Day (Charles II)

E

  • Easter
  • Easter Monday
  • Easter Sunday

F

  • First Anglo-Dutch War
  • Four Days Battle
  • Funerals

G

  • Good Friday
  • Great Fire of London
  • Gunpowder Plot Day

L

  • Lady Day
  • Lent

M

  • Maundy Thursday
  • May Day
  • Michaelmas
  • Midsummer Day

R

  • Readers' Feasts
  • Revels

S

  • Second Anglo-Dutch War
  • Shrove Tuesday
  • St Andrew's Day
  • St David's Day
  • St George's Day
  • St James's Day Battle
  • St James's Fair
  • St John's Day
  • Stone feast
  • St Peter's Day
  • St Thomas's Day
  • St Valentine's Day

T

  • Twelfth Night

W

  • Weddings
  • Whitsun

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