Carnaval (end) - French schools
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Monday march 11, 2024
School holidays :
Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (beginning) -Flemish schools
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Friday march 29, 2024
School holidays :
Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres (cycling race)
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.uci.org/ 2024 edition confirmed
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Foire du Livre de Bruxelles
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Thursday april 4, 2024
Culture : Https://flb.be/ lasts 5 days - 2024 edition confirmed
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]
Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (end) - Flemish schools
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Monday april 15, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday april 26, 2024
School holidays :
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Regional holiday
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Saturday may 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Https://fetedeliris.brussels/ in Brussels only - lasts 2 days 2024 edition confirmed
Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays : some schools may work on Friday
Bruges Holy Blood procession
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Culture : Sanguis Christi
Ascension
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Banks are closed
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Friday may 10, 2024
Banks only :
Mother's Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Probably linked with a celebration in England in the 1600s ( Mothering Sunday ). Honored all mothers in England. Mothering Sunday gave poor servants who lived and worked for the wealthy a day off to actually go home and dedicate time to their mothers. Mothering Cake , a special cake, was common for the celebration.
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Whit Monday
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Monday may 20, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
European elections
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Sunday june 9, 2024
Special Events :
Parliamentary election
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Sunday june 9, 2024
Special Events :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 9, 2024
cards/flowers : except in Antwert
Summer holiday (beginning) - Flemish schools
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Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Flemish community Day (state of Flanders only)
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Thursday july 11, 2024
Secular holiday : Applies to the Flemish-speaking civil servants Celebrates the Battle of the Golden Spurs (11 July 1302)
International Street Theatre Festival
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Friday july 19, 2024
Culture : Lasts 5 days -
www.gentsefeesten.be in Ghent 2024 edition confirmed
National Day
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Sunday july 21, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the 1831 separation from the Netherlands, as well as the formal establishment of the kingdom. Leopold I of Saxe-Coburg was crowned and supported the constitution drawn up by National Congress. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday (Labour law 4 Jan 1974)
F1 Grand Prix
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Sunday july 28, 2024
Sports events : Www.formula1.com in Spa-Francorchamps - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2024 edition confirmed
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 26, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end) - Flemish schools
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Namur - Festival international du film
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Friday september 27, 2024
Culture : Www.fiff.be lasts one week -- in Namur 2024 edition confirmed
French Community Day
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Friday september 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Applies to the French-speaking community civil servants
Brussels Marathon
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Sunday september 29, 2024
Sports events : Www.bruxelles.be 2024 edition confirmed