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 .
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday may 6, 2024
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Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
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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.
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
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Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 17, 2024
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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
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Day of Reconciliation
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Monday june 10, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Summer holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Friday june 28, 2024
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 12, 2024
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National Day
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates independence from France in 1960. A 3-day holiday period known as Les Trois Glorieuses .
Summer holiday (end) - French schools
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Thursday september 5, 2024
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Summer holiday (end)
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Monday october 7, 2024
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All Saints - (beginning)
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Friday october 18, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools
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Saturday october 26, 2024
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All Saints' Day
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Friday november 1, 2024
Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday november 4, 2024
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All Saints - (end)
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Monday november 4, 2024
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Republic Day
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Thursday november 28, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the birth of the Republic on November 28, 1958