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Festa della Repubblica is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2 June each year, with the main celebration taking place in Rome. The Festa della Repubb…
Festa della Repubblica (Italy)
Gawai Dayak is a form of harvest festival celebrated on 1 and 2 June annually in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.
Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia)
Martyrs' Day are days observed in or by some countries, including the Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Myanmar, Panama and Tunisia, to recognise martyrs such as soldiers, revolutionar…
Christian feast day: Charles Lwanga and Companions (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: Martyrs' Day (U
Public holidays in Bhutan consist of both national holidays and local festivals or tshechus. While national holidays are observed throughout Bhutan, tsechus are only observed in th…
Coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, also Social Forestry Day (Bhutan)
International Whores' Day or International Sex worker's Day is observed annually on June 2 of each year, honours sex workers and recognises their often exploited working conditions…
International Sex Workers Day
Telangana Day is a state public holiday in the Indian state of Telangana, commemorating the formation of the state of Telangana. It is observed annually on 2 June. Telangana Day is…
Telangana Day (Telangana, India)
Clotilde is a saint and was a Queen of the Franks.
Christian feast day: Clotilde
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Francis Ingleby
Juan Grande Román, OH was a Spanish Catholic member of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. He adopted the name of "John the Sinner" and died of the plague after tending…
Christian feast day: Juan Grande Román
Kevin is an Irish saint, known as the founder and first abbot of Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. His feast day is 3 June.
Christian feast day: Kevin of Glendalough
Ovidius, also Saint Auditus, was the third Bishop of Braga; he is a Portuguese saint.
Christian feast day: Ovidius
June 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 4
Christian feast day: June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Confederate Memorial Day is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. The holiday was originally publicly present…
Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, and Tennessee, United States)
The Commerce Consulate of Buenos Aires was one of the most important institutions of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, along with the viceroy, the Cabildo and the religious o…
Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mabo Day is a commemorative day that occurs annually on 3 June. It is an official holiday in the Torres Shire, and occurs during National Reconciliation Week in Australia.
Mabo Day (Australia)
The following are considered holidays in Taiwan. Some are official holidays, and some are not.
Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)
In April 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 3 as World Bicycle Day. The resolution for World Bicycle Day recognizes "the uniqueness, longevity and versatility …
World Bicycle Day
The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir, is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the Virgin and Child and an early example of the Eleu…
Christian feast day: Vladimirskaya (Russian Orthodox)
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Antoni Zawistowski
Filippo Smaldone was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts. Smaldone is best known for his extensive work with the deaf duri…
Christian feast day: Filippo Smaldone
Francis Caracciolo, born Ascanio dei Caracciolo Pisquizi, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor with John Augustine Adorno and Fabriz…
Christian feast day: Francis Caracciolo
Optatus, sometimes anglicized as Optate, was Bishop of Milevis, in Numidia, in the fourth century, remembered for his writings against Donatism.
Christian feast day: Optatus
Petroc or Petrock was a British prince and Christian saint.
Christian feast day: Petroc of Cornwall
Quirinus is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea.
Christian feast day: Quirinus of Sescia