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Victoria Day served as the King's official birthday until 1910, when King George V acceded to the throne. From then until 1952, Victoria Day only honoured Queen Victoria's contribution to Canadian Confederation, with the reigning monarch's official birthday typically observed in June, instead. [5]
Victoria Day (Scottish Gaelic: Latha Victoria) is a public holiday in parts of Eastern Central Scotland, chiefly the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh, although it was formerly more widespread. It is celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May and commemorates Queen Victoria 's birthday (24 May 1819), exactly like Victoria Day in Canada.
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors—constituted the Victorian era.
The Victoria Days (Swedish: Victoriadagarna), earlier: Victoria Day (Swedish: Victoriadagen), is an annual celebration in Sweden in mid-July to celebrate Crown Princess Victoria's birthday. [ 1 ] It is celebrated around the time of the princess's birthday, 14 July, which is also a flag flying day ; for milestone birthdays the celebrations may ...
[16] [17] After Victoria died in 1901, 24 May became Victoria Day [17] and the official date in Canada of the reigning monarch's birthday changed through various royal proclamations: for Edward VII, it continued by yearly proclamation to be observed on 24 May, but, was 3 June for George V and 23 June for Edward VIII (their actual birthdays).
Victoria's Secret is celebrating "hard-working, never-stopping, do-it-all moms" for its first Mother's Day since announcing its rebrand.. The lingerie company famously overhauled its image in June ...
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
Victoria Day/Sovereign's Day [note 1] Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations , held on the second Monday in March. While the date holds some official status in select member states of the Commonwealth , observances of the date are not uniform across the Commonwealth, and the date is not celebrated as a public ...