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Independence Day (Polish: Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) is a national day in Poland celebrated on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland's sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918 from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires.
Armistice Day celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 November 1918. Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of ...
St Martin's Day Kermis by Peeter Baltens (16th century), shows peasants celebrating by drinking the first wine of the season, and a horseman representing the saint. Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), [1] [2] and historically called Old Halloween [A] or All Hallows Eve, [B] [3] [4] is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November.
Nationale Feestdag: Fête Nationale: Nationalfeiertag: 15 August (fixed) Assumption Day: Onze Lieve Vrouw Hemelvaart: Assomption: Mariä Himmelfahrt: 1 November (fixed) All Saints' Day: Allerheiligen: Toussaint: Allerheiligen: 11 November (fixed) Armistice Day: Wapenstilstand: Jour de l'Armistice: Waffenstillstand: 25 December (fixed) Christmas ...
11 November - National Independence Day (Narodowe Święto Niepodległości), public holiday; first observed in 1937, disestablished in 1945, then reinstated in 1989 27 December - Greater Poland Uprising Remebrence Day ( Narodowy Dzień Pamięci Zwycięskiego Powstania Wielkopolskiego ) established in 2021
Front page of The New York Times on 11 November 1918. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was signed near the French town of Compiègne, between the Allied Powers and Germany—represented by Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch and civilian politician Matthias Erzberger respectively—with capitulations having already been made separately by Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.
November 10, 2024 at 10:53 PM A slew of newspapers splash on supposed contingency talks between the UK and France in the wake of the US election, while some papers shared images of the Princess of ...
10 November: The eve before Saint Martin's Day: Mortensaften: 11 November is a Catholic day. Sankt Morten is the Danish name of Saint Martin of Tours. According to legend, Martin was forced to become a bishop by his parishioners and tried to hide in a barn. However, the noise of the geese gave him away.