July 28
Holidays
54 holidays recorded on July 28 throughout history
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The Episcopal Church honors Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, and Henry Purcell today, celebrating thei…
The Episcopal Church honors Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, and Henry Purcell today, celebrating their contributions to sacred music. By integrating complex polyphony and dramatic expression into liturgical worship, these composers transformed the Western musical canon and permanently expanded the emotional range of congregational song.
The Faroese spent centuries under Norwegian rule, then Danish control, yet their biggest celebration honors a Norwegi…
The Faroese spent centuries under Norwegian rule, then Danish control, yet their biggest celebration honors a Norwegian king who died in 1030. Saint Olaf never set foot on these wind-battered islands. But when Christianity reached the Faroes around 999 AD, his legend sailed with it—the warrior-king who forced conversion at sword-point became their patron saint. July 28th kicks off Ólavsøka, blending parliament sessions with chain dancing and rowing competitions. Seventeen villages still perform the same ballads their ancestors sang when these rocks were Europe's edge. A dead foreign king unites a living language.
José de San Martín declared Peru's independence on July 28, 1821, but Spanish forces still controlled most of the cou…
José de San Martín declared Peru's independence on July 28, 1821, but Spanish forces still controlled most of the country. For three more years, battles raged across the Andes while Lima celebrated freedom it didn't yet have. Simón Bolívar had to finish what San Martín started, finally driving out the last Spanish troops in 1824. The declaration came first, the actual independence later—a promise made in a capital city surrounded by enemy armies. Peru celebrates the announcement, not the victory.
Two bodies surfaced in Milan's church garden in 395 AD—Nazarius and Celsus, Christians supposedly martyred centuries …
Two bodies surfaced in Milan's church garden in 395 AD—Nazarius and Celsus, Christians supposedly martyred centuries earlier under Nero. Bishop Ambrose found them, perfectly preserved, blood still fresh on their necks. Impossible timing: Ambrose needed relics to consecrate his new basilica, and suddenly these appeared. The discovery launched a relic-hunting craze across Europe that lasted 1,000 years, with churches competing for holy bones like franchises chasing locations. Medieval economics ran on dead saints—pilgrims meant money, and authentic martyrs were the currency. Nothing authenticates faith quite like convenient timing.
The Serbian Orthodox Church marks this day for Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, who died at Kosovo Field in 1389—but the d…
The Serbian Orthodox Church marks this day for Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, who died at Kosovo Field in 1389—but the date itself, July 28, follows the Julian calendar, thirteen days behind the Gregorian world. Eastern Orthodox churches never switched calendars with Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. So while most Christians moved their saints' days forward, Orthodox faithful kept the old Roman system. They're celebrating events on dates that technically no longer exist on most calendars. Time itself split into two streams, and millions still swim in the older one.
The hepatitis B virus killed Baruch Blumberg's father.
The hepatitis B virus killed Baruch Blumberg's father. Then it made him a Nobel laureate. In 2010, the World Health Organization chose July 28th—Blumberg's birthday—to mark World Hepatitis Day. He'd discovered the hepatitis B virus in 1967 while studying blood samples from an Australian Aboriginal man, leading to the first vaccine that could prevent a human cancer. 325 million people now live with viral hepatitis. Most don't know it. The day honoring a scientist who turned personal loss into a vaccine now fights a virus more common than HIV.
San Marino's tiniest army—fewer than 1,000 soldiers—never fired a shot to free itself.
San Marino's tiniest army—fewer than 1,000 soldiers—never fired a shot to free itself. The microstate declared neutrality in World War II, but German forces occupied it anyway in September 1944. British troops arrived three weeks later, on September 3rd, and the Germans simply left. No battle. The "liberation" was a formality—San Marino had actually sheltered 100,000 Italian refugees during the war, ten times its own population. And the occupiers they celebrate escaping? They'd stayed exactly 21 days. Sometimes a nation's courage shows in who it protects, not who it fights.
Peru erupts in red and white to honor its 1821 declaration of independence from Spain, a moment orchestrated by Gener…
Peru erupts in red and white to honor its 1821 declaration of independence from Spain, a moment orchestrated by General José de San Martín. Families gather for parades and traditional dances that trace their roots directly to this foundational break with colonial rule. The celebration solidifies national identity through shared rituals that have endured for over two centuries.
Between 1755 and 1764, British forces expelled over 11,000 Acadians from Nova Scotia—families given hours to pack, ho…
Between 1755 and 1764, British forces expelled over 11,000 Acadians from Nova Scotia—families given hours to pack, homes burned behind them, children separated from parents at gunpoint. Two-thirds died from disease, drowning, or starvation during deportations. Their crime? Being French-speaking Catholics who wouldn't swear unconditional loyalty to the British Crown. Canada didn't officially recognize this ethnic cleansing until 2003, when Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed July 28th a national day of commemoration. It took 248 years to call it what it was.
A physician's tools couldn't save him.
A physician's tools couldn't save him. Pantaleon treated the poor for free in Nicomedia, converting patients to Christianity while the emperor Maximian demanded worship of Roman gods. When authorities discovered his faith around 305 AD, they tried drowning, burning, wild beasts—six execution methods failed, witnesses said, before a sword finally worked. His name means "all-compassionate" in Greek. The patron saint of physicians died because he wouldn't stop healing people the wrong way, according to the right God.
The first Indian woman declared a saint by the Catholic Church spent most of her life in a small convent in Kerala, h…
The first Indian woman declared a saint by the Catholic Church spent most of her life in a small convent in Kerala, her body ravaged by pain she believed was divine. Alphonsa Muttathupandathu deliberately burned her feet at age thirteen to avoid an arranged marriage. Later, illnesses—bone disease, pneumonia, partial paralysis—kept her bedridden for years. She died in 1946 at thirty-five. The Vatican canonized her in 2008, sixty-two years after her death. Sometimes the fastest way out of one trap is straight through another.
A Roman aristocrat who'd never left Italy spent his papacy writing letters that would define Christianity's reach for…
A Roman aristocrat who'd never left Italy spent his papacy writing letters that would define Christianity's reach for centuries. Innocent I, who became pope in 401 CE, penned over 30 surviving epistles that established papal authority from Gaul to North Africa—all from his desk in Rome. He excommunicated Constantinople's bishop. Refused to recognize depositions. Insisted only Rome could settle major disputes. When Visigoths sacked Rome in 410, he was negotiating in Ravenna. His letters became legal precedent: one man's correspondence became the blueprint for centralized church power.
Lutheran churches commemorate Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, and George Frederick Handel today, honoring the…
Lutheran churches commemorate Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, and George Frederick Handel today, honoring their immense contributions to sacred music. By integrating complex theology with rigorous counterpoint, these composers transformed the liturgy into a profound auditory experience. Their works remain the foundational repertoire for Western church music, shaping how congregations engage with worship through sound.
Dia Nacional do Agricultor
Dia Nacional do Agricultor
Aniversário da cidade de São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo.
Aniversário da cidade de São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo.
Aniversário da cidade de Rodrigues Alves, Acre.
Aniversário da cidade de Rodrigues Alves, Acre.
Aniversário das cidades de Itabuna, Paulo Afonso, São Gonçalo dos Campos e Gandu, Bahia.
Aniversário das cidades de Itabuna, Paulo Afonso, São Gonçalo dos Campos e Gandu, Bahia.
Aniversário da cidade de São José da Laje, Alagoas.
Aniversário da cidade de São José da Laje, Alagoas.
Aniversário da cidade de Atalaia, Paraná.
Aniversário da cidade de Atalaia, Paraná.
Aniversário das cidades de Araguacema e Tocantinópolis, Tocantins.
Aniversário das cidades de Araguacema e Tocantinópolis, Tocantins.
Dia mundial de combate à Hepatite.
Dia mundial de combate à Hepatite.
Chile Chile: Día Nacional del Campesino.Conmemora la promulgación de la Ley 16.640 de reforma agraria y la Ley 16.625…
Chile Chile: Día Nacional del Campesino.Conmemora la promulgación de la Ley 16.640 de reforma agraria y la Ley 16.625 de sindicalización campesina, durante el gobierno de Eduardo Frei Montalva.Desde 1972 hasta 1981, esta fecha constituyó un feriado legal. En 1976 cambió su nombre por «Día Nacional del Trabajador Agrícola» y desde 1980 se le denominó «Día Nacional del Campesino».
Dia Nacional da Conservação da Natureza.
Dia Nacional da Conservação da Natureza.
Jaime Hilário
Jaime Hilário
Mário Félix
Mário Félix
Russie et religion chrétienne orthodoxe depuis 2009 : jour de fête nationale de la saint-Vladimir Ier, du prince qui …
Russie et religion chrétienne orthodoxe depuis 2009 : jour de fête nationale de la saint-Vladimir Ier, du prince qui aurait baptisé / consacré la Russie un 28 juillet (julien ?) de l'an 988 à Kiev en Ukraine.
Australie : Arbor Day c'est-à-dire jour de l'arbre.
Australie : Arbor Day c'est-à-dire jour de l'arbre.
Namenstage Ada, Timon
Namenstage Ada, Timon
Christian feast day: Botvid
Christian feast day: Botvid
Dia da Independência do Peru.
Dia da Independência do Peru.
Colombia Colombia: Día Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo.Esta fecha fue establecida mediante la Ley 1562 de…
Colombia Colombia: Día Nacional de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo.Esta fecha fue establecida mediante la Ley 1562 de 2012, que reformó el sistema de riesgos laborales en Colombia, promoviendo una cultura de prevención de accidentes y enfermedades laborales. El objetivo es promover ambientes laborales seguros y saludables.
España España: Cantabria: Día de las Instituciones.
España España: Cantabria: Día de las Instituciones.
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Fútbol.(en inglés: National Soccer Day).
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Fútbol.(en inglés: National Soccer Day).
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Parque Acuático.(en inglés: National Waterpark Day).
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Parque Acuático.(en inglés: National Waterpark Day).
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Chocolate con Leche.(en inglés: National Milk Chocolate Day).
Estados Unidos Estados Unidos: Día del Chocolate con Leche.(en inglés: National Milk Chocolate Day).
San Marino San Marino: Día de la Liberación del Fascismo.Conmemoración de la caída del Partido Fascista Sanmarinense.
San Marino San Marino: Día de la Liberación del Fascismo.Conmemoración de la caída del Partido Fascista Sanmarinense.
San Acacio de Mileto.
San Acacio de Mileto.
San Cameliano de Troyes.
San Cameliano de Troyes.
San Eustacio de Ancira.
San Eustacio de Ancira.
aux Nazaire et sa variante Nazer.
aux Nazaire et sa variante Nazer.
Heneg et sa variante également bretonne Henan (peut-être en rapport avec les noms bretons "Heno, Hénaf(f)" etc. -aîné…
Heneg et sa variante également bretonne Henan (peut-être en rapport avec les noms bretons "Heno, Hénaf(f)" etc. -aîné-) ;
Christodule de Cassandra († 1777), apprenti tailleur, martyr à Thessalonique par la main de musulmans.
Christodule de Cassandra († 1777), apprenti tailleur, martyr à Thessalonique par la main de musulmans.
Paul de Xiropotamou (Xe siècle), fondateur du monastère d'Aghiou Pavlou.
Paul de Xiropotamou (Xe siècle), fondateur du monastère d'Aghiou Pavlou.
Argentina Argentina: Día del Promotor Publicitario.
Argentina Argentina: Día del Promotor Publicitario. Chubut Chubut: Gŵyl y Glaniad (Fiesta del Desembarco).
Argentina Argentina: Día del Psicomotricista.En homenaje a Dalila de Costallat, quien ese día, en 1950, recibió la ce…
Argentina Argentina: Día del Psicomotricista.En homenaje a Dalila de Costallat, quien ese día, en 1950, recibió la certificación de la especialidad, convirtiéndose en la primera psicomotricista argentina.
Argentina Argentina: Día de la Gendarmería Nacional.Fue creada durante la presidencia de Roberto M. Ortiz.Fundación:…
Argentina Argentina: Día de la Gendarmería Nacional.Fue creada durante la presidencia de Roberto M. Ortiz.Fundación: 28 de julio de 1938 (87 años).
Procore, Nicanor, Timon, Parménas et Nicolas (Ier siècle), prosélytes originaires d’Antioche, cinq des sept premiers …
Procore, Nicanor, Timon, Parménas et Nicolas (Ier siècle), prosélytes originaires d’Antioche, cinq des sept premiers diacres, eux-mêmes "noyau" des Septante disciples.
Paul de Xiropotamou († vers 996), fils (ou petit-fils ?) de l'empereur Michel Ier, eunuque, fondateur des monastères …
Paul de Xiropotamou († vers 996), fils (ou petit-fils ?) de l'empereur Michel Ier, eunuque, fondateur des monastères de Xiropotamou (la Rivière-asséchée) et de Saint-Paul au Mont Athos.
Nazaire et Celse († vers 56 ou 68), martyrs légendaires à Milan en Lombardie, peut être sous l'empereur romain Néron …
Nazaire et Celse († vers 56 ou 68), martyrs légendaires à Milan en Lombardie, peut être sous l'empereur romain Néron comme indiqués.
Martyrs de Thébaïde († 248), martyrs en Égypte dans la province de la Thébaïde sous l'empereur romain Dèce.
Martyrs de Thébaïde († 248), martyrs en Égypte dans la province de la Thébaïde sous l'empereur romain Dèce.
Irène de Cappadoce († vers 912), abbesse du monastère de Chrysobalanton (la Bourse-d'Or) près de la citerne d'Aspar, …
Irène de Cappadoce († vers 912), abbesse du monastère de Chrysobalanton (la Bourse-d'Or) près de la citerne d'Aspar, ascète, prophétesse et thaumaturge.
Eustache d'Ancyre († vers 316) -ou « Eustache de Galatie » ou « Eustathe »-, martyr à Ancyre (aujourd'hui Ankara) en …
Eustache d'Ancyre († vers 316) -ou « Eustache de Galatie » ou « Eustathe »-, martyr à Ancyre (aujourd'hui Ankara) en Galatie.
Camélien († vers 525), évêque de Troyes en Champagne, disciple et successeur de saint Loup.
Camélien († vers 525), évêque de Troyes en Champagne, disciple et successeur de saint Loup.
Acace le Jeune († entre 311 et 319), martyr décapité à Milet sous l'empereur d'Orient Licinius.
Acace le Jeune († entre 311 et 319), martyr décapité à Milet sous l'empereur d'Orient Licinius.