2016 Dates For Your Diary
To keep you on track with the years events, we have put together this handy calendar covering all the major celebratory events in 2016.
| February 2016 | |
| 8 February 2016 | Chinese New Year (of the Monkey) |
| 9 February 2016 | Shrove Tuesday |
| 14 February 2016 | Valentines Day |
| 17 February 2016 | Random Acts of Kindness Day |
| 18 February 2016 | Ash Wednesday |
| 28 February 2016 | Floral Design Day |
| March 2016 | |
| 1 March 2016 | Saint David’s Day, Patron Saint of Wales |
| 3 March 2016 | World Book Day |
| 6 March 2016 | Mother’s Day (UK) |
| 8 March 2016 | International Women’s Day |
| 9 March 2016 | Commonwealth Day |
| 17 March 2016 | Saint Patrick’s Day, Patron Saint of Ireland |
| 20 March 2016 | March Equinox |
| 20 March 2016 | Palm Sunday |
| 25 March 2016 | Good Friday |
| 27th March 2016 | Easter Sunday |
| April 2016 | |
| 1 April 2016 | April Fools Day |
| 23 April 2016 | St. George’s Day – Patron Saint of England |
| 27 April 2016 | Administrative Professionals Day (Formerly Secretaries Day) |
| May 2016 | |
| 2 May 2016 | Early May Bank Holiday |
| 8 May 2016 | International Mother’s Day |
| 30 May 2016 | Spring Bank Holiday |
| June 2016 | |
| 6 June 2016 | Ramadan Begins (Muslim) |
| 11 June 2016 | Trooping the Colour |
| 15 – 19 June 2016 | British Flowers Week |
| 19 June 2016 | National Kissing Day |
| 19 June 2016 | Father’s Day |
| 20 June 2016 | Summer Solstice – Longest Day |
| July 2016 | |
| 5 July 2016 | Ramadan Ends (Muslim) |
| 6 July 2016 | International Kissing Day |
| 30 July 2016 | International Day of Friendship |
| August 2016 | |
| 1 August 2016 | Summer Bank Holiday (England & Wales) |
| 2 August 2016 | National Sisters Day |
| 9 August 2016 | Qi Xi (sometimes called Chinese Valentine’s Day in recent years) |
| 29 August 2016 | August Bank Holiday (Scotland) |
| September 2016 | |
| 11 September 2016 | Grandparents Day USA |
| 22 September 2016 | Autumnal Equinox – First day of Autumn |
| October 2016 | |
| 2 October 2016 | Grandparents Day UK |
| 2 – 4 October 2016 | Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year |
| 5 October 2016 | National Teachers Day |
| 10 October 2016 | Canadian Thanksgiving |
| 11 – 12 October 2016 | Yom Kippur (Jewish) |
| 25 October 2016 | Mother-In-Law Day |
| 30 October 2016 | British Summertime Ends – clocks go back 1 hour |
| 30 October 2016 | Diwali / Deepavali – “The Festival of Lights” Symbolising the victory of good over evil. Hindu, Sikh |
| 31 October 2016 | Halloween |
| November 2016 | |
| 1 November 2016 | All Saints Day |
| 5 November 2016 | Guy Fawkes Night |
| 11 November 2016 | Armistice Day |
| 13 November 2016 | Kindness Day (UK) |
| 13 November 2016 | Remembrance Sunday |
| 24 November 2016 | Thanksgiving USA |
| 25 November 2016 | Black Friday |
| 28 November 2016 | Cyber Monday |
| 30 November 2016 | Saint Andrew’s Day – Patron Saint of Scotland |
| December 2016 | |
| 21 December 2016 | Winter Solstice (Shortest Day) |
| 24 December 2016 | Hanukkah begins (Jewish) |
| 25 December 2016 | Christmas Day |
| 26 December 2016 | Boxing Day |
| 31 December 2016 | New Years Eve |