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A crowd celebrates Saint George's Day at an event in Trafalgar Square in 2010. On St George's Day 2002, the Campaign for an English Parliament arranged to dye the fountains red on St. George's Day. From this effort, supporters privately organised a St George's Feast in London, the first of which was held in Covent Garden on 23 April 2003
The Church of England's Common Worship lectionary for 2022 had the same dates, with St George's Day being celebrated on Tuesday 26 April, according to the image of the physical book shown on social media. page of Common Worship Lectionary 2022 (Church of England) showing St George's Day
Saint George's Day, Tuesday, 23 April 1661, O.S. William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury James II and VII - article: Mary of Modena: 6 February 1684/1685, O.S. [g] 2 mo 17 d: Saint George's Day, Thursday, 23 April 1685, O.S. William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury William III and II and Mary II (reigned jointly) 13 February 1688/1689, O.S ...
For England, St. George's Day also marks its National Day. Most countries who observe St. George's Day celebrate it on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in 303. For those Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the Julian calendar, 23 April is equal to 6 May, Gregorian calendar.
[citation needed] As a result of the challenge, on St George’s Day, 23 April 1390, [citation needed] he fought David Lindsay in mock combat on horseback on London Bridge, losing the match by falling from his horse in their third charge against each other. He was the father of: [2] Thomas de Welles (1380-1411) who predeceased his father.
The latter category includes Saint George's Day in England, Saint Andrew's Day in Scotland, Saint David's Day in Wales and Saint Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland. At present, the King's Official Birthday is marked as a de facto national day by British diplomatic missions overseas [1] but not in the UK itself.
St George's Day was a major feast and national holiday in England on a par with Christmas from the early 15th century. [30] The tradition of celebration St George's day had waned by the end of the 18th century after the union of England and Scotland. [ 31 ]
1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England. [1] 1343 – St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. 1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day. 1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil). [2]