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| January 1 | New Year's Day | Nieuwjaar |
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| March/ April | Easter | Pasen | The Dutch celebrate two days of Easter.
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| April 30 | Queen's day | Koninginnedag | Originally, Koninginnedag was celebrated on the birthday of the queen,
Queen's day is nowadays celebrated on the birthday of the late Queen-mother ( Juliana), as this gives better weather.
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| May 4 | Remembrance of the dead | Dodenherdenking | Remembrance of those who died during the Second World War. This day is currently being extended as also people who died during UN missions are remembered.
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| May 5 | Liberation day | Bevrijdingsdag | Celebration of the 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: capitulation of GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east forces in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.
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| 40 days after Easter | Ascension Day | Hemelvaartsdag |
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| 7 weeks after Easter | PentecostPentecost is a holiday of Christianity, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter, and ten days after the Ascension. It is also known in English as Whitsun (Whitsunday) | Pinksteren | The Dutch celebrate two days of Pentecost.
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| December 5December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining. Events 1484 Pope Innocent VIII writes a Papal Bull that sets the inquisition into full swing and kills hundreds of thousands (perhaps mil | Saint NicholasSaint Nicholas also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas in the Netherlands, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift-giv's Eve | Sinterklaas | A predecessor of Santa ClausFor places in the United States with this name, please see Santa Claus (disambiguation). Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick is the American, Latin American, and British variant of the European folk myth of Saint Nicho, Sinterklaas gives presents to the children.
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| December 25, December 26 | Christmas | Kerstmis | The Dutch celebrate two days of Christmas: The first day of Christmas (Eerste Kerstdag) and the second day of Christmas (Tweede Kerstdag).
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