Educators' Calendar: United Kingdom

March 2020

1st March

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2nd March

2

3rd March

3

4th March

4

5th March

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6th March

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7th March

7

1st March

Ash Wednesday

'St. David''s Day'

2nd March

Author Dr. Seuss Born (1904)

3rd March

Inventor Alexander Graham Bell Born (1847)

Carmen Debuted (1875)

4th March

U.S. Constitution Enacted (1789)

5th March

Stapler Invented (1868)

6th March

Artist Michelangelo Born (1475)

Cyclops Disappeared in Bermuda Triangle (1918)

Queen Elizabeth II Launched Royal Website (1997)

Mar. 6-9
Crufts Dog Show

7th March

Hitler Broke Treaty of Versailles (1936)

Apple Patented the iPod (2006)

8th March

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9th March

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10th March

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11th March

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12th March

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13th March

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14th March

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8th March

'International Women''s Day'

9th March

World Kidney Day

Northern Ireland Voted for Union (1973)

10th March

King Charles I Dissolved Parliament (1629)

First Telephone Call (1876)

Mar. 10-19
British Science Week

11th March

12th March

Ballet Tutu First Used (1832)

Novelist Jack Kerouac Born (1922)

Church of England Ordained Women Priests (1994)

13th March

Commonwealth Day

Uranus Discovered (1781)

Mar. 13-19
Brain Awareness Week

14th March

Pi Day

Physicist Albert Einstein Born (1879)

15th March

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16th March

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17th March

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18th March

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19th March

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20th March

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21st March

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15th March

Julius Caesar Murdered: "Ides of March" (-44)

Minor Planet Sedna Discovered (2004)

16th March

Explorer Magellan Reached Philippines (1521)

17th March

'St. Patrick''s Day'

'Golda Meir Sworn in as Israel''s First Female Prime Minister' (1969)

18th March

Stamp Act Repealed (1766)

First Spacewalk (1965)

19th March

Mahmoud Abbas Named Prime Minister of Palestine (2003)

Iraq War Began (2003)

20th March

Mar. 20-26
National Salt Awareness Week

21st March

World Poetry Day

World Down Syndrome Day

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Thomas Cranmer Burned at Stake (1556)

22nd March

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23rd March

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24th March

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25th March

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26th March

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27th March

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28th March

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22nd March

World Water Day

The Gutenberg Bible Became First Printed Book (1457)

23rd March

World Meteorological Day

Mussolini Forms Fascist Party (1919)

Mir Space Station Fell to Earth (2001)

24th March

Queen Elizabeth I Died (1603)

Magician Harry Houdini Born (1874)

Hamlet Was First Foreign Best Picture Oscar-Winner (1949)

Mar. 24-26
Red Nose Day

25th March

Slave Trade Banned in Great Britain and Ireland (1807)

European Economic Community Established (1957)

26th March

'Mothers'' Day (Mothering Sunday)'

East Pakistan Gained Independence; Became Bangladesh (1971)

Vladimir Putin Elected Russian President (2000)

27th March

World Theatre Day

28th March

Spanish Civil War Ended (1939)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Incident (1979)

29th March

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30th March

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31st March

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1st April

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2nd April

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3rd April

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4th April

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29th March

British Summer Time Begins

First London Marathon (1981)

30th March

Artist Vincent Van Gogh Born (1853)

Treaty of Paris Ended Crimean War (1856)

31st March

Chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen Born (1811)

Eiffel Tower Officially Opened (1889)

1st April

2nd April

3rd April

4th April

Month-Long Holidays and Events

National Bed Month

Coffee Break for Meningitis

Ovarian/Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Great Daffodil Appeal

Veggie Month