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What Happened In History Year 637

Historical Events for the Year 637

  • 24th June » The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dalriada. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
  • 30th October » Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.

Year 637 Holidays in History

  • 1st » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
  • 1st » Basil of Caesarea called Basil the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • 1st » Circumcision of Jesus known as Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
  • 1st » Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Lutheranism named Lutheran Church)
  • 1st » Fulgentius of Ruspe
  • 1st » Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Octave (liturgical) e.g Octave Day of Christmas, considered a holy day of obligation in some countries (Catholic Church)
  • 1st » Saint Telemachus named Telemachus
  • 1st » World Day of Peace (Catholic Church)
  • 1st » January 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 1st » Constitution Day (Italy)
  • 1st » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia related observances:
  • 1st » Public holidays in Slovakia named Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
  • 1st » Public holidays in the Czech Republic or Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic)
  • 1st » Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year (Scotland)
  • 1st » Public holidays in Taiwan known as Founding Day (Taiwan)
  • 1st » Global Family Day (International observance or International)
  • 1st » List of national independence days e.g Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Brunei from United Kingdom in 1984
  • 1st » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Haiti from France in 1804
  • 1st » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sudan from United Kingdom in 1956
  • 1st » Arbor Day e.g National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)
  • 1st » Public Domain Day
  • 1st » The eighth Twelve Days of Christmas or day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  • 1st » The last day of Kwanzaa (United States)
  • 1st » The presidents of Brazil and Switzerland take possession.
  • 2nd » Public holidays in Haiti known as Ancestry Day (Haiti)
  • 2nd » Carnival named Carnival Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
  • 2nd » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
  • 2nd » Basil of Caesarea named Basil the Great (Catholic Church and Church of England)
  • 2nd » Defendens called Defendens of Thebes
  • 2nd » Gregory of Nazianzus (Catholic Church)
  • 2nd » Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (Lutheran Church)
  • 2nd » Macarius of Alexandria
  • 2nd » Seraphim of Sarov (repose)
  • 2nd » Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (Episcopal Church (United States) named Episcopal Church)
  • 2nd » January 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 2nd » The first day of the Riosucio, Caldas Carnival of Riosucio called Carnival of Riosucio, celebrated until January 8 every 2 years. (Riosucio, Caldas or Riosucio)
  • 2nd » The ninth Twelve Days of Christmas e.g day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  • 2nd » The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan, Republic of Macedonia Macedonia, Culture of Mauritius Mauritius, Montenegro, Public holidays in New Zealand New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine):
  • 2nd » Public and Bank holidays in Scotland e.g Bank Holiday, if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3 (Scotland)
  • 2nd » Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town)
  • 3rd » Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
  • 3rd » Genevieve
  • 3rd » William Passavant (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 3rd » January 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 3rd » Hakozaki Shrine Festivals e.g Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka)
  • 3rd » The tenth Twelve Days of Christmas e.g day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
  • 4th » Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
  • 4th » Elizabeth Ann Seton
  • 4th » January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 4th » Public holidays in Angola e.g Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression (Angola)
  • 4th » Public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • 4th » Independence Day (Burma) e.g Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burma from the United Kingdom in 1948.
  • 4th » Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People named Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)
  • 5th » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
  • 5th » John Neumann (Catholic Church)
  • 5th » Pope Telesphorus
  • 5th » Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)
  • 5th » January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 5th » The Twelfth Twelve Days of Christmas or day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night (holiday) or Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
  • 6th » Public holidays in Iraq known as Armed Forces Day (Iraq)
  • 6th » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
  • 6th » André Bessette (Catholic Church called Roman Catholic Church)
  • 6th » January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 6th » Epiphany (holiday) or Epiphany (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances:
  • 6th » Befana called Befana Day (Italy)
  • 6th » Christmas Using the Julian calendar e.g Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)
  • 6th » Little Christmas (Irish Calendar or Ireland)
  • 6th » Public holidays in Laos known as Pathet Lao Day (Laos)
  • 7th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 7th » Canute Lavard
  • 7th » Charles of Sezze
  • 7th » St. André Bessette (Canada)
  • 7th » Lucian of Antioch
  • 7th » Raymond of Peñafort
  • 7th » January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 7th » Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar)
  • 7th » Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
  • 7th » 'Nanakusa no sekku e.g Festival of Seven Herbs' or 'Nanakusa no sekku' (Japan)
  • 7th » Synaxis of John the Baptist or John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian Calendar)
  • 7th » Flag of Italy or Tricolour day or 'Festa del Tricolore' (Italy)
  • 8th » Christian Calendar of Saints or Feast Day:
  • 8th » Abo of Tiflis
  • 8th » Apollinaris Claudius
  • 8th » Gudula
  • 8th » Lawrence Giustiniani
  • 8th » Lucian of Beauvais
  • 8th » Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Bon Secours) (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 8th » Pega
  • 8th » Severinus of Noricum
  • 8th » Thorfinn of Hamar
  • 8th » Harriet Bedell (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 8th » January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 8th » Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
  • 9th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 9th » Adrian of Canterbury
  • 9th » Metropolitan Philip or Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow
  • 9th » Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 9th » January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 9th » Black Nazarene named Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)
  • 9th » Republic Day (Republika Srpska)
  • 12th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 12th » Ailred of Rievaulx
  • 12th » Benedict Biscop
  • 12th » Saint Tatiana known as Tatiana
  • 12th » January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 12th » Earliest day on which Lee-Jackson Day can fall while January 18 is the latest, celebrated on the Friday before Martin Luther King Day. (Commonwealth of Virginia)
  • 12th » Public holidays in Turkmenistan e.g Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
  • 12th » National Youth Day (India)
  • 13th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 13th » Blessed Veronica of Milan
  • 13th » Saint Elian (Wales) known as Elian
  • 13th » Hilary of Poitiers
  • 13th » Canute IV of Denmark or Knut (Sweden and Finland)
  • 13th » Saint Mungo or Mungo
  • 13th » January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 13th » Public holidays in Cape Verde called Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
  • 13th » Korean American Day (some U.S. states)
  • 13th » Liberation Day (Togo)
  • 13th » Thai Pongal Bhogi named Bhogi (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil people called Tamil Nadu)
  • 13th » Lohri (Punjab (India) known as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
  • 13th » Bihu Bhogali Bihu e.g Uruka (Assam)
  • 14th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 14th » Barquisimeto Divina Pastora or Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
  • 14th » Saint Sava
  • 14th » Felix of Nola
  • 14th » Macrina the Elder
  • 14th » Pontianus of Spoleto
  • 14th » Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
  • 14th » January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 14th » Barquisimeto Divina Pastora e.g Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
  • 14th » Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
  • 14th » Flag Day e.g National Flag Day (Georgia (country) called Georgia)
  • 14th » Public holidays in Thailand known as National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
  • 14th » Old New Year
  • 14th » Ratification Day (United States)
  • 14th » Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in Southern Asia named South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. '(see April 14)':
  • 14th » Magh Bihu (Assam)
  • 14th » Maghi (Punjab (India) called Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
  • 14th » Makar Sankranti (India)
  • 14th » Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
  • 14th » The first day of Pongal, a Tamil New Year. (Tamil people or Tamil)
  • 15th » Armed Forces Day Nigeria named Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)
  • 15th » Armed Forces Day India named Army Day (India)
  • 15th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 15th » Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
  • 15th » Arnold Janssen
  • 15th » Saint Ita or Ita
  • 15th » Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)
  • 15th » Paul of Thebes named Paul the Hermit
  • 15th » January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 15th » Earliest day on which International Fetish Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in January.
  • 15th » Earliest day on which Martin Luther King, Jr. Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January. (United States)
  • 15th » John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)
  • 15th » Hangul Day named Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)
  • 15th » One of the two Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire)
  • 15th » The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India '(see January 14)':
  • 15th » Pongal Maattu Pongal named Maatu Pongal, celebrated by performing Jallikattu (Tamil language or Tamil)
  • 16th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 16th » Pope Marcellus I
  • 16th » Beatification called Blessed Joseph Vaz
  • 16th » Berard of Carbio
  • 16th » Saint Fursey known as Fursey
  • 16th » Honoratus or Honoratus of Arles
  • 16th » Titian of Oderzo
  • 16th » January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 16th » Flag Day or Magen David Day (Israel)
  • 17th » Christian feast day:
  • 17th » Anthony the Great (Roman Catholic Church named Roman Catholic and Byzantine Rite known as Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)
  • 17th » Blessed Amelbert
  • 17th » Mildgyth
  • 17th » Sulpitius the Pious
  • 17th » Pachomius (Lutheran Church)
  • 17th » Charles Gore (Church of England)
  • 17th » January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 17th » Minorca Vandals and Moors called National Day (Minorca)
  • 18th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 18th » Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • 18th » Cyril of Alexandria
  • 18th » Saint Margaret of Hungary named Margaret of Hungary
  • 18th » Saint Prisca called Prisca
  • 18th » Volusianus of Tours
  • 18th » Deicolus
  • 18th » Amy Carmichael (Church of England)
  • 18th » January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 18th » Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodox, Anglican Church e.g Anglican and Lutheran Churches)
  • 18th » Flag of Tunisia Protocol named Revolution Day (Tunisia)
  • 18th » Public holidays in Thailand Other national observances e.g Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)
  • 19th » Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe (commemorated by the Poe Toaster at his grave in Baltimore)
  • 19th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 19th » Bishop Henry called Henry of Uppsala
  • 19th » Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
  • 19th » St. Mark of Ephesus e.g Mark of Ephesus
  • 19th » Pontianus of Spoleto
  • 19th » Wulfstan (Bishop of Worcester) named Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
  • 19th » January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 19th » Confederate Memorial Day known as Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), and its related observance:
  • 19th » Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (U.S. state) e.g Georgia and Mississippi)
  • 19th » Theophany / Epiphany (feast) e.g Epiphany (Eastern Orthodoxy called Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances:
  • 19th » Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox)
  • 20th » Public holidays in Mali known as Armed Forces Day (Mali)
  • 20th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 20th » Abadios
  • 20th » Euthymius the Great
  • 20th » Saint Fabian e.g Fabian
  • 20th » St. Sebastian e.g Sebastian
  • 20th » Manchán of Lemanaghan
  • 20th » January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 20th » Inauguration Day (United States of America)
  • 21st » Christian Feast Day:
  • 21st » Saint Agnes called Agnes
  • 21st » Fructuosus
  • 21st » Meinrad of Einsiedeln
  • 21st » January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 21st » Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
  • 21st » Flag of Quebec named Flag Day (Quebec)
  • 21st » Día de la Altagracia named Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)
  • 22nd » Christian Feast Day:
  • 22nd » Anastasius of Persia
  • 22nd » Gaudentius of Novara
  • 22nd » Vincent Pallotti
  • 22nd » Vincent of Saragossa
  • 22nd » Vincent, Orontius, and Victor
  • 22nd » William Joseph Chaminade
  • 22nd » January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 23rd » Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)
  • 23rd » Christian Feast Day:
  • 23rd » Abakuh
  • 23rd » Marianne Cope known as Marianne of Molokai
  • 23rd » Emerentiana
  • 23rd » Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • 23rd » Ildephonsus of Toledo
  • 23rd » Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 23rd » January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 24th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 24th » Cadoc (Wales)
  • 24th » St. Francis de Sales or Francis de Sales
  • 24th » January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 24th » Li Tim-Oi (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 24th » St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic men, (commemoration, Anglicanism)
  • 24th » Earliest day on which Saturday of Souls can fall, while February 27 (or 28 during Leap Year) is the latest; observed 57 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox)
  • 24th » Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:
  • 24th » 'Feria de Alasitas' (La Paz)
  • 24th » First day of the Sementivae, in honor of Ceres (Roman mythology) called Ceres and Gaia (mythology) called Terra (Roman Empire)
  • 25th » Burns supper called Burns Night (Scotland and Scottish people e.g Scottish community)
  • 25th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 25th » Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
  • 25th » Gregory the Theologian (Eastern Catholic Churches or Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)
  • 25th » The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)
  • 25th » January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 25th » Scientology holidays or Criminon Day (Scientology)
  • 25th » Earliest day on which the first day of Carnival of Cádiz can fall, while February 28 is the latest; celebrated two Sundays before Ash Wednesday until Ash Wednesday (Cádiz)
  • 25th » Opposite Day
  • 26th » Australia Day (Australia)
  • 26th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 26th » Saint Alberic known as Alberic
  • 26th » Saint Paula called Paula
  • 26th » Saint Timothy known as Timothy and Apostle Titus known as Titus
  • 26th » January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 26th » Juan Pablo Duarte named Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
  • 26th » Liberation Day (Uganda)
  • 27th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 27th » Saint Angela Merici
  • 27th » Devota (Monaco)
  • 27th » Saint Sava or Sava (Serbia)
  • 27th » January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 27th » John Chrysostom
  • 27th » Auschwitz concentration camp named Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances:
  • 27th » Holocaust Memorial Day (UK) e.g Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom)
  • 27th » International Holocaust Remembrance Day (International observances known as International)
  • 28th » Public holidays in Armenia or Army Day (Armenia)
  • 28th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 28th » January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 28th » Julian of Cuenca
  • 28th » Agnes of Rome called Second Feast of St. Agnes
  • 28th » Thomas Aquinas
  • 29th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 29th » Gildas
  • 29th » Aquilinus of Milan
  • 29th » Saint Juniper known as Juniper
  • 29th » Valerius of Trèves
  • 29th » January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 30th » Christian Calendar of Saints or Feast Day:
  • 30th » Aldegonde
  • 30th » Anthony the Great (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or Coptic Church)
  • 30th » Balthild
  • 30th » Hippolytus of Rome
  • 30th » Hyacintha Mariscotti
  • 30th » Charles I of England (Commemoration, Anglicanism, e.g., Society of King Charles the Martyr)
  • 30th » Martina of Rome named Martina
  • 30th » Mutien-Marie Wiaux
  • 30th » Savina of Milan or Savina
  • 30th » Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)
  • 30th » January 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 30th » Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi-related observances:
  • 31st » Christian Feast Day:
  • 31st » Ludovica Albertoni named Blessed Ludovica
  • 31st » Geminianus
  • 31st » John Bosco
  • 31st » Saint Marcella named Marcella
  • 31st » Samuel Shoemaker (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 31st » January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Historical events for the year 637 by month