Quick facts When is it? March 12th, 2018 March 11th, 2019 March 9th, 2020 March 8th, 2021 March 14th, 2022 March 13th, 2023 March 11th, 2024 March 10th, 2025 March 9th, 2026 What's the date pattern? Second Monday in March What's the official website? thecommonwealth.org/commonwealth-day Tagged as Countries & Cultures What's the hashtag? #CommonwealthDay Have we missed something? Every year, on the second Monday of March, 56 countries from around the world hold celebrations to commemorate Commonwealth Day. While this day was originally referred to as “Empire Day” and had been celebrated on Queen Victoria’s birthday on May 24th since 1904, Commonwealth Day wasn’t established as such until 1977, when one of its member states proposed this date for all member states of the organization to simultaneously celebrate this occasion, led by the head of the Commonwealth of Nations, the current British ruler. What is the Commonwealth? Officially called the C...
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