May 19: Holidays Today
North Cyprus Youth and Sports Day
Somalia Somaliland Sovereignty Holiday (Somaliland) [Regional]
Turkey Ataturk Memorial, Youth and Sports Day
Åland Ascension Day
Andorra Ascension [Banks]
Aruba Ascension Day
Austria Ascension Day
Belgium Ascension Day
Bénin Ascension Day
Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba Ascension Day
Botswana Ascension Day
Burkina Faso Ascension Day
Burundi Ascension Day
Cameroon Ascension Day
Central African Republic Ascension Day
Congo Ascension Day
Congo Liberation Day (AFDL Anniversary)
Côte d'Ivoire Ascension Day
Curaçao Ascension Day
Denmark Ascension Day
Faroe Islands Ascension Day
Finland Ascension Day
France Ascension Day
French Guiana Ascension Day
French Polynesia Ascension Day
Gabon Ascension
Germany Ascension Day
Greenland Ascension Day
Guadeloupe Ascension Day
Haiti Ascension Day
Iceland Ascension Day
Indonesia Ascension Day
Lesotho Ascension Day
Liechtenstein Ascension Day
Luxembourg Ascension Day
Madagascar Ascension Day
Malaysia State Public Holiday (PLS) [Regional]
Martinique Ascension Day
Mayotte Ascension Day
Monaco Ascension
Namibia Ascension Day
Nauru Constitution Day
Netherlands Ascension Day
New Caledonia Ascension Day
Norway Ascension Day
Norway Constitution Day
Réunion Ascension Day
Saint Barthélemy Ascension Day
Saint Helena Ascension Day (Ascension Island/Tristan da Cunha) [Regional]
Saint Martin Ascension Day
Saint Pierre et Miquelon Ascension Day
Sénégal Ascension Day
Sint Maarten Ascension Day
Spain Día de las Letras Gallegas (GA) [Regional]
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ascension Day
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Constitution Day
Swaziland Ascension Day
Sweden Ascension Day (Kristi himmelsfärdsdag)
Switzerland Ascension Day
Togo Ascension Day
Vanuatu Ascension Day
Wallis and Futuna Ascension Day
Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni's Birthday
Lebanon Resistance and Liberation Day
Puerto Rico Mothers' Day (Día de las Madres)
| Mother's Day (Canada, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, USA, Denmark) |
| In 1914, the 2nd Sunday in May was officially declared Mother's Day by President Wilson. Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia first suggested a day on which to honour mothers and motherhood. |