November holidays & observances
86 dated occasions fall in November. Each links to a dedicated card page with five printable verses.
November sits in the part of the year when calendars start to fill up — not just with the well-known holidays, but with the smaller observances that often go unmarked. The list below covers every November-dated occasion in CardVerse, from major faith holidays and national days to lesser-known awareness days and cultural festivals. If you’re planning ahead, this is the page to bookmark.
For non-dated occasions in this season — birthdays, sympathies, friendship cards, get-wells — head to the categories index or the complete alphabetical list.
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 7 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Arbor Day
public holiday in Samoa
first Friday in November - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Battle of Vertières Day
public holiday in Haiti commemorating the victory over the French in the Battle of Vertières in 1803
November 18 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Birthday of the 4th Druk Gyalpo
public holiday in Bhutan commemorating King Jigme Singye Wangchuck's birthday and the constitution of Bhutan
November 11 - Awareness Day Cards
Black Awareness Day
Annual celebration on 20 November honouring the black community in Brazil
November 20 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Bonifacio Day
public holiday in the Philippines commemorating the birth of Andrés Bonifacio, de facto national hero
November 30 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Canterbury Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Canterbury, New Zealand
November 11 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Chatham Islands Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Chatham Islands Territory, New Zealand
November 30 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Citizenship Day
public holiday in the Northern Mariana Islands
November 4 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Colón Day
public holiday in Panama commemorating the citizens of Colón when they stopped the advance of the Colombian army on Panama City in 1903
November 5 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Community Service Day
public holiday in Dominica, the day is committed to cleaning up after the Independence Day celebrations
November 3 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Constitution Day of Republic of India
day celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of Constitution of India
November 26 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Coronation Day of Fifth Druk Gyalpo
public holiday in Bhutan
November 1 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Culture Day
national holiday in Japan
November 3 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Day of Accord and Reconciliation
former public holiday in Russia
November 7 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Day of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
public holiday in Venezuela
November 18 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Day of the Albanian Alphabet
former public holiday in North Macedonia
November 22 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Day of the Alphabet
public holiday in Albania commemorating the Congress of Manastir
November 22 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Day of the National Revival Leaders
former public holiday in Bulgaria
November 1 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Days of History and Commemoration of Ancestors
2 day public holiday in Kyrgyzstan
November 7 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Days of History and Memory
public holiday in Kyrgyzstan replacing October Revolution Day
November 7 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Days of Military Honour
former public holiday in Russia
November 7 - World Observances
Death to America Day
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 4 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Devonport Show Day
public holiday in Devonport (TAS)
November 30 - World Observances
Discovery of Puerto Rico
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 19 - Religious Holiday Cards
Feast of Saint Leopold
feast of Saint Leopold, Margrave of Austria (Leopoldi Marchionis)
November 15 - Religious Holiday Cards
Feast of the Virgin of Almudena
municipal holiday in Madrid, Spain, celebrating the patron saint of the city
November 9 - World Observances
Federation Foundation Day
day celebrated on 22 November every year to commemorate the foundation of the Federation of Earth in 2000
November 22 - World Observances
Fest of the Third Universal
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 20 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
First Cry of Independence
former public holiday in El Salvador
November 5 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Garifuna Settlement Day
a public holiday in Belize, celebrated each year on November 19
November 19 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
General Framework Agreement Day
public holiday in the Republic of Srpska
November 21 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Green March Day
public holiday in Morocco commemorating the 1975 invasion of Spanish Sahara
November 6 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Haryana Day
public holiday in Haryana, India
November 1 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Heir to the Throne's Birthday
public holiday in Tuvalu dedicated to Prince Charles'
second Monday in November - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Holodomor Memorial Day
annual commemoration for victims of the Ukrainian famine of 1932–33
fourth Saturday in November - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Independence Day of Cambodia
celebration of independence from France, 1953
November 9 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Independence of Cartagena
public holiday in Colombia commemorating the independence of Cartagena
November 11 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Independence of Cuenca
public holiday in Ecuador commemorating the independence of Cuenca from Spain on November 3, 1820
November 3 - Awareness Day Cards
Iqbal Day
birthday of Muhammad Iqbal
November 9 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Karnataka Rajyotsava
public holiday in Karnataka, India
November 1 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
King Hussein's Birthday
former public holiday in Jordan
November 14 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Lebanese Independence Day
public holiday in Lebanon
November 22 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Liberty Day
public holiday in the U.S. Virgin Islands commemorating U.S. Virgin Islands civil rights leader, D. Hamilton Jackson
November 1 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Los Santos Uprising Day
public holiday in Panama commemorating the beginning of Panama's struggle for independence from Spain in 1821
November 10 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Maore Day
public holiday in the Comoros
November 12 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Maputo Day
municipal holiday in Maputo, Mozambique, commemorating the day when Maputo was given city status
November 10 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Marlborough Provincial Anniversary Day
public holiday in Marlborough, New Zealand
November 1 - World Observances
Meiji-setsu
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 3 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Melbourne Cup Day
public holiday in Victoria, Australia, on occasion of the Melbourne Cup, a horse race
first Tuesday in November - National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Day of Oman
public holiday in Oman currently commemorating the national grand mall agssof Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, who reigned from 1970 to 2020
November 20 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Day of Thanksgiving
public holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands
fourth Friday in November - National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Independence Day
public holiday in Poland commemorating the anniversary of restoration of Poland's independence in 1918, after 123 years of occupation (also …
November 11 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Revival Day
former public holiday in Azerbaijan
November 17 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
National Revolution and Solidarity Day
former public holiday in Bangladesh
November 7 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
New Era Day
former public holiday in Tunisia
November 7 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Njegos Day
public holiday in Montenegro
November 14 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
October Revolution Day
public holiday in the Soviet Union
November 7 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Pohnpei Constitution Day
local holiday in the Federated States of Micronesia, commemorates the constitution of Pohnpei
November 8 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Presidents Day
public holiday in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
November 23 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia
Public holiday in Latvia
November 18 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Proclamation of Independence Day
public holiday in Timor Leste (East Timor) commemorating the Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the Portuguese rule in 1975
November 28 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Puducherry Liberation Day
public holiday in Puducherry, India commemorating the de facto cession of French establishments of India in 1954
November 1 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Readjustment Movement Day
public holiday in Guinea-Bissau
November 14 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Recreation Day holiday
public holiday in northern Tasmania, Australia
first Monday in November - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Remembrance Day
holiday in Commonwealth countries remembering armed forces members who have died in the line of duty
November 11 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Republic Proclamation Day
public holiday in Brazil commemorating the end of the Empire of Brazil and the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic on November 15, 1889
November 15 - Religious Holiday Cards
Saint Charles' Day
feast day of Saint Charles Borromeo
November 4 - World Observances
Saitama Residents' Day
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 14 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Separation Day
public holiday in Panama commemorating the separation from Colombia in 1903
November 3 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
State Flag Day
former public holiday, nowadays appreciation day in Uzbekistan
November 18 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
State Flag Day of the Azerbaijan Republic
public holiday in Azerbaijan commemorating the adoption of the flag of Azerbaijan in 1918
November 9 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Statia Day
national holiday on Sint Eustatius
November 16 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day
public holiday in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
November 17 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sultan of Perak's Birthday
public holiday in Perak, Malaysia
first Friday in November - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Sun Yat-sen's Birthday
unofficial holiday and former public in Taiwan
November 12 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Thanksgiving
holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November
fourth Thursday in November - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Thanksgiving Day
public holiday in Liberia
first Thursday in November - Cultural & Heritage Cards
The 1949 Great March and Restoration Day
public holiday in the British Virgin Islands commemorating a protest march that eventually led to the restoration of the Legislative Council
fourth Monday in November - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Tonga National Day
public holiday in Tonga commemorating the enactment of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Tonga in November 1875, formerly known as Constitu…
November 4 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Tree Day
former public holiday in North Macedonia
November 23 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Unity Day
national holiday in Russian Federation
November 4 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
Veterans Day
federal holiday in the United States
November 11 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
William Tubman's Birthday
public holiday in Liberia commemorating William Tubman, the longest serving president of Liberia
November 29 - Religious Holiday Cards
World Freedom Day
US federal annual observance to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe
November 9 - National & Civic Holiday Cards
World War I Armistice Day (Serbia)
A meaningful occasion celebrated around the world.
November 11
Cultural deep-dives for November
Editorial guides for the major festivals that fall in November — each covering origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference reading.