| New Year's Day - Wednesday January 1, 2020 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (end) - Monday January 6, 2020 School holidays : Www.enseignement.be
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PISA ranking (average 493): 502
number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 650
Number of teaching days: 185 (FR), 180 (DE), 185 (NL)
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| Epiphany - Wednesday January 6, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Valentine's Day - Friday February 14, 2020 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Carnival - Krokusvakantie (beginning) - Friday February 21, 2020 School holidays :
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| Binche Carnival - Sunday February 23, 2020 Culture : Http://www.carnavaldebinche.be/home-nl.html Drums, dances, masks. - Festivities last 2 days.
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| Carnival - Krokusvakantie (end) - Monday March 2, 2020 School holidays :
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| Foire du Livre de Bruxelles - Thursday March 5, 2020 Culture : Https://flb.be/ lasts 5 days - 2020 edition confirmed
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 29, 2020 Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
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| Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (beginning) - Friday April 3, 2020 School holidays :
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 13, 2020 Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
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| Passover - Wednesday April 15, 2020 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (end) - Monday April 20, 2020 School holidays :
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| Antwerp Marathon - Sunday April 26, 2020 Sports events : Www.dvvantwerp10miles.be/ 2020 edition confirmed
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