Anniversaries of nations are usually marked by the number of years elapsed, expressed with Latin words or Roman numerals.

It was also the event that really brought Hitler to the attention of the wider German public. Your students can learn more about this and the subsequent rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis on a history school trip to Munich or Berlin. On 10th April it will be the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement which helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. Students can learn more about the significance of this on a school trip to Belfast. KS3 groups will be interested to learn that 11th February is the anniversary of Henry VIII being recognised as Supreme Head of the Church of England in 1531 - a key event in the Reformation and a pivotal moment in British history. Dodrans is a Latin contraction of de-quadrans which means "a whole unit less a quarter" ( de means "from"; quadrans means "quarter"). 175 years is a quarter century less than the next whole (bi)century (175 = 200 − 25). [1]

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An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints. Probably [ attribution needed] a modern coined term: demisemiseptcentennial; literally one-half (demi-) × one-half (semi-) × seven (sept-) × 100 years (centennial)—also demisemiseptcentenary. [3] [4] The 178bhp Skyactiv-X engine is still the party piece - as Mazda pushes forwards with plans to eke the most out of combustion engines rather than rely on pure electrification alone. At start-up, it acts like a petroland it isn’t until mid-revs that it begins to mimic the sound of a diesel, before returning to the feel of a slightly raspy petrol beyond 4500rpm. Ultimately, most drivers will barely notice the difference. And if your students are studying the Vietnam War, then you’ll be interested to learn that 27th January marks the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam in 1973.

Probably [ attribution needed] a modern coined term: quartoseptcentennial; literally one-quarter (quarto-) × seven (sept-) × 100 years (centennial)—also quartoseptcentenary. [3] Given his undisputed central place in the history of British art, it is surprising that the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Joshua Reynolds is not being celebrated this year with more éclat. The principal tribute will be an exhibition Reframing Reynolds: A Celebration(24 June – 29 October 2023) at the Box in Plymouth, the city where Reynolds made his reputation – he was born on 16th July 1723 at Plympton, on its outskirts. The exhibition will explore the patronage he enjoyed from the Eliot family of Port Eliot, St Germans, and will be supplemented by the museum’s collection of paintings by Reynolds, the largest outside London. The big anniversary this month will be on 28th August, when we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech. He delivered the speech in front of over 250,000 civil rights supporters on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. McCleery, William (November 19, 1997). "The Meaning of the 250th". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton University . Retrieved March 23, 2011. Faster, it seems, than you can say "bicenquinquagenary", Princeton's 250th anniversary has come and gone.December – The Thirteenth Amendment of the US Constitution was ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the US January – Julius Caesar was granted the title Augustus marking the beginning of the Roman Empire in 27 BCE This conversation discussed the opportunities and challenges of designing buildings in historic settings such as the City of London and touch on concerns such as pollution in cities in Wren’s time and today, City infrastructure, the needs of the community, and the future of City churches. Berlin took place on 2nd May 1945 and VE Day was first celebrated on 8th May 1945, when the Allies accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender.

Diamond is separately used for the 75th anniversary, its use for 60th years being popularized by Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria Birthdays are the most common type of anniversary, on which someone's birthdate is commemorated each year. The actual celebration is sometimes moved for practical reasons, as in the case of an official birthday or one falling on February 29. December – Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery Alabama, 1955

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GCSE students might be more interested in the 75th anniversary of Communists seizing power in Czechoslovakia, which was part of the spread of communism in Eastern Europe and an important event on the road to the Cold War. March The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and St Stephen Walbrook joined forces to present a three-part festival of music commemorating the church’s architect, Sir Christopher Wren. The festival offered a snapshot of musical life at the point of Wren’s death, three hundred years ago in 1723. This was the year of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the year Bach was appointed cantor in Leipzig; it was also a time of rebirth for London following outbreaks of bubonic plague and the Great Fire, with Henry Purcell at its forefront. To express 2 + 1⁄ 2 in Latin it would be expressed as "half-three". The term relates to being halfway [from the second] to the third integer. In Latin this is " Sestertius", which is a contraction of semis (halfway) tertius (third)—hence Sestercentennial. [1] And for any groups studying the civil rights movement, 21st March is the anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous ‘How Long, Not Long’ speech. April

Brown lowers the curtain on 15-month semiquincentenary". Brown University. 2015-06-11 . Retrieved 2015-06-11. Term is broken down as quasqui- (and a quarter) centennial (100 years). Quasqui is a contraction from quadrans "a quarter" plus the clitic conjunction - que "and". The term was coined by Funk and Wagnalls editor Robert L. Chapman in 1961. [2] For all its clever technology to aid economy and emissions - delivering a claimed 48.7mpg and 131g/km of C02 riding on 18in wheels as this edition does - it’s not the most perky of 2.0-litre petrol engines. Acceleration is linear and up to scratch, but doesn’t have the verve through the range that smaller petrol engines in the Volkswagen Golf or Ford Focus do. The spec sheet says it achieves 0-62mph in 8.2secand a top speed of 134mph. Sesquarcentennial is a modern coined term; sesquarcentennial for 350 years is deduced here from the " Sestertius" definition for 250 years above. For 350 years it relates to being halfway from the third to the fourth integer; thus a contraction of semis (halfway) and quartus (fourth); hence Sesquarcentennial. Semiseptcennial is probably [ attribution needed] a modern coined term: semi- (half) × sept (7) × cen(t)- (100) × centennial (350 years). Most countries celebrate national anniversaries, typically called national days. These could be the date of independence of the nation or the adoption of a new constitution or form of government. There is no definite method for determining the date of establishment of an institution, and it is generally decided within the institution by convention. The important dates in a sitting monarch's reign may also be commemorated, an event often referred to as a "jubilee".On 8th November it will be the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s failed Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch). The putsch resulted in Hitler’s eventual arrest and imprisonment, but it was during his time in prison for this that he wrote Mein Kampf. Dosquicentennial has been used in modern times and this is perhaps a modern contraction of "de-quadrans". [1] The later Act of Supremacy of 1534 confirmed the King’s supremacy over the church and required the nobility to swear an oath recognising this. Many anniversaries have special names. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home by Emily Post, published in 1922, contained suggestions for wedding anniversary gifts for 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, and 75 years. [10] Wedding anniversary gift suggestions for other years were added in later editions and publications; they now comprise what is referred to as the "traditional" list. Generally speaking, the longer the period, the more precious or durable the material associated with it.