International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on 8 March.

1 March is St David’s Day, the patron saint of Wales.

Pancake Day is the day before the start of Lent. In the UK it is a day for making pancakes.

Valentine’s Day, or St Valentine’s Day, is celebrated every year on 14 February.

Scotland loves the New Year. We even have a special name for New Year’s Eve. We call it Hogmanay.

Today is Constitution Day in Spain. In Britain, however, there is not a similar day because Britain has an ‘unwritten’ constitution.

December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS

Scotland celebrates St Andrew’s Day on Monday, 30 November, with a bank holiday and festivities across the country. Here are five little-known facts to mark the national day.

October 16 is World Food Day. The day highlights problems around the world of hunger and malnutrition.

Public holidays in Britain are called bank holidays. Traditionally they are on a Monday.