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What is celebrated on March 17?

For 2026, these source-backed observances resolve to Tuesday, March 17. Recurring rules can move in another year, so each record keeps its own date logic.

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6 unique authority records

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0 stable or rule-calculated

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2 explicit country-scope records

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Topics represented on March 17

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Civic, Remembrance & History 2 Faith, Tradition & Spirituality 2 Food, Drink & Hospitality 1 Workplace, Professions & Appreciation 1

6 date-resolved records

All observances on this date

Source-backedFixed Annual

Corned Beef and Cabbage Day

17 March · Informal food-calendar usage documented by Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter material

Two Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter calendars from different publication years list Corned Beef and Cabbage Day on 17 March.

Source-backedFixed Annual

Evacuation Day

17 March · Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States — legal-holiday designation with statutory qualifications

Massachusetts General Laws, Part I, Title I, Chapter 4, §7

Source-backedFixed Annual

Feast of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles

17 March · Christian saint commemoration / Catholic hagiographic calendar context

Catholic Online lists Saint Gertrude of Nivelles among saints commemorated on March 17, and an older Lives of the Saints source independently places her feast on March 17.

Source-backedFixed Annual

Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Day

17 March annually · Philippines / presidentially designated memorial day

Proclamation No. 15 declares 17 March 1966 and every March 17 thereafter as Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Day.

Source-backedFixed Annual

St Patrick's Day

17 March · Ireland

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade current National Days protocol register lists Ireland — St Patrick's Day on 17 March. The source verifies the diplomatic national-day ide…

Source-backedRule Based Annual

World Social Work Day

Third Tuesday in March · Organizer-backed international observance

International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)

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