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  • Montserrat
    Thursday Mar 17, 1768
    St. Patrick's Day

    St Patrick's Day in Montserrat

    Montserrat
    Thursday Mar 17, 1768

    The island of Montserrat is known as the "Emerald Island of the Caribbean" because of its founding by Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Montserrat is one of three places where St Patrick's Day is a public holiday, along with Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador. The holiday in Montserrat also commemorates a failed slave uprising that occurred on 17 March 1768.




  • Suriname
    Monday Mar 21, 1768

    Jan Mauricius's death

    Suriname
    Monday Mar 21, 1768

    The Dutch governor-general of Suriname, Jan Jacob Mauricius, passed away at the age of 75.




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