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Columbus Day

national holiday celebrating the arrival in and subsequent colonization of the Americas by Christopher Columbus
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Summary

Columbus Day is an anniversary[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of anniversary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (89,581 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Venezuela[3], United States[4], Colombia[5], Costa Rica[6]
  • Named after: Christopher Columbus[7]
  • Commons category: Columbus Day[8]
  • Commemorates: first voyage of Christopher Columbus[9], first arrival of Christopher Columbus to America[10]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: second Monday in October[11]
  • Described at URL: https://tennesseestar.com/culture/trump-issues-dual-proclamations-honoring-columbus-day-leif-erikson-condemns-efforts-to-erase-history/christina-botteri/2025/10/09/[12], https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cabinet-spontaneously-applauds-trump-signs-columbus-day-proclamation-were-back-italians[13], https://www.npr.org/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5570093/columbus-day-trump-proclamation[14], https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-declares-its-columbus-day-again-in-rambling-meeting/[15]
  • Replaced by: Day of Indigenous Resistance[16], Hispanity Day[17], Pan American Day[18], National Heritage Day[19], Q141711678[20]
  • Different from: Indigenous People's Day[21]

Why It Matters

Columbus Day has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

1492 – Conquest of Paradise Christopher Columbus Colombia Costa Rica United States Venezuela

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Hroptatyr · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Day of Indigenous Resistance, Hispanity Day, Pan American Day +2
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Day of Indigenous Resistance, Hispanity Day, Pan American Day +2
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