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Anniversary days, solemn days appointed to be celebrated yearly in commemoration of the death of a saint or other event.

The death of Charles I., 30th January, the Restoration of Charles II., 29th May, and the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, November 5th, gave rise to 'anniversaries' and special church services, abolished by 22 Vict. c. 2. The anniversary of the accession of the sovereign is still observed by an Accession Service, and the signing of the Armistice on the 11th November, 1918, by Remembrance Day.

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