Columbus Day in Chile - 2023

09 Oct 2023, Monday

Columbus Day is a national holiday in Chile

How many days ago was Columbus Day 2023? [Countup]


How many months ago was Columbus Day 2023?

5 Months, 20 Days


How many weeks ago was Columbus Day 2023?

24 Weeks, 4 Days



How many days ago was Columbus Day 2023?

172 Days


How many hours ago was Columbus Day 2023?

4,128 Hours


How many minutes ago was Columbus Day 2023?

247,680 Minutes


When was Columbus Day in Chile 2023?

09 October 2023, Monday

About: Columbus Day

Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Columbus went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492. On his return in 1493, Columbus moved his coastal base of operations 70 miles east to the island of Hispaniola, what is now the Dominican Republic and established the settlement of La Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the Americas. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who led a Spanish maritime expedition to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of an alternative route to the Far East, only to land in the New World. Columbus's first voyage to the New World on the Spanish ships the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María, and took about three months.

Observed byVarious countries in the Americas, Italy, Spain, various Little Italys around the world.
SignificanceCelebrations honoring Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas in 1492, Recognize contributions of Americans of Italian descent
DateOctober 12 (actual/traditional), second Monday in October (observed in the United States)
last year dateOctober (. October last year)
dateOctober 12 (actual/traditional), second Monday in October (observed in the United States)
next year dateOctober (. October next year)
+2 years dateOctober (United States)
FrequencyAnnual
Wikidata descriptionnational holiday celebrating the arrival in and subsequent colonization of the Americas by Christopher Columbus
Wikidata idQ367523
Wikidata labelColumbus Day
Wikidata aliasesArray

Columbus Day (2023) in other countries.

S.no.CountryDateHolidayType
1American Samoa09 Oct, MondayColumbus DayNational holiday
2Chile09 Oct, MondayColumbus DayNational holiday
3Colombia12 Oct, ThursdayColumbus DayNational holiday
4El Salvador12 Oct, ThursdayColumbus DayObservance
5Honduras12 Oct, ThursdayColumbus DayNational holiday
6Mexico12 Oct, ThursdayColumbus DayObservance
7Puerto Rico09 Oct, MondayColumbus DayCommon local holiday
8United States09 Oct, MondayColumbus DayLocal holiday , Alabama (AL)
9United States09 Oct, MondayColumbus DayNational holiday
10United States09 Oct, MondayColumbus DayLocal holiday , Tennessee (TN)