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POPSFact of the Day: Saint Patrick Holidays St. Patrick's Day, commemorating his death on this day c 461-492 AD. Feast day of St. Patrick, St. Withburga, St. Gertrude of Nivelles, St. Joseph of Arimathea, St. Paul of Cyprus, and the Martyrs of the Serapaeum. Ireland, Northern Ireland: St. Patrick's Day (National Day). Boston and Suffolk County, Massachusetts: Evacuation Day (of British during American Revolution). Events 1328 - Scotland won its independence from England. 1762 - Irish soldiers serving in the British army held the first parade honoring St. Patrick, in New York City. 1776 - During the American Revolution, British forces were compelled to evacuate Boston; they fled to Nova Scotia. 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush gave Iraq's Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country, but the ultimatum was rejected.
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