Celebration of anniversaries
with which UNESCO will be associated
in 2009

 

During the 2008-2009 biennium, UNESCO will be associated with the celebration of 67 anniversaries proposed by Member States and approved by the 34th session of the General Conference (November 2007), in accordance with the selection criteria, adopted by the Executive Board (Decision 7.5 of the 159th session, May 2000), for such association.

The following list presents the celebrations for 2009.

200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 2009
100th anniversary of the birth of Sattar Bahlulzade, artist (1909-1974) 2009
100th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Vaptsarov, poet (1909-1942) 2009
500th anniversary of the death of Ivan Duknović (Iohannes Dalmata), sculptor and architect (1440-1509) 2009
100th anniversary of the creation of the National Library José Marti’s magazine (1909) 2009
50th anniversary of the death of Bohuslav Martinů, composer (1890-1959) 2009
400th anniversary of the death of Jehuda Löw ben Bezalel, writer and philosopher (1520(1512?)-1609) 2009
200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, professor (1809-1852) 2009
250th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Schiller, poet (1759-1805) 2009
150th anniversary of the death of Bettina von Arnim, writer (1785-1859) 2009
400th anniversary of the death of Sheikh-e Bahaee, calligrapher, mathematician, astronomer, doctor, architect and poet (1531-1609) 2009
400th anniversary of Galileo’s Discoveries (1609) 2009
100th anniversary of the foundation of King’s College, Lagos (1909) 2009
400th anniversary of the publication of the Royal Commentaries of the Incas by Garcilaso de la Vega (1609) 2009
50th anniversary of the beginning of Jerzy Grotowski’s artistic work by the creation of the Laboratory Theatre (1959) 2009
100th anniversary of the birth of Eugène Ionesco, dramatist and writer (1909- 1994) 2009
Supported by France
1150th anniversary of the foundation of the City of Veliky Novgorod 2009
200th anniversary of the birth of N.V. Gogol, writer (1809-1852) 2009
100th anniversary of the birth of Ljubica Marić, composer (1909-2003) 2009
100th anniversary of the birth of Margita Figuli, writer (1909-1995) 2009
400th anniversary of the birth of Katip Çelebi, scholar (1609-1657) 2009
250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, poet (1759-1796) 2009
200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, naturalist (1809-1882) 2009