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April 26, which is the feast day of Stephen of Perm, is celebrated as 
Old Permic Alphabet Day.

Not mentioned by Crystal. A passing reference by Geoffrey Sampson, in a 
LinguistList review of a book on Uralic languages, led me to it.

It was invented in 1372 by the said Saint, in order to write (Old) Komi 
(aka Old Zyrian), a Permic (Uralic) language (making it one of the 
earliest scripts used in that family). It is a rather radical re-shaping 
of Cyrillic, with some elements from other sources. Its use continued 
for about three centuries, after which it was replaced by more normal 
Cyrillic.

All this and more at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Permic_script

We've already mentioned Hangul Day, celebrated in Korea. Any other 
holidays dedicated to particular scripts?