National Holidays
National Holidays
Afghanistan Independence
Cameroon National Day
Ecuador Independence Day
Day August 19
May 20
August 10
Albania Independence Day
Canada Day Dominion Day,
Egypt Proclamation Day
Algeria Independence Day
Canada National Day J a n u -
El Salvador Independence
Day September 15 Andorra National Day S e p -
July 5
ary 1
Empire Day nearest Monday tember 8
Cape Verde Independence
Day July 5
to May 24, celebrated in
Angola Independence Day
many parts of the British November 11
Central African Republic
Independence Day A u -
Commonwealth of Nations
Antigua and Barbuda Inde-
gust 13
Equatorial Independence
Day October 12 Anzac Day April 25 (in Aus-
pendence Day November 1
Central America Day C e n -
Ethiopia Victory Day April 6 tralia, New Zealand, and as-
tral American Independence
Fawkes Fawkes Day, Novem- sociated territories)
Day, September 15 (in Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
ber 5 (in Great Britain)
Arab Emirates Independence
Fiji Independence Day Octo- Day December 2
Honduras, and Nicaragua)
Chile Independence Day
ber 10
Argentina Independence Day
September 18
Finland Independence Day
December 6 Australia Day January 26
July 9
China National Days O c t o -
Flag Day J u n e 1 4 i n t h e Austria National Day O c t o -
ber 1 and 2
United States ber 26
Colombia Independence Day
July 20
France Bastille Day July 14
Bahama Independence Day
Commonwealth Day t h i r d
Gabon Independence Day
July 10
Bahrain Independence Day
Monday in May in parts of the
August 17
British Commonwealth
Gambia Independence Day
February 18 Day March 26
December 16
Comoros Independence Day
Georgia Independence Day Barbados Independence Day
Bangladesh Independence
July 6
May 26 November 30
Congo National Day August
15 Germany Unity Day June 17
Belarus Independence Day
Costa Rica Independence
Ghana Independence Day
March 6 Belgium National Days S e p -
July 27
Day September 15
Cuba Liberation Day J a n u -
Greece Independence Day
tember 9 and 10
ary 1
March 25
Belize Independence Day
Croatia Independencce Day
Grenada Independence Day
Benin Independence Day
Curaçao Day July 26 (cele-
Guatemala Independence
December 6
brated throughout the Nether-
Day September 15
Bhutan Independence Day
Guinea Republic Day O c t o - January 4
lands Antilles)
Cyprus Independence Day
ber 2
Birmania Independence Day
October 1
Guinea-Bissau National Day
January 4
Czech Republic Independence
September 24
Bolivia Independence Day
Guyana Republic Day F e b - August 6
Day October 28
Denmark Constitution Day
ruary 23
Botswana Independence
Haiti Independence Day Jan- Days September 30 and Oc-
June 5
uary 1 tober 1
Día de la Raza ( S p a n i s h —
Honduras Independence Day Brazil Independence Day
Day of the Race)—Columbus
September 15 September 7
Day, October 12
Dieciséis (Spanish—Six-
Hostos Eugenio María Hostos
Brunei Independence Day
Birthday, January 11 (cele- January 1
teenth)—September 16
brated in Puerto Rico) Bulgaria National Days Sep-
(Mexican Independence Day)
Djibouti Independence Day
Hungary Liberation Day
tember 30 and October 1
June 27
April 4
Burkina Faso Proclamation
Iceland National Day J u n e Day December 11
Dominica National Days No-
vember 2 and 3
Burundi Independence Day
India Independence Day Au- July 1
Dominican Republic Indepen-
dence Day February 27
gust 15
National Holidays
Indonesia National Day A u -
Mongolia National Day J u l y
St Lucia Independence Day
gust 17
11 February 22
Iran Day of the Islamic
Morocco Independence Day
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Republic April 1
November 18
Independence Day O c t o -
Iraq Day of the Republic
ber 27 July 14
Mozambique Independence
San Marino Liberation Day Ireland’s St Patrick’s Day
Day June 25
February 5 March 17
Myanmar National Day Jan-
São Tomé and Principe Inde- Israel Independence Day
uary 1
pendence Day July 12 May 14
Namibia Republic Day M a y
31 Saudi Arabia National Day
Italy National Day June 2
Nauru Independence Day
September 23
Ivory Coast Independence
Senegal Association Day July Day December 7
January 31
Nepal National Day F e b r u -
Jamaica Independence Day
ary 18
Seychelles Association Day
June 29 Japanese New Year D e c e m -
August 6
Netherlands Day A p r i l 3 0 ,
Queen’s Birthday
Sierra Leone Anniversary
ber 28 through January 3
New Zealand National Day
Day April 19
Japan National Foundation
Singapore National Day A u - Day February 11
February 6
Nicaragua Independence Day
gust 9
Jordan Independence Day
September 15
Slovakia Independence Day
May 25 September 1
Kenya Independence Day
Niger Independence Day
August 3
Slovenia Independence Day
December 12
Kiribati Independence Day
June 5 July 12
Nigeria National Day O c t o -
ber 1
Solomon Islands Indepen-
Kuwait Independence Day Somalia Foundation Day
North Korea Independence
dence Day July 7
July 1 September in the U.S.A.
February 25
Day September 9
Labor Day first Monday in
Norway Constitution Day
May 17
South Africa Republic Day
Laos National Day D e c e m -
May 31 ber 2
Oman National Day Novem-
South Korea Liberation Day Lebanon Independence Day
ber 18
August 15 November 22
Pakistan Independence Day
August 14
Spain Hispanic Day October
Lesotho Independence Day
12 October 4
Panama Day November 3—
Sri Lanka Independence Day Liberia Independence Day
Separation from Colombia
February 4 July 26
Papua New Guinea Indepen-
Stanton’s Elizabeth Cady Stan- Libya Revolution Day S e p -
dence Day September 16
ton’s Day, November 12 tember 1
Paraguay Independence
Sudan Independence Day Liechtenstein National Day
Days May 14 and 15
January 1 January 1
Peru Independence Day July
28 Suriname Independence Day
Luxembourg Day June 23—
November 25 Grand Duke’s Birthday
Philippine Independence Day
Swaziland Independence Day Madagascar Independence
June 12
September 6 Day June 26
Poland Liberation Day J u l y
22 Sweden Flag Day June 6 Malawi Republic Day July 6
Portugal Day Independence
Switzerland Confederation
Malaysia National Day A u -
Day August 1 gust 31
Day, December 1
Portugal Liberty Day A p r i l
Syria National Day N ove m -
Maldives Independence Day
25 ber 16 July 26
Taiwan Revolution Day O c - Mali Independence Day Sep-
Puerto Rico-American Inde-
tober 10 tember 22
pendence Day July 4
Tanzania Union Day April 26 Malta Republic Day Decem-
Qatar Independence Day
September 3
Thailand King’s Birthday
ber 13
Remembrance Canada’s Re-
December 5
Mauritania National Day
membrance Day, November
Togo Independence Day
November 28
11—Armistice Day
April 27
Mauritius National Day
Romania National Day A u -
Tonga Emancipation Day
Mexico Independence Day
Rwanda Independence Day
Transkei Independence Day
October 26 Monaco National Day N o -
September 16
July 1
St Christopher and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago Indepen-
vember 19
Associate Day February 27
dence Day August 31
National Holidays
Tunisia Independence Day
United States of America Inde-
Western Samoa Independence
June 1
pendence Day July 4
Day January 1
Turkey Independence Day
Zaire Independence Day June October 29
Uruguay Independence Day
30 Tuvalu Day October 1
August 25
Zambia Independence Day Uganda Independence Day
Venezuela Independence Day
October 24 October 9
July 5
Zimbabwe Independence United Kingdom Queen’s
Victoria Day Queen Victoria’s
Day April 18 Birthday April 21
Birthday, May 20
Vietnam National Day S e p -
tember 2
National Parks