National holiday
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A national holiday is a statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. It is usually the anniversary of the country's independence, the signature of its constitution, or other significant event; in some cases it is the saint's day of the country's patron saint.
Note: Many countries, including the United States, use the term "National holiday" to refer to a public holiday. Legal holiday is another term used in the United States while Bank holiday is common in the United Kingdom.
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Independent states
January
- January 20: Armenia
- January 21: Barbados (Errol Barrow Day)
- January 26: Australia (Australia Day)
- January 26: India (Republic Day)
February
- February 6: New Zealand (Waitangi Day)
- February 11: Japan (National Foundation Day) (See Note Below.)
- February 18:Gambia (Independence Day)
- February 24: Estonia (Independence Day)
March
- March 3: Bulgaria (Liberation Day)
- March 15: Hungary (Revolution of 1948)
- March 17: Republic of Ireland (St. Patrick's Day)
- March 25: Greece (Revolution Day, 1821)
- March 26: Bangladesh (Independence Day)
April
- April 18: Zimbabwe
- April 23: Turkey (Children's Day, marks foundation of National Assembly in 1920)
- April 25: Italy
- April 30: The Netherlands (Koninginnedag, Queen's birthday)
May
- May 3: Poland (celebrating the first Polish Constitution-1791,first constitution in Europe,second in world )
- May 5: The Netherlands (Liberation Day (1945))
- May 9: Jersey and Guernsey (Liberation Day) , European Union, Europe Day
- May 17: Norwegian Constitution Day
- May 19: Turkey (Youth Day, marks first step on organizing resistance against allied occupation after WWI, 1919)
- May 20: Cameroon (National Day)
- May 26: Georgia (Independence Day, 1918)
June
- June 2: Italy (Birth of the Italian Republic)
- June 5: Denmark (Grundlovsdag, celebrating the first Danish Constitution of 1849)
- June 10: Portugal (Portugal Day)
- June 6: Sweden (King Gustav I of Sweden crowned 1523)
July
- July 1: Canada (Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day) and Hong Kong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
- July 4: United States (Independence Day)
- July 5: Isle of Man (Tynwald Day)
- July 14: France (Bastille Day)
- July 20: Colombia (Independence Day, 1810)
- July 21: Belgium (Nationale feestdag, On 21 July 1831 Leopold I, the first king of Belgium, took some oath)
- July 29: Faroe Islands (Ólavsøka)
August
- August 1: Switzerland (National Independence Day)
- August 9: Singapore (National Day,)
- August 14: Pakistan (Independence Day)
- August 15: India (Independence Day)
- August 20: Hungary (celebration of Stephen I and establishment of the Hungarian Kingdom)
- August 24: Ukraine (Independence Day)
- August 30: Turkey (Independence Day, 1922)
- August 31: Malaysia (Independece Day, 1957)
September
- September 7: Brazil (Independence Day, 1822)
- September 8: Macedonia (Independence Day, 1991)
- September 16: Mexico (Independence Day, 1810)
- September 18: Chile (Independence Day, 1810)
October
- October 1: People's Republic of China
- October 1: Tuvalu (Independence Day)
- October 3: Germany (Day of German Unity)
- October 10: Republic of China (Double Tenth Day)
- October 12: Spain (Discovery of America, 1492)
- October 23: Hungary (Revolution in 1956)
- October 26: Austria
- October 28: Greece ("NO" Day, 1940) and Czech Republic (Independent Czechoslovak state Day, 1918)
- October 29: Turkey (Republic Day, 1923)
November
- November 11: Poland (Independence Day,1918)
- November 18: Latvia (Independence Day)
- November 22: Lebanon (Independence Day)
- November 30: Barbados (Independence Day)
December
- December 1: Romania (Unification Day)
- December 6: Finland (Independence Day)
Note: In Japan, besides National Foundation Day on February 11, which is a National Day, there is also a National Holiday (国民の休日, kokumin no kyujitsu, which translates to "Citizens' day off") on May 4, between Constitution Day on May 3 and Kodomo no hi (Children's Day) on May 5. The whole nation takes a holiday for three consecutive days, giving the term National Holiday a different meaning.
Other national and supranational celebrations
Some nations (in the cultural sense) have their own national holidays. Often they have an autonomous status within a larger state. In the case of Ireland, the national holiday is statutory in both an independent state, the Republic of Ireland, plus the semi-autonomous province of Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. In cases in which the nation is represented by a subnational government in a larger state, that government may make the holiday statutory.
- 1 March: Wales, United Kingdom (see St David's Day)
- 17 March: Ireland (both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) (see St Patrick's Day)
- 23 April: England, United Kingdom (see St George's Day)
- 9 May: European Union, (see Europe Day)
- 24 June: Quebec, Canada (Fête nationale du Québec or Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day)
- 11 July: Flanders, Belgium
- 11 September: Catalonia (see National Day of Catalonia)
- 27 September: Wallonia, Belgium
- 30 November: Scotland, United Kingdom (see St Andrew's Day)
Some subnational entities also commemorate themselves with statutory holidays.
See also
- National Day
- Independence Day
- Liberation day
- Republic Day
- Constitution Day
- Flag Day
- Public holiday
- Calendarals:Nationalfeiertag
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