Independence Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Independence Day
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Sunday february 18, 2024
Secular holiday : Independence from the UK in 1965. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
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Wednesday march 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1957
National Day
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Tuesday march 12, 2024
Secular holiday : Independence granted by the UK in 1968
Independence Day
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Wednesday march 20, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by the French in 1956
Independence Day
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Thursday march 21, 2024
Secular holiday : It became the 160th member of the UN on 23 April 1990
Botswana Day
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Saturday september 30, 2023
Secular holiday : not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
National Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the day when American forces returned the presidential palace to the Iraqi authorities on Dec. 31, 2008.
National Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the day when American forces returned the presidential palace to the Iraqi authorities on Dec. 31, 2008.
Kashin Manaw
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Wednesday january 10, 2024
Secular holiday : State of Kachin day, not celebrated every year
Independence Day
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Sunday february 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrating the anniversary of independence from Britain in 1948 not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Sunday february 11, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Founding of the Nation Day (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
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Monday february 12, 2024
Secular holiday : A national holiday that commemorates Japan's founding by the first emperor in 660 BC. This holiday was originally established as Empire Day in 1872, discontinued after World War II, then revived in its present form in 1966. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day (Darussalam)
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Friday february 23, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained from the United Kingdom on Jan. 1, 1984
Independence Day (Darussalam)
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Saturday february 24, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained from the United Kingdom on Jan. 1, 1984
National Day
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Sunday february 25, 2024
Secular holiday : In tribute to Sheik Abdallah Al-Salim al-Sabah
Revolution's Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the National Council of Revolution's assumption of power in 1963
Independence Day
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Tuesday march 26, 2024
Secular holiday : In 1970, East Pakistan's leading political party, the Awami League, won the elections. Its leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was to become the next Prime Minister, but the President of Pakistan refused. Mujib declared independence for the People's Republic of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971. A nine-month civil war ensued.
Islamic Republic Day
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Secular holiday : On April 1, 1979, after a landslide victory in a national referendum in which only one choice was offered (Islamic Republic: Yes or No), Ayatollah Khomeini declared an Islamic republic with a new Constitution reflecting his ideals of Islamic government. Ayatollah Khomeini became supreme spiritual leader (Valy-e-Faqih) of Iran.
Independence Day
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Saturday september 30, 2023
Secular holiday : As the Soviet Union began to disintegrate towards the end of the 1980s, ethnic tensions grew between Abkhaz and Georgians over Georgia's moves towards independence. This led to the 19921993 War in Abkhazia that resulted in a Georgian military defeat, de facto independence.
Independence Day
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Monday january 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the day in 1804 when Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared independence and restored the country's original name Haiti , from the Indian vernacular for land of mountains
Independence Day
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Wednesday february 7, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1974
Independence Day
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Tuesday february 27, 2024
Secular holiday : This date marks the end of Carnival, which has lasted during all of February.
Heroes Day
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Thursday march 14, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates paramount Carib Chief, Joseph Chatoyer, the country's sole official national hero, to prevent the Europeans from colonizing St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in the 18th century.
National Anthem & Flag Day
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Monday march 18, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
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Thursday november 30, 2023
Secular holiday : After the first English settlement at Holetown in 1627, Barbados remained a British colony until achieving independence from Britain on November 30th 1966. That first independence ceremony was accompanied by the raising of the Barbados National Flag, and playing of the National Anthem, for the first time. http://barbados.org/indepen.htm
Republic Day
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Tuesday january 9, 2024
Secular holiday : On 9 January 1992, Bosnian Serb authorities declared the creation of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, now called Republika Srpska
National Day
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Tuesday february 6, 2024
Secular holiday : The Sami are an Arctic indigenous people living in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. They are considered to have been living in the Sami settlement area - Sapmi - as far back in time as source material can tell us, which stretches from the Kola Peninsula in northeast Russia to Engerdal in eastern Norway and Idre in southern Sweden.
It is estimated that about 60-70 000 Sami live in these areas today, whereas approximately 40 000 live in Norway, 20 000 in Sweden, 7500 in Finland and 2000 in Russia.
Serbia National Day
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Thursday february 15, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835
Independence Day
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Friday february 16, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of Lithuania's declaration of independence in 1918. However, it became a republic of the USSR in 1940, after a secret treaty between Stalin and Hitler. The country regained independence in 1990.
Serbia National Day
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Friday february 16, 2024
Secular holiday :
Independence Day
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Saturday february 17, 2024
Secular holiday : Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
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Monday february 19, 2024
Secular holiday : Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
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Saturday february 24, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the declaration of independence on Feb. 24, 1918 (the day before German troops invaded Tallinn) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Liberation Day
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Sunday march 3, 2024
Secular holiday : Restoration of the third Bulgarian kingdom after almost 500 years of Ottoman rule. The treaty of San Stefano, signed on March 3 1878, was the milestone of this process and the day remains one of the most celebrated in Bulgarias history. The San Stefano treaty ended the Russo-Turkish war, which started in 1877. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Liberation Day
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Monday march 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Restoration of the third Bulgarian kingdom after almost 500 years of Ottoman rule. The treaty of San Stefano, signed on March 3 1878, was the milestone of this process and the day remains one of the most celebrated in Bulgarias history. The San Stefano treaty ended the Russo-Turkish war, which started in 1877. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Republic Day
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Monday march 11, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the referendum of 1991 when more than 80% of the residents of the peninsula voted for the re-establishment of the autonomy within the USSR, not within Ukraine.
St Patrick's Day
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Sunday march 17, 2024
Secular holiday : He was born in Britain and was captured by Celts and taken to Ireland as a slave. When fifteen, he escaped and made his way back to Britain. Later he became trained as a monk, and returned to Ireland. Mainly thanks to Patrick's influence, Ireland had an age of literacy while the rest of Europe plummeted into the Dark Ages. (shagtown.com) Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
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Monday march 25, 2024
Secular holiday : Upraise against the Ottoman rule in 1821 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Republic Day
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Friday february 23, 2024
Secular holiday : In 1970, status of sovereign democratic state within the British Commonwealth
Bounty Day
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Tuesday january 23, 2024
Secular holiday :
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Australia Day
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Friday january 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the first settlement by the British lead by captain Arthur Phillip (1788)
Independence Day
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Wednesday january 31, 2024
Secular holiday : Granted by Australia in 1968
Waitangi (New Zealand Day)
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Tuesday february 6, 2024
Secular holiday : 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maoris and British government
Waitangi (New Zealand Day)
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Tuesday february 6, 2024
Secular holiday : 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maoris and British government
Foundation Day
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Wednesday march 6, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day on which Lt. Philip Gidley King arrived on the island in 1788, establishing the very first European settlement there. He left Post Jackson earlier that year on the Supply along with 22 people, 15 of whom were convicts