National Day 381050 225463245 2008-07-13T20:46:01Z 79.116.200.4 /* I */ {{Unreferenced|date=May 2007}} [[Image:Independência ou Morte.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''Independence or Death'', famous painting from [[Pedro Américo]] that celebrates the [[Independence Day]] of [[Brazil]].]] The '''National Day''' is a designated date on which celebrations mark the [[nationhood]] of a [[nation]] or non-sovereign [[country]]. Often the National Day will be a [[Public holiday|national holiday]]. The National Day is often taken as the date on which a state or territory achieved [[independence]] or the introduction of a democratic constitution. Other dates such as the country's [[patron saint]] day, or a significant historic date are sometimes used. Most countries have a single National Day per year, though a few, for example, [[India]]<ref>See [[National days in India]].</ref> and [[Pakistan]], have more than one. Besides that, each of the two [[special administrative region]]s of the [[People's Republic of China]], namely [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau|Macao]], celebrate the day of the establishment of the special administrative region, as well as the [[National Day of the People's Republic of China]]. The importance attached to the National Day, and the degree to which it is celebrated, vary enormously from country to country. In [[France]], for example, National Day is [[14 July]] and is known as the Fête nationale (only outside France is it called [[Bastille Day]]). It is widely celebrated and the [[Flag of France|French Tricolour]] is much in evidence, while the [[President of France|President of the Republic]] attends a military parade on the [[Champs-Élysées]] of [[Paris]]. In the [[United States]], the [[Fourth of July]] celebrations are widely celebrated with fireworks and barbecues. In the [[Republic of Ireland]], [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[March 17]], has been the National Day and a Public Holiday for many years, and in recent years it has been observed as a full Public Holiday in [[Northern Ireland]] too. However, in the rest of the [[United Kingdom]] the [[constituent countries]]' [[patron saint]]s' days are low-key affairs. In recent times campaigns have commenced to promote the National Days of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]], with [[St Andrew's Day]] being designated as an official [[bank holiday]] when the [[Scottish Parliament]] passed the [[St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007]]. A [[British Day|national day for the United Kingdom]] has also been proposed in recent years. Most countries have a fixed date National Day, but some have movable dates. An example here is [[Jamaica]], which celebrates its National Day on the first Monday in August. This commemorates independence from the United Kingdom which was attained on Monday, [[6 August]] [[1962]] - the first Monday in August of that year. Another example is [[Thailand]] which celebrates the birthday of the [[King of Thailand|King]] on [[5 December]]. This date will change on the accession of the heir to the throne. == List of National Days == <!--Table of Contents:-->{| id="toc" border="0" ! {{MediaWiki:Toc}}: |[[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#Q|Q]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]]<br> [[#See also|See also]] __NOTOC__ |} ===A=== * [[Andalucia]] [[28 February]] * [[Afghanistan]] [[19 August]] * [[Albania]] [[28 November]] * [[Alderney]] [[9 May]] * [[Algeria]] [[1 November]] * [[American Samoa]] ([[United States|US]]) [[17 April]] * [[Andorra]] [[8 September]] * [[Angola]] [[11 November]] * [[Anguilla]] [[30 May]] * [[Antigua and Barbuda]] [[1 November]] * [[Aragon]] [[23 April]] * [[Argentina]] [[25 May]] and [[9 July]] * [[Armenia]] [[28 May]] * [[Aruba]] ([[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[18 March]] * [[Assyria]] [[1 April]] * [[Australia]] [[26 January]] ([[Australia Day]]) * [[Austria]] [[26 October]] * [[Azerbaijan]] [[28 May]] ===B=== * [[Bahamas]] [[10 July]] * [[Bahrain]] [[16 December]] * [[Bangladesh]] [[26 March]] * [[Barbados]] [[30 November]] * [[Belarus]] [[3 July]] * [[Belgium]] [[21 July]] * [[Belize]] [[10 September]] and [[21 September]] * [[Benin]] [[1 August]] * [[Bermuda]] [[24 May]] * [[Bhutan]] [[17 December]] * [[Bolivia]] [[6 August]] * [[Bonaire]] ([[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[6 September]] * [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] [[1 March]] (''Dan nezavisnosti''; Independence from [[Yugoslavia]] in 1992), [[November 25]] (''Dan državnosti''; Statehood re-established in 1943 from the [[Independent State of Croatia]], a Nazi-puppet state during [[World War II]]) * [[Botswana]] [[30 September]] * [[Brazil]] [[7 September]] * [[British Virgin Islands]] [[1 July]] * [[Brunei]] [[23 February]] * [[Bulgaria]] [[3 March]] * [[Burkina Faso]] [[4 August]] * [[Burma]] (Myanmar) [[4 January]] * [[Burundi]] [[1 July]] ===C=== * [[Cambodia]] [[9 November]] * [[National Day (Cameroon)|Cameroon]] [[20 May]] * [[Canada]] [[1 July]] ([[Canada Day]]) * [[Cape Verde]] [[September 12]] * [[Cayman Islands]] 1st Monday in July * [[Catalonia]] [[11 September]] * [[Central African Republic]] [[1 December]] * [[Chad]] [[11 August]] * [[Chile]] [[18 September]] * [[National Day of the People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China]] [[1 October]] * [[Colombia]] [[20 July]] * [[Comoros]] [[6 July]] * [[Cook Islands]] [[4 August]] * [[Costa Rica]] [[15 September]] * [[Côte d'Ivoire]] [[7 August]] * [[Croatia]] [[25 June]] ([[Statehood Day (Croatia)|Statehood Day]]) * [[Cuba]] [[1 January]] * [[Curacao]] ([[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[2 July]] * [[Cyprus]] [[1 October]] * [[Czech Republic]] [[28 October]] ===D=== * [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] [[30 June]] * [[Denmark]] [[5 June]] * [[Djibouti]] [[27 June]] * [[Dominica]] [[3 November]] * [[Dominican Republic]] [[27 February]] [[16 August]] ===E=== * [[East Timor]] [[20 May]] * [[Ecuador]] [[10 August]] * [[Egypt]] [[23 July]] * [[El Salvador]] [[15 September]] * [[England]] [[23 April]] ([[St George's Day]], not a [[bank holiday]]) * [[Equatorial Guinea]] [[12 October]] * [[Eritrea]] [[24 May]] * [[Estonia]] [[24 February]] * [[Ethiopia]] [[28 May]] ===F=== * [[Falkland Islands]] [[14 June]] * [[Faroe Islands]] ([[Denmark]]) [[29 July]] * [[Fiji]] [[10 October]] * [[Finland]] [[6 December]] * [[France]] [[14 July]] * [[French Guyana]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[French Polynesia]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] ===G=== * [[Gabon]] [[17 August]] * [[Gambia]] [[18 February]] * [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] [[26 May]] * [[Germany]] [[3 October]] * [[Ghana]] [[6 March]] * [[Gibraltar]] [[10 September]] * [[Greece]] [[25 March]] & [[28 October]] * [[Greenland]] ([[Denmark]]) [[21 June]] ([[Solstice|Longest Day of the Year]]) * [[Grenada]] [[7 February]] * [[Guadeloupe]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[Guam]] ([[United States|US]]) [[21 July]] * [[Guatemala]] [[15 September]] * [[Guernsey|Guernsey and Dependencies]] [[9 May]] * [[Guinea]] [[3 April]] * [[Guinea-Bissau]] [[24 September]] * [[Guyana]] [[23 February]] ===H=== * [[Haiti]] [[1 January]] * [[Herm]] [[9 May]] * [[Honduras]] [[15 September]] * [[Hungary]] [[15 March]] [[20 August]] [[23 October]] ===I=== * [[Iceland]] [[17 June]] * [[India]] [[26 January]] [[15 August]] [[2 October]] * [[Indonesia]] [[17 August]] * [[Iran]] [[1 April]] * [[Iraq]] [[3 October]] * [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland, Republic of]] [[17 March]] ([[ St. Patrick's Day]]) * [[Isle of Man]] [[5 July]] * [[Israel]] [[14 May]] * [[Italy]] [[2 June]] ===J=== * [[Jamaica]] 1st Monday in August * [[Japan]] [[11 February]] ([[National Foundation Day]]) * [[Jersey]] [[9 May]] * [[Jordan]] [[25 May]] ===K=== * [[Kazakhstan]] [[25 October]] * [[Kenya]] [[12 December]] * [[Kiribati]] [[12 July]] * [[Kosovo]] [[17 February]] * [[Kuwait]] [[25 February]] * [[Kyrgyzstan]] [[31 August]] ===L=== * [[Laos]] [[2 December]] * [[Latvia]] [[18 November]] * [[Lebanon]] [[22 November]] * [[Lesotho]] [[4 October]] * [[Liberia]] [[26 July]] * [[Libya]] [[1 September]] * [[Liechtenstein]] [[15 August]] * [[Lithuania]] [[16 February]] * [[Luxembourg]] [[23 June]] ===M=== * [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] [[8 September]] * [[Madagascar]] [[26 June]] * [[Malawi]] [[6 July]] * [[Malaysia]] [[31 August]] * [[Maldives]] 1st of [[Rabi' al-awwal]], the third month in the Islamic calendar * [[Mali]] [[22 September]] * [[Malta]] [[21 September]] * [[Marshall Islands]] [[1 May]] * [[Martinique]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[Mauritania]] [[28 November]] * [[Mauritius]] [[12 March]] * [[Mayotte]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[Mexico]] [[16 September]] * [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]] [[10 May]] * [[Moldova]] [[27 August]] * [[Monaco]] [[19 November]] * [[Mongolia]] [[11 July]] * [[Montenegro]] [[13 July]] * [[Montserrat]] 2nd Saturday in June * [[Morocco]] [[2 March]] * [[Mozambique]] [[25 June]] ===N=== * [[Namibia]] [[21 March]] * [[Nauru]] [[31 January]] * [[Nepal]] [[18 February]] [[28 December]] * [[Netherlands Antilles]] (Part of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[30 April]] * [[Netherlands]] ([[Koninginnedag|Queensday]]) [[30 April]] * [[Netherlands]] ([[Kingdom day]]) [[15 December]] * [[New Caledonia]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[New Zealand]] [[6 February]] ([[Waitangi Day]]) * [[Nicaragua]] [[15 September]] * [[Niger]] [[18 December]] * [[Nigeria]] [[1 October]] * [[Niue]] [[6 February]] * [[Norfolk Island]] ([[Australia]]) [[8 June]] * [[North Korea]] [[8 September]] * [[Northern Ireland]] [[17 March]] ([[ St. Patrick's Day]]) and [[12 July]] ([[Battle of the Boyne]] Day) * [[Northern Mariana Islands]] [[8 January]] * [[Norway]] [[17 May]] ===O=== * [[Oman]] [[18 November]] ===P=== * [[Pakistan]] [[28 January]] ([[Pakistan]] day), [[23 March]] ([[Republic Day]]) and [[Resolution]] day) [[14 August]] ([[Independence Day]]) * [[Palau]] [[9 July]] * [[Panama]] [[3 November]] * [[Papua New Guinea]] [[16 September]] * [[Paraguay]] [[14 May]] * [[Peru]] [[28 July]] * [[Philippines]] [[12 June]] * [[Pitcairn Islands]] 2nd Saturday in June * [[Poland]] [[3 May]], Constitution Day, and [[November 11]], [[Independence Day]] * [[Portugal]] [[10 June]] * [[Puerto Rico]] ([[United States|US]]) [[25 July]] ([[Constitution Day]]) ===Q=== * [[Qatar]] [[3 September]], [[18 December]] * [[Québec]] [[24 June]] ===R=== * [[Republic of the Congo]] [[15 August]] * [[Réunion]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[Romania]] [[1 December]] * [[Russia]] [[12 June]] * [[Rwanda]] [[1 July]] ===S=== * [[Saba]] ([[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[3 December]] * [[St. Eustatius]] ([[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[16 November]] * [[St Helena]] 2nd Saturday in June * [[St Kitts and Nevis]] [[19 September]] * [[St Lucia]] [[13 December]] * [[St. Maarten]] ([[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]) [[11 november]] * [[St Pierre and Miquelon]] ([[France]]) [[14 July]] * [[St Vincent and the Grenadines]] [[27 October]] * [[Sami people|Sami]] ([[Sweden]], [[Finland]], [[Norway]], [[Russia]]) [[6 February]] * [[Samoa]] [[1 June]] * [[San Marino]] [[3 September]] * [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] [[12 July]] * [[Sark]] [[9 May]] * [[Saudi Arabia]] [[23 September]] * [[Scotland]] [[30 November]] ([[St. Andrew's Day]], now a [[bank holiday]]) * [[Senegal]] [[4 April]] * [[Serbia]] [[15 February]] * [[Seychelles]] [[18 June]] * [[Sierra Leone]] [[27 April]] * [[Singapore]] [[9 August]] * [[Slovakia]] [[29 August]] [[1 September]] * [[Slovenia]] [[25 June]] * [[Solomon Islands]] [[7 July]] * [[Somalia]] [[21 October]] * [[South Africa]] [[27 April]] * [[South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands]] 2nd Saturday in June * [[South Korea]] [[15 August]] * [[Spain]] [[12 October]] ([[Hispanic Day]]) * [[Sri Lanka]] [[4 February]] * [[Sudan]] [[1 January]] * [[Suriname]] [[25 November]] * [[Swaziland]] [[6 September]] * [[Sweden]] [[6 June]] * [[Swiss National Day|Switzerland]] [[August 1]] * [[Syria]] [[17 April]] ===T=== * [[Tajikistan]] [[9 September]] * [[Taiwan]] (list of islands of the Republic of China and [[China]]) ([[Double Ten Day]]) [[10 October]] * [[Tanzania]] [[26 April]] * [[Tartarstan]] [[30 August]] * [[Thailand]] [[5 December]] * [[Togo]] [[27 April]] * [[Tonga]] [[4 June]] * [[Transnistria]] [[2 September]] * [[Trinidad and Tobago]] [[31 August]] * [[Tunisia]] [[20 March]] * [[Turkey]] [[29 October]] * [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] [[15 November]] * [[Turkmenistan]] [[27 October]] * [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] [[30 August]] * [[Tuvalu]] [[1 October]] ===U=== * [[Uganda]] [[9 October]] * [[Ukraine]] [[24 August]] * [[United Arab Emirates]] [[2 December]] * [[United Kingdom]] None (see [[British Day|proposed British Day]]) * [[United States]] [[4 July]] ([[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]) * [[United States Virgin Islands]] ([[United States|US]]) [[31 March]] * [[Uruguay]] [[25 August]] * [[Uzbekistan]] [[1 September]] ===V=== * [[Vanuatu]] [[30 July]] * [[Vatican City]] [[24 April]] * [[Venezuela]] [[5 July]] * [[Vietnam]] [[2 September]] ===W=== * [[Wales]] [[1 March]] ([[St. David's Day]]) ===Y=== * [[Yemen]] [[22 May]] * [[Yugoslavia]] [[29 November]] ===Z=== * [[Zambia]] [[24 October]] * [[Zimbabwe]] [[18 April]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==See also== {{portalpar|Holidays|Calendar icon.svg}} *[[Public holiday|National holiday]] *[[Independence Day]] *[[Liberation day]] *[[Republic Day]] *[[Civil religion]] *[[Public Holidays in the Republic of Ireland]] [[Category:National days| ]] [[als:Nationalfeiertag]] [[ang:Þēodlic Dæg]] [[ar:عيد وطني]] [[br:Devezh ar vro]] [[bg:Национален празник]] [[cs:Státní svátek]] [[da:Nationaldag]] [[de:Nationalfeiertag]] [[es:Fiesta nacional]] [[eo:Nacia tago]] [[fr:Fête nationale]] [[fy:Nasjonale feestdei]] [[it:Festa nazionale]] [[li:Nationale fiesdaag]] [[hu:Nemzeti ünnep]] [[ms:Hari Kebangsaan]] [[nl:Nationale 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