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National holiday
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.
- January 20: Armenia
- January 26: Australia (Australia Day)
- January 26: India (Republic Day)
- February 11: Japan (National Foundation Day)
- March 17: Ireland (St. Patrick's Day)
- April 23: Turkey (Children's Day, marks foundation of National Assembly in 1920)
- April 30: The Netherlands (Koninginnedag, Queen's birthday)
- May 9: Jersey and Guernsey (Liberation Day)
- May 17: Norwegian Constitution Day
- May 19: Turkey (Youth Day, marks first step on organizing resistance against allied occupation after WWI, 1919).
- June 5: Denmark
- June 10: Portugal (National Day)
- June 6: Sweden (King Gustav I of Sweden crowned 1523)
- July 1: Canada (Canada Day)
- July 4: United States (Independence Day)
- July 5: Isle of Man (Tynwald Day)
- July 14: France (Bastille Day)
- July 21: Belgium (Nationale feestdag)
- July 29: Faroe Islands (Ólavsøka)
- August 9: Singapore (National Day)
- August 15: India (Independence Day)
- August 24: Ukraine (Independence Day)
- August 30: Turkey (Independence Day, 1922)
- October 1: People's Republic of China
- October 1: Tuvalu (Independence Day)
- October 3: Germany (Reunification)
- October 10: Republic of China (Double Tenth Day)
- October 12: Spain
- October 26: Austria
- October 29: Turkey (Republic Day, 1923)
- November 18: Latvia (Independence Day)
- December 6: Finland (Independence Day)
Some nations (in the ethnic sense) have their own national holidays. In cases in which the nation is represented by a subnational government in a larger country, that government may make the holiday statutory.
Examples:
- June 24: Quebec, Canada (Fête nationale du Québec or Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day)
- July 11: Flanders, Belgium
- September 11: Catalonia, Spain
- September 27: Wallonia, Belgium
Some subnational entities also commemorate themselves with statutory holidays that do not relate to a particular feeling of nationalism.
See also
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