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Remembrance days in Slovakia
Remembrance Days in Slovakia are working days.
For holidays in Slovakia see National holidays in Slovakia.
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March (1988) | Struggle for Human Rights Day | Deň zápasu za ľudské práva | see e. g. under History of Bratislava |
| 13 April (1950) | Unfairly Prosecuted Persons Day | Deň nespravodlivo stíhaných | male monasteries were dissolved and friars were interned in Communist Czechoslovakia |
| 4 May (1919) | Anniversary of the Decease of Milan Rastislav Štefánik | Výročie úmrtia M. R. Štefánika | the Slovak co-founder of Czechoslovakia died in an aeroplane accident under unexplained circumstances |
| 7 June (1861) | Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation | Výročie Memoranda národa slovenského | |
| 5 July (n/a*) | Foreign Slovaks Day | Deň zahraničných Slovákov | at the same time the St. Cyril and Methodius Day; * probably the assassination of Matúš Černák , a former minister of the WWII Slovak Republic and then leader of the Slovak exile, in Munich in 1955 |
| 17 July (1992) | Independence Day | Výročie deklarácie o zvrchovanosti SR | see under History of Bratislava;literally: Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic |
| 4 August (1863) | Matica Slovenská Day | Deň Matice Slovenskej | Matica Slovenská is a main Slovak cultural institution founded in 1863 |
| 9 September (1941) | Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of racial violence | Deň obetí holokaustu a rasového násilia | the WWII-Slovak Republic issued the Jews Code, see e. g. under Jozef Tiso |
| 19 September (1848) | Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council | Deň 1. verejného vystúpenia SNR | the Sl. National Council – a kind of predecessor of the present-day Slovak parliament – was created on September 15 1848 and on 19 September initiated the Slovak Volunteer Campaigns of 1848/1849 (see e.g. under Ľudovít Štúr) |
| 6 October (1944) | Dukla Pass Victims Day | Deň obetí Dukly | the passage of this pass was an important step in the liberation of Czechoslovakia during WWII |
| 27 October (1907) | Černová Tragedy Day | Deň černovskej tragédie | 15 Slovaks killed and 70 injured in front of a church by Hungarian policemen when protesting against Hungarian priests in the village of Černová; this incident has called the world’s attention to the strong Magyarisation of Slovaks in Austria-Hungary |
| 28 October (1918) | Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State | Deň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátu | see under Czechoslovakia |
| 29 October (1815) | Birth of Ľudovít Štúr Day | Deň narodenia Ľ. Štúra | the author of the present-day Slovak language standard |
| 30 October (1918) | Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation | Výročie Deklarácie slovenského národa | Slovaks officially joined Czechoslovakia |
| 31 October (1517) | Reformation Day | Deň reformácie | Martin Luther nails up his famous programme in Wittenberg |
| 30 December (1977) | Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province | Deň vyhlásenia Slovenska za samostatnú cirkevnú provinciu | by pope Paul VI |
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