Holiday Name: | Statehood Day |
Official Name: | Дан државности Dan državnosti |
Significance: | commemorate the day in 1878 on which the Berlin Congress recognized Montenegro as an independent state |
Date: | 13 July |
Duration: | 1 day |
Frequency: | annual |
Scheduling: | same day each year |
Statehood Day (Montenegrin and Serbian: Дан државности/Dan državnosti) is a holiday that occurs every year on 13 July in Montenegro to commemorate the day in 1878 on which the Berlin Congress recognized the Principality of Montenegro as the twenty-seventh independent state in the world. The date is also celebrated to commemorate the 1941 uprising against Italian occupation.[1]
Statehood Day is not to be confused with Montenegro's Independence Day, which is held each year on 21 May in honor of the 2006 referendum that indicated that 55.5% of Montenegrins were in favor of becoming a sovereign nation.[2]