List of national independence days explained

An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a military occupation, or after a major change in government. Many countries commemorate their independence from a colonial empire.

Not all countries mark independence as a national holiday. Many, such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey mark other dates of significance.

List

Event commemorated and notes

Afghanistan	Victory Day		1919		Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.^[1]
	Liberation Day		1989		Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Albania	Independence Day		1912		Albanian Declaration of Independence. The following day, 3 September 1943, 29 November, is celebrated as the Liberation Day and commemorates the end of the German occupation in 1944.^[2]
Algeria	Independence Day		1962		Algeria gained independence following the Algerian War and the Algerian independence referendum. France officially recognized independent Algeria on 3 July, but the Independence Day is celebrated on 5 July, the day of the fall of Algiers in 1830 and the beginning of French Algeria.^[3] ^[4]
Angola	Independence Day		1975		The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the Angolan War of Independence.^[5]
Antigua and Barbuda	Independence Day		1981		The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July.^[6] ^[7]
Argentina	Independence Day		1816^[8]		Argentine Declaration of Independence.
Armenia	Republic Day		1918^[9]	Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic	Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918).
	Independence Day		1991		1991 Armenian independence referendum.
Azerbaijan	Independence Day		1918		Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan
	Day of Restoration of Independence		1991^[10]		Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan"
Bahamas	Independence Day		1973	United Kingdom	Effective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973^[11]
Bahrain	Independence Day		1971	United Kingdom	Ascension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne.^[12]
Bangladesh	Independence Day		1971	Pakistan	Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence
	Victory Day		1971		Victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War
Barbados	Independence Day		1966		Effective date of the Barbados Independence Act 1966. Also the anniversary of the formal proclamation of Barbados as a Republic in the Commonwealth in 2021.
Belarus	Independence Day		1944		The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.^[13]
Belgium	National Day		1831	Netherlands	Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne.^[14]
Belize	Independence Day		1981		Effective day of the Belize Act 1981.^[15]
Benin	Independence Day		1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent Republic of Dahomey.^[16]
	National Day		1907
	Independence Day		1825		Bolivian Declaration of Independence.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Independence Day		1992		1992 Bosnian independence referendum.
Botswana	Independence Day		1966	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966.^[17]
Brazil	Independence Day (Dia da Independência)		1822		Declaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil).^[18]
	National Day		1984	United Kingdom	Brunei gained full independence effective 1 January 1984 under the Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation of 7 January 1979 between United Kingdom and Brunei.^[19] However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until 23 February and that day continues to be celebrated since.^[20]
Bulgaria	Liberation Day		1878		Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria.^[21]
	Independence Day		1908^[22]		Bulgarian Declaration of Independence.
Burkina Faso	Proclamation of Independence Day		1958	France	Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
	Independence Day		1960^[23]		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta.
Burundi	Independence Day		1962	Belgium	Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship.^[24] ^[25]
Cambodia	Independence Day		1953	France	Ceremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on 17 October 1953.^[26] ^[27]
Cameroon	National Day		1960	France	Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the National Day on 20 May commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum.^[28]
Canada	Canada Day		1867		Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.^[29]
Cape Verde	Independence Day		1975		Effective date of the Agreement Between Portugal and Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) signed on 18 December 1974.^[30]
Central African Republic	National Day		1958	France	Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community.^[31]
	Independence Day		1960^[32]		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chad	Republic Day		1958^[33]		Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community.^[34]
	Independence Day		1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chile	Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias)		1810		Establishment of the Government Junta of Chile.^[35] The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day.^[36] The two holidays collectively are known as Fiestas Patrias.^[37]
China	National Day		1949	Republic of China	Mao Zedong's formal proclamation of the establishment of the People's Republic of China
Colombia	Independence Day		1810		Colombian Declaration of Independence
Comoros	Independence Day		1975		Unilateral declaration of independence by the Chamber of Deputies of Comoros following the 1974 Comorian independence referendum.^[38]
	Independence Day		1960		Effective date of the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance and Co-operation between Belgium and the Congo concluded on 29 June 1960.^[39]
	Republic Day		1958		Effective date when Congo became an autonomous republic in the French Community.^[40]
	Independence Day		1960
Costa Rica	Independence Day		1821		Act of Independence of Central America.
Croatia	National Day		1990		First session of the Croatian Parliament following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election.^[41] 8 October (when the parliament adopted a decision to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia in 1991) and 25 June (when the parliament voted for independence in 1991) were also celebrated as independence days. After the 2019 changes to the law on public holidays, 8 October is the Parliament Day and 25 June is the Independence Day, but they are memorial days and not public holidays.^[42]
Cuba	Commencement of the Wars of Independence^[43]		1868^[44]		Call to rebellion (known as Grito de Yara) by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes that led to the Ten Years' War for independence.^[45]
Cyprus	Independence Day		1960		Effective date of the London-Zürich Agreements was 16 August 1960, but the public holiday was moved to 1 October to avoid summer heat and tourist season.^[46]
Czech Republic	Independence		1918		Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council.^[47] Official day of independence of the Czech Republic
	Restoration Day		1993^[48]		Effective date of the Peaceful Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia.^[49]
Djibouti	Independence Day		1977	France
Dominica	Independence Day		1978
Dominican Republic	Independence Day		1821		Independence from Spain in November 1821.^[50]
			1844		Independence re-declared from Haiti in 1844, after a 22-year occupation. Start of the Dominican War of Independence.
	Restoration Day		1863		Day of Grito del Capotillo on August 16, 1863. Independence officially restored from Spain on July 11, 1865 after victory in the Dominican Restoration War.
	Proclamation of Independence Day		1975	Portugal	East Timor Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the Portuguese rule in 1975.
Ecuador	Independence Day		1809		Proclaimed independence on 10 August 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on 2 August 1810.
Egypt	Revolution Day		1952
El Salvador	Independence Day		1821		Act of Independence of Central America.
Equatorial Guinea	Independence Day		1968	Spain
Eritrea	Independence Day		1991	Ethiopia	Eritrean War of Independence.
Estonia	Independence Day		1918		Estonian Declaration of Independence.
	Day of Restoration of Independence		1991	^[51]	Estonian Restoration of Independence.
	Independence Day (Somhlolo Day)		1968		Commemorates independence.^[52] Also called Somhlolo Day or Subhuza Day, after the 19th-century leader Sobhuza I.^[53]
Fiji	Fiji Day		1970	United Kingdom	Instruments of Independence
Finland	Independence Day		1917		Finnish Declaration of Independence
Gabon	Independence Day		1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 15 July.
	Independence Day		1965		Effective date of the Gambia Independence Act 1964.
Georgia	Independence Day		1918		Day of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918.
	National Unity Day		1991
Germany	German Unity Day		1990		It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were unified.
Ghana	Independence Day		1957	United Kingdom
Greece	Independence Day		1821		Declaration of independence 1821. Start of the Greek War of Independence.
Grenada	Independence Day		1974
Guatemala	Independence Day		1821		Act of Independence of Central America.
Guinea	Independence Day		1958
Guinea-Bissau	Independence Day		1973
Guyana	Independence Day		1966
Haiti	Independence Day		1804	Spain	Haitian Declaration of Independence.
Honduras	Independence Day		1821		Act of Independence of Central America.
	Day of Hungarian Freedom (A magyar szabadság napja)		1991		Restoration of Hungary's sovereignty after the withdrawal of Soviet troops in June 1991.^[54] ^[55]
Iceland	National Day		1944		Effective date of the dissolution of the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union following the 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum.^[56]
India	Independence Day (Swatantra Diwas)		1947		Effective date of the Indian Independence Act 1947.
Indonesia	Independence Day (Hari Kemerdekaan)		1945	Netherlands	Proclamation of Indonesian Independence.
	Iranian Islamic Republic Day		1979		After holding a referendum, Iran officially became an Islamic republic in April 1979.^[57]
Iraq	Independence Day		1932
Israel	Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut)			British Mandate for Palestine	Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708 in the Hebrew calendar). Yom Ha'atzmaut is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nearest to 5 Iyar, so it occurs between 3 and 6 Iyar each year; this means that the holiday can fall any time between and including 15 April and 15 May, according to the Gregorian calendar.
	Independence Day		1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.
Jamaica	Independence Day		1962		Independence of Jamaica.
Japan	National Foundation Day		660 BCE
Jordan	Independence Day		1946	Mandate for Palestine	Ascension of Abdullah I of Jordan to the throne.
Kazakhstan	Independence Day		1991
Kenya	Jamhuri Day		1963
Kiribati	Independence Day		1979		Kiribati gained its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign state in 1979.
	National Liberation Day of Korea(Chogukhaebangŭi nal)		1945		Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. See Japanese Occupation of Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded in 1948.
	March 1st Movement (Samiljeol)		1919		Korean Declaration of Independence in 1919. This day is celebrated as Samiljeol, or Independence Proclamation Day.
	National Liberation Day of Korea (Gwangbokjeol)		1945		Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. See Japanese Occupation of Korea. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was founded in 1919.
	Independence Day		2008		February 17th is celebrated as Independence Day in Kosovo, commemorating the declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, marking a significant milestone in the nation's history.
Kuwait	National Day		1961		Independence actually occurred on 19 June 1961, but celebrate on 25 February each year to honor Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim, who is credited with ending the treaties with Britain and instigating democratic life in Kuwait.
Kyrgyzstan	Independence Day		1991
Latvia	Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia		1918		Proclamation of independence on 18 November 1918. Latvia was part of Russian Empire prior to World War I, but its territory had been ceded to German Empire in March 1918.
			1990		On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia.
Lebanon	Independence Day		1943
Lesotho	Independence Day		1966
Liberia	Independence Day		1847	American Colonization Society	Liberian Declaration of Independence.
Libya	Independence Day		1951	Italy France	Independence from Italy on 10 February 1947, released from British and French on 24 December 1951.
	National Day		1866
Lithuania	Statehood Restoration Day		1918		Act of Independence of Lithuania.
	Independence Restoration Day		1990		Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Madagascar	Independence Day		1960
Malawi	Independence Day		1964
Malaysia	Independence Day/National Day (Hari Kemerdekaan/Hari Kebangsaan)		1957		Malayan Declaration of Independence.
	Malaysia Day (Hari Malaysia)		1965		Malaysia Agreement
Maldives	Independence Day		1965
Mali	Independence Day		1960
Malta	Independence Day		1964
	Constitution Day		1979	United States
Mauritania	Independence Day		1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 19 October.
Mauritius	Independence Day		1968
Mexico	Cry of Dolores Grito de Dolores Independence Day Día de la Independéncia		1810		Start of the Mexican War of Independence.
	Independence Day		1986	United States	Effective date of the Compact of Free Association.
	Independence Day		1991		Moldovan Declaration of Independence.
Mongolia	Independence Day	^[58]	1911	^[59] ^[60]	Independence declared in 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution. However, Mongolian independence was neither recognized by Qing China nor its successor state, the Republic of China. The Imperial Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor issued in 1912 provided the legal basis for the Republic of China to inherit all Qing territories, including Mongolia.^[61] ^[62] ^[63] The Republic of China later established de facto control over Mongolia in 1919. Mongolia subsequently re-asserted its independence in 1921.
Montenegro	Independence Day		2006		2006 Montenegrin independence referendum.
Morocco	Proclamation of Independence Day		1944		Proclamation of Independence.
	Independence Day		1955		Return of Mohammed V of Morocco from exile.
Mozambique	Independence Day Dia da Independência Nacional		1975		In September 1964 the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) began an armed guerilla campaign against the Portuguese. FRELIMO took control of Maputo in April 1974 in a coup. Independence for Mozambique was officially declared a year later on 25 June 1975.^[64]
	Independence Day		1948		Burmese Declaration of Independence.
Namibia	Independence Day		1990
Nauru	Independence Day		1968		End of Nauru's status as a United Nations trust territory. Also marks the date of the return of the Nauruans from Truk island after the Japanese occupation of Nauru during World War II.^[65]
Nicaragua	Independence Day		1821	Spain	Act of Independence of Central America.
Niger	Independence Day		1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.
Nigeria	Independence Day		1960
	Republic Day	2 August	1903		Republic Day: Recognition of the establishment of the short-lived Kruševo Republic during the Ilinden Uprising.
	Independence Day (Den na nezavisnosta)		1991
Norway	Constitution Day		1814	Denmark	National Day Independence and the Constitution of Norway (17 May 1814).
	Independence Day		1905	Sweden	Union Dissolution and Independence Day (7 June 1905).
Oman	National Day		1650
Pakistan	Independence Day (Youm-e-Azadi)		1947		Effective date of the Indian Independence Act 1947;^[66] see also: Pakistan Day (23 March).
	Independence Day		1994		9 July (1980) is Palau's Constitution Day usually commemorated with formal events. Independence Day celebrations are more elaborate and last several days.
Panama	Independence Day		1821		Independence Act of Panama
	Separation Day		1903		Panama was member of the "Gran Colombia" until 1903. The 1903 separation from Colombia is celebrated as an official holiday day on 3 November.
Papua New Guinea	Independence Day		1975	Australia
Paraguay	Independence Day		1811	^[67]
Peru	Fiestas Patrias		1821
Philippines	Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan or Araw ng Kasarinlan)		1898		Philippine Declaration of Independence by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The Philippines achieved self-rule from the United States on 4 July 1946, and celebrated 4 July as Independence Day until 1964.
	Republic Day		1946
Poland	Independence Day (Święto Niepodległości)		1918		Restoration of Poland's independence in 1918 after 123 years of partitions by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
Portugal	Restoration of Independence Day		1640		Portugal was officially an autonomous state, but the country was in a personal union with the Spanish crown from 1580 to 1640 – date of the restoration of full Portuguese autonomy from Iberian Union with Spain.^[68]
Qatar	National Day		1878
Romania	National Independence Day (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Ziua Independenței Naționale)		1876		Romania's declaration of its independence and subsequent victory in the Romanian War of Independence, part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, against the Ottoman Empire.^[69]
	Great Union Day(Ziua Unirii Mare)		1918		Unification of Romania on 1 December 1918
Rwanda	Independence Day		1962		Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Rwanda-Urundi Trusteeship.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Independence Day		1983
Saint Lucia	Independence Day		1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Independence Day		1979
Samoa	Independence Day		1962	New Zealand
	Independence Day		1975	Portugal	Effective date of the agreement with Portugal reached on 26 November 1974.^[70] ^[71]
Senegal	Independence Day		1960
Serbia	Statehood Day		1804 and 1835		Outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, which evolved into a Serbian Revolution; the adoption of the first modern constitution in 1835.
Seychelles	Independence Day		1976	United Kingdom
Sierra Leone	Independence Day		1961
Singapore	National Day		1965	Malaysia	Proclamation of Singapore.
Slovakia	Independence Day		1918		Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council.^[72]
	Independence Day		1992	Czechoslovakia	Declaration of Independence in 1992 (only a remembrance day), de jure independence came on 1 January 1993, after the division of Czechoslovakia (public holiday).
	Restoration Day		1993		Effective date of the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia.^[73]
Slovenia	Statehood Day		1991		Date of Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
	Independence and Unity Day		1990		Date of the release of the official results of the independence plebiscite in 1990, confirming secession from Yugoslavia.
Solomon Islands	Independence Day		1978	United Kingdom
Somalia	Independence Day		1960
	Independence Day		1960
	Independence Day		1990
Sri Lanka	Independence Day		1948	United Kingdom	Celebrates to commemorate the country’s political independence from British rule in 1948.^[74] Event celebrated annually.
Sudan	Independence Day		1956	Egypt
	Independence Day		2011
Suriname	Independence Day		1975
Switzerland	Swiss National Day		1291		Alliance against the Holy Roman Empire in 1291.
	Evacuation Day		1946		End of the French Mandate of Syria in 1946.
Tajikistan	Independence Day		1991
	Independence Day		1961		Independence as Tanganyika.
Togo	Independence Day		1960	France
Tonga	Emancipation Day		1970	United Kingdom	Termination of protectorate status in 1970.
Trinidad and Tobago	Independence Day		1962		Effective date of the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962.
Tunisia	Independence Day		1956	France
Turkmenistan	Independence Day		1991	^[75]
Tuvalu	Independence Day		1978	United Kingdom
Uganda	Independence Day		1962	United Kingdom
Ukraine	Independence Day		1991		Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
	Day of Unity		1919		Unification of Ukraine on 22 January 1919.^[76]
United Arab Emirates	National Day		1971
United States	Independence Day or Fourth of July		1776		United States Declaration of Independence
Uruguay	Independence Day		1825		Declaration of independence and union with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Uzbekistan	Independence Day		1991
Vanuatu	Independence Day		1980	France
	Independence Day		1811		Venezuelan Declaration of Independence.
	National Day		1945	France	Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Yemen	Independence Day		1967	United Kingdom	Declaration of independence as Kingdom of Yemen
Zambia	Independence Day		1964	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Zambia Independence Act 1964.
Zimbabwe	Independence Day		1980	United Kingdom	Granting of independence by the United Kingdom in 1980

See also

• Decolonization
• Political history of the world
• Timeline of national independence
• List of countries that gained independence from Spain

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