National days

A National Day is the date on which a nation of non-sovereign country celebrates their nationhood. A National Day will often be declared a national holiday in the country the National Day occurs in.

National Days in January
1 January	Cuba National Liberation Day
4 January	Myanmar Independence Day (1948)
26 January	Australia Day
26 January	India Republic Day
31 January	Nauru Independence Day

National Days in February
4 February	Sri Lanka National Day
6 February	New Zealand Waitangi Day (1840)
11 February	Iran Victory of the Islamic Revolution
15 February	Serbia Sovereignty Day
16 February	Lithuania Independence Day (1918)
23 February	Brunei Darussalam National Day
23 February	Guyana Republic Day (1970)
24 February	Estonia Independence Day (1918)
23 February	Japan National Day
25 February	Kuwait National Day

National Days in March
1 March	Wales St David's Day
1 March	Bosnia and Herzegovina Statehood Day
3 March	Bulgaria National Day
6 March	Ghana Independence Day
12 March	Mauritius National Day
13 March	Holy See Anniversary of the Election of His Holiness Pope Francis
17 March	Ireland St Patrick’s Day
23 March	Pakistan Day
25 March	Greece National Day
26 March	Bangladesh Independence Day and National Day

National Days in April
16 April	Denmark Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II
18 April	Zimbabwe Independence Day
23 April	England St George's Day
27 April	South Africa Freedom Day
27 April	Sierra Leone Independence Day
27 April	Netherlands King's Day

National Days in May
1 May	Marshall Islands National Day
3 May	Poland National Day (1791)
5 May	Israel Independence Day
9 May	European Union Europe Day
17 May	Norway Constitution Day (1814)
24 May	Eritrea Independence Day
25 May	Argentina National Day (formation of first Argentine Government in 1810)
25 May	Jordan National Day
30 May	Croatia National Day

National Days in June
1 June	Samoa Independence Day (1962)
2 June	Italy Foundation of the Italian Republic (1946)
6 June	Sweden National Day
10 June	Portugal National Day
12 June	Philippines Independence Day
12 June	Russia Sovereignty Day
17 June	Iceland National Day (re-establishment of the Republic in 1944)
18 June	Seychelles National Day
23 June	Luxembourg National Day
25 June	Slovenia National Day

National Days in July
1 July	Canada Day (1867)
4 July	United States of America Independence Day (1776)
5 July	Venezuela Independence Day (1811)
7 July	Nepal National Day
7 July	Solomon Islands Independence Day
9 July	Argentina Independence Day
11 July	Mongolia Day of People’s Revolution (1921)
12 July	Kiribati Independence Day
13 July	Montenegro Statehood Day
14 July	France Bastille Day (1789)
17 July	Iraq National Day
20 July	Colombia Independence Day
21 July	Belgium National Day
23 July	Arab Republic of Egypt National Day
26 July	Maldives Independence Day
28 July	Peru Independence Day (1821)
30 July	Morocco The Day of Enthronement of His Majesty King Mohammed VI
30 July	Vanuatu Independence Day

National Days in August
1 August	Switzerland Confederation Day (1291)
4 August	Cook Islands Constitution Day
6 August	Bolivia Independence Day
6 August	Jamaica Independence Day
9 August	Singapore Independence Day
10 August	Ecuador Independence Day
14 August	Pakistan Independence Day (1947)
15 August	India Independence Day (1947)
17 August	Indonesia Independence Day (1945)
19 August	Afghanistan Independence Day
20 August	Hungary National Day
24 August	Ukraine National Day
25 August	Uruguay Independence Day (1825)
31 August	Malaysia Independence Day
31 August	Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day

National Days in September
1 September	Libya The Great First of September Revolution
1 September	Slovak Republic Constitution Day
2 September	Viet Nam National Day
7 September	Brazil Independence Day (1822)
9 September	Democratic People's Republic of Korea Day of Founding (1948)
15 September	Costa Rica Independence Day
15 September	El Salvador National Day
15 September	Nicaragua National Day
16 September	Mexico Independence Day
16 September	Papua New Guinea Independence Day
18 September	Chile National Day
21 September	Malta Independence Day
22 September	Malta Independence Day
23 September	Saudi Arabia National Day
30 September	Botswana Day

National Days in October
1 October	China Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
1 October	Cyprus Independence Day
1 October	Nigeria Independence Day
1 October	Tuvalu Independence Day
3 October	Germany Unification Day
3 October	Korea National Foundation Day
4 October	Lesotho National Day
10 October	Fiji Independence Day
12 October	Spain National Day
19 October	Niue Constitution Day
24 October	Zambia Independence Day
26 October	Austria National Day
28 October	Czech Republic National Day
29 October	Türkiye Republic Day

National Days in November
1 November	Algeria National Day
3 November	Micronesia National Day
3 November	Panama Independence Day
4 November	Tonga National Day
9 November	Cambodia National Day
18 November	Latvia Proclamation of Independence
18 November	Oman National Day (His Majesty the Sultan's Birthday)
19 November	Monaco National Day
22 November	Lebanon Independence Day
28 November	Albania Independence Day (1912)
28 November	Timor-Leste Independence Day
30 November	Scotland St Andrew's Day
30 November	Barbados Independence Day

National Days in December
1 December	Romania National Day
2 December	Laos National Day (1975)
2 December	United Arab Emirates National Day
5 December	Thailand National Day (King’s Birthday)
6 December	Finland Independence Day (1917)
12 December	Kenya Independence Day
16 December	Bahrain National Day
16 December	Kazakhstan Independence Day
18 December	Qatar National Day

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