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Note: Many countries, including the United States, use the term "National holiday" to refer to a Public Holiday . ''Legal holiday'' is another term used in the United States while '' Bank Holiday '' is common in the United Kingdom . Canada calls a "National holiday" a '' Statutory Holiday ''.


INDEPENDENT STATES


January



February

  • ( Waitangi Day )

  • (National Foundation Day) (See Note Below.)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Independence Day)



March



April



May

  • (celebrating the first Polish Constitution-1791,first constitution in Europe,second in world )

  • (Remembrance Day: Dodenherdenking)

  • ( Liberation Day (1945) ), Europe Day ( CoE )

  • and Guernsey (Liberation Day) , European Union , Europe Day (EU)


  • (Youth Day, marks first step on organizing resistance against allied occupation after WWI, 1919)

  • (National Day)

  • (Independence Day, 1918)


Israel 's Independence Day is specified on the Hebrew Calendar on the 5th day of Iyyar , and so it does not have a fixed date in the Gregorian Calendar ; it usually falls somewhere in May or late April. The Gregorian date of Israel's independence itself was May 14 , 1948 .


June



July



August

  • (National Independence Day)

  • (Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day)

  • (National Day,)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (celebration of Stephen I and establishment of the Hungarian Kingdom)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Independence Day, 1922)

  • (Independece Day, 1957)



September

  • (Independence Day, 1991)

  • (Independence Day, 1822)

  • (Independence Day, 1991)

  • (Independence Day, 1821)

  • (Independence Day, 1821)

  • (Independence Day, 1821)

  • (Independence Day, 1821)

  • (Independence Day, 1821)

  • (Independence Day, 1810)

  • (Independence Day, 1810)



October




November

  • (Independence Day,1918)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Bonifacio Day) -- Founder of the Philippine National Revolution



December

  • (Unification Day)

  • (Independence Day)

  • (Rizal Day) -- National Hero of the Philippines



''Note'': In Japan , besides National Foundation Day on February 11 , which is a National Day , there is also a National Holiday (国民の休日, ''kokumin no kyujitsu'', which translates to "Citizens' day off") on May 4 , between Constitution Day on May 3 and '' Kodomo No Hi '' ( Children's Day ) on May 5 . The whole ''nation'' takes a ''holiday'' for three consecutive days, giving the term ''National Holiday'' a different meaning.


OTHER NATION AL AND SUPRANATIONAL CELEBRATIONS

Some Nation s (in the cultural sense) have their own national holidays. Often they have an Autonomous status within a larger State . In the case of Ireland , the national holiday is statutory in both an independent state, the Republic Of Ireland , plus the semi-autonomous province of Northern Ireland , which is part of the United Kingdom . In cases in which the nation is represented by a Subnational Government in a larger state, that government may make the holiday statutory.


Some subnational entities also commemorate themselves with statutory holidays.


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