List of national independence days

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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, China, Denmark, France,<ref name="FranceOfficialWebsite">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey mark other dates of significance.

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List of independence days of countries around the world

Country	Name of holiday	Date of holiday	Year of event	Independence from	Event commemorated and notes
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1919	Template:Flag	Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Liberation Day	Template:Sort	1989	Template:Flagcountry	Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1912	Template:Flag	Albanian Declaration of Independence. During the First Balkan War, risked by separation after war, Ismail Qemali, the first Albanian leader, declared independence in a speech only 5 minutes long. This became the Second November, after the First November, when Skanderbeg raised the Albanian flag in Krujë. The following Day, 29 November, consists of the Liberation of Albania from Nazi Germany. In this day, Albanian partisans and fighters are remembered.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962	Template:Flag	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the Angolan War of Independence.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1981	Template:Flag	The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Argentine Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Republic Day (Hanrapetut’yan or)	Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918).
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	1991 Armenian independence referendum.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Müstəqillik Günü)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag	Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan.
	Day of Restoration of Independence	Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan".<ref name="Rehimov" />
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1973	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1971	Template:Flag	Ascension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence and National Day (Sbādhīnôtā Ō Jātīẏô Dibôs)	Template:Sort	1971	Template:Flag	Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence.
	Victory Day	Template:Sort	1971		Victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1966	Template:Flag	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.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Dzien Niezaliežnasci)	Template:Sort	1944	Template:Flag	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1831	Template:Flagicon Netherlands	Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1981	Template:Flag	Effective day of the Belize Act 1981.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent Republic of Dahomey.<ref name=whiteman>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1825	Template:Flag	Bolivian Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1992	Template:Flag	1992 Bosnian independence referendum.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1966	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Dia da Independência)	Template:Sort	1822	Template:Flag	Declaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1984	Template:Flag	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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until 23 February and that day continues to be celebrated since.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag	Liberation Day	Template:Sort	1878	Template:Flag	Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Bulgarian Declaration of Independence.<ref name=bulgaria/>
Template:Flag	Proclamation of Independence Day	Template:Sort	1958	Template:Flag	Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962	Template:Flag	Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship.<ref name=un1746>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=burundi>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1953	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1960	REDIRECT Template:GBR Template:Flag	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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Canada Day	Template:Sort	1867	Template:Flag	Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Agreement Between Portugal and Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) signed on 18 December 1974.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1958	Template:Flag	Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Republic Day	Template:Sort	citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias)	Template:Sort	1810	Template:Flag	Establishment of the Government Junta of Chile.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The two holidays collectively are known as Fiestas Patrias.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1810	Template:Flag	Colombian Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	Unilateral declaration of independence by the Chamber of Deputies of Comoros following the 1974 Comorian independence referendum.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance and Co-operation between Belgium and the Congo concluded on 29 June 1960.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
Template:Flag	Republic Day	Template:Sort	1958<ref name=congo/>	Template:Flag	Effective date when Congo became an autonomous republic in the French Community.<ref name=congo>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Act of Independence of Central America.Template:Citation needed
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort<ref name=croatia/>	1990<ref name=croatia1990/>	Template:Flag	First session of the Croatian Parliament following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election.<ref name=croatia1990>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name=croatia>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Call to rebellion (known as Grito de Yara) by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes that led to the Ten Years' War for independence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag	Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Official day of independence of the Czech Republic
	Restoration Day	Template:Sort	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Peaceful Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia.<ref name="bbc.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1977	Template:Flag	Independence from France following a successful independence referendum held in May 1977.<ref>Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p322 Template:ISBN</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1978	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Template:Sort	1844	Template:Flagcountry	Independence re-declared from Haiti in 1844, after a 22-year occupation. Start of the Dominican War of Independence.
	Restoration Day	Template:Sort	1863	Template:Flag	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.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1809	Template:Flag	Proclaimed independence on 10 August 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on 2 August 1810.
Template:Flag	Revolution Day	Template:Sort	1952	REDIRECT Template:GBR	The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 abolished the Kingdom of Egypt, ended British influence in the country, and established an independent republic.<ref name="MFA_country_profile">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Act of Independence of Central America.Template:Citation needed
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1968	Template:Flag	Independence from Spain following the country's only free and fair election to date in September 1968.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	Eritrean War of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Iseseisvuspäev)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Estonian Declaration of Independence.
	Day of Restoration of Independence<ref name=":0" />	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Estonian Restoration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Somhlolo Day)	Template:Sort	1968	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also called Somhlolo Day or Subhuza Day, after the 19th-century leader Sobhuza I.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Fiji Day	Template:Sort	1970	Template:Flag	Instruments of Independence
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivä)	Template:Sort	1917	Template:Flag	Finnish Declaration of Independence
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 15 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1965	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Gambia Independence Act 1964.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Damouk'ideblobis dghe)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag	Day of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918.
	National Unity Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	Commemoration of both the April 9 tragedy 1989 (also known as Tbilisi Massacre, Tbilisi tragedy) when on Rustaveli Avenue, in Tbilisi an anti-Soviet demonstration was dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries, as well as the declaration of independence by Zviad Gamsakhurdia following an independence referendum in March 1991.<ref name="Sobchak">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	German Unity Day	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were unified.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1957	Template:Flag	On Wednesday, March 6, 1957, when Kwame Nkrumah, the inaugural Prime Minister of Ghana, declared to the people of Ghana about their freedom, he added that, "the African People are capable of managing their own affairs and Ghana our beloved country is free forever." Ghana was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve its independence from European colonial rule.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Declaration of independence 1821. Start of the Greek War of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1974	Template:Flag	Accession of Sir Eric Gairy as the inaugural Prime Minister of Grenada.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Act of Independence of Central America.Template:Citation needed
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1958	Template:Flag	Withdrawal of French authority after the collapse of the Fourth Republic and establishment of the Fifth Republic that led to an overwhelming vote for independence in a referendum in September 1958.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1973	Template:Flag	Declaration of independence in September 1973 during the country's war of liberation, although it wouldn't be formally recognized by Portugal until a year later on September 10, 1974.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1966	Template:Flag	The Guyana Independence Act came into effect.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1804	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag	Haitian Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Act of Independence of Central America.Template:Citation needed
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1944	Template:Flag	Effective date of the dissolution of the Danish–Icelandic Act of Union following the 1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum.<ref name=profiles6>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Swatantra Diwas)	Template:Sort	1947	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Indian Independence Act 1947.Template:Efn
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Hari Kemerdekaan)	Template:Sort	1945	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Proclamation of Indonesian Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1932	Template:Flag	Iraq joined the League of Nations after gaining formal independence.<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut)	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon 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.
Template:Flag	Anniversary of the Unification	It celebrates the birth of Italy as a modern nation state, which took place following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861. However, the complete unification of Italy took place only in the following years.	1861	Template:Flag	The political and social movement that on 17 March 1861 ended in the annexation of various states of the Italian peninsula and its outlying isles to the Kingdom of Sardinia, resulting in the creation of the Kingdom of Italy.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962	Template:Flag	Independence of Jamaica.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1946	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flagdeco Mandate for Palestine	Ascension of Abdullah I of Jordan to the throne.<ref name="profiles6" />
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	The Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan passed the Constitutional Independence Law of Republic of Kazakhstan, and was the last country to declare independence from the Soviet Union.
Template:Flag	Madaraka Day	Template:Sort	1963	Template:Flag	Kenya attained internal self rule after being a British colony since 1920.<ref name="madaraka2011KBC">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Jamhuri Day	Template:Sort	1963		Jomo Kenyatta was inaugurated as the first President of Kenya.<ref name="factsfigures">Facts and Figures Government of Kenya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Accessed 1 June 2011)</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1979	Template:Flag	Kiribati gained its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign state in 1979.
Template:Flag	National Liberation Day of Korea (Chogukhaebangŭi nal)	Template:Sort	1945	Template:Flag	Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945. See Japanese Occupation of Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded in 1948.
Template:Flag	March 1st Movement (Samiljeol)	Template:Sort	1919		Korean Declaration of Independence in 1919. This day is celebrated as Samiljeol, or Independence Proclamation Day.
	National Liberation Day of Korea (Gwangbokjeol)	Template:Sort	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.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	2008	Template:Flag	February 17 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.
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1961	Template:Flag	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.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	The Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan adopted a law on the "Declaration on State Independence of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan".<ref name="Kemel Toktomushev">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia (Proklamēšanas diena)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag Template:Flag	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.
	Day of Restoration of Independence	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Flag	On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1943	Template:Flagcountry	Domestic and international pressure forced France to release the Lebanese prisoners from Rashaya Citadel.<ref>www.lgic.org, (1920-1943) Mandate Period and Independence. URL accessed 7 June 2008.</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1966	REDIRECT Template:GBR	Name of the country changed from Basutoland to Lesotho.<ref name="hansenvaa">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1847	Template:Flagicon image American Colonization Society	Liberian Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1951	REDIRECT Template:GBR Template:Flag Template:Flag	Independence from Italy on 10 February 1947, released from British and French on 24 December 1951.
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1866	Template:Flag	Separation of the country from the German Confederation following the Austro-Prussian War.<ref>National Day Liechtenstein. Retrieved June 16, 2017.</ref>
Template:Flag	Statehood Restoration Day (Valstybės atkūrimo diena)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Act of Independence of Lithuania.
	Independence Restoration Day	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Flag	Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Separation of the autonomous Malagasy Republic from the French Community.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1964	REDIRECT Template:GBR	Name of the country changed from Nyasaland to Malawi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day/National Day (Hari Kemerdekaan/Hari Kebangsaan)	Template:Sort	1957		Malayan Declaration of Independence.
	Malaysia Day (Hari Malaysia)	Template:Sort	1965		Proclamation of Malaysia
Template:Flag	National Day	1st of Rabi' al-Awwal, 3rd month of Islamic calendar	1573	Template:Flagicon image Portugal	Termination of Portuguese rule in the archipelago following the uprising of Mohamed Thakurufaanu in 1573.<ref name="Ministry of Home Affairs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1965	Template:Flag	Independence agreement formalized in Ceylon, signed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Nasir and High Commissioner Sir Michael Walker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Dissolution of the Mali Federation following secession of Senegal led to the independence of the Sudanese Republic as the Republic of Mali.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1964	REDIRECT Template:GBR	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Constitution Day	Template:Sort	1979	Template:Flag	Constitution of the Marshall Islands enacted in force.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 19 October.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1968	REDIRECT Template:GBR	Constitution of Mauritius enacted in force.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Día de la Independéncia) Cry of Dolores (Grito de Dolores)	Template:Sort	1810	Template:Flag	Start of the Mexican War of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1986	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Compact of Free Association.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Ziua Independenței)	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	Moldovan Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort<ref>Xiaoyuan Liu – Reins of Liberation, p.6</ref>	1911	Template:Flag<ref>Stephen Kotkin, Bruce A. Elleman – Mongolia in the twentieth century: landlocked cosmopolitan, p.74</ref><ref>David Sneath – The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia, p.36</ref>	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 newly established Bogd Khanate of Mongolia led by the Bogd Khan lasted for 8 years until it was occupied by the Republic of China in 1919, to regain independence not long after.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.<ref name=Mongolia1>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Mongolia2>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Mongolia3>Template:Cite book</ref> The Republic of China later established de facto control over Mongolia in 1919. Mongolia subsequently re-asserted its independence in 1921. During the years of socialism, the value of this historically important day was ignored, but the law of the State Greate Khural of the Republic of Mongolia on August 16, 2007, made December 29 a public holiday, and later enshrined it into law on December 23, 2011, making it a public holiday, the Day of the Restoration of National Freedom and Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	2006	Template:Flag	2006 Montenegrin independence referendum.
Template:Flag	Proclamation of Independence Day	Template:Sort	1944	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Proclamation of Independence.
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1955		Return of Mohammed V of Morocco from exile.
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Dia da Independência Nacional)	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Lwatlautrayynae)	Template:Sort	1948	Template:Flag	Burmese Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Flag	The New York Accords signed in December 1988 guaranteed Namibian independence two years later.<ref name="UNTripartite Agreement">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1968	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Effective date of the Nauru Independence Act 1967. Also marks the date of the return of the Nauruans from Truk island after the Japanese occupation of Nauru during World War II.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Act of Independence of Central America.Template:Citation needed
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Nigeria Independence Act 1960.<ref>Nigeria Independence Act 1960, 8 & 9 Eliz. 2 c.55</ref>
Template:Flag	Republic Day	Template:Sort	1903	Template:Flag	Republic Day: Recognition of the establishment of the short-lived Kruševo Republic during the Ilinden Uprising.
	Independence Day (Den na nezavisnosta)	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	1991 Macedonian independence referendum.<ref name=NS>Dieter Nohlen and Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook, p.Template:Nbsp1278 Template:ISBN</ref>
Template:Flag	Constitution Day	Template:Sort	1814	Template:Flag	National Day: Independence and the Constitution of Norway (17 May 1814).
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1905	Template:Flag	Union Dissolution and Independence Day (7 June 1905).
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Youm-e-Azadi)	Template:Sort	1947	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Indian Independence Act 1947;Template:Efn<ref name=profiles7>Template:Cite book</ref> see also: Pakistan Day (23 March).
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1994	Template:Flag	9 July 1980 is Palau's Constitution Day usually commemorated with formal events. Independence Day celebrations are more elaborate and last several days.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1948	Template:Flag	1948 Palestinian Declaration of Independence on 1 October 1948.
		Template:Sort	1988		Palestinian Declaration of Independence on 15 November 1988.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Independence Act of Panama
	Separation Day	Template:Sort	1903	Template:Flag	Panama was member of Gran Colombia until 1903. The 1903 separation from Colombia is celebrated as an official holiday day on 3 November.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1811	Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Revolution of May 14.<ref>Paraguay independence</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1821	Template:Flag	Peruvian independence proclaimed by General José de San Martín.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan or Araw ng Kasarinlan)	Template:Sort	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.<ref>In 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal signed a proclamation which declared Tuesday, 12 June 1962 as a special public holiday in commemoration of the declaration of independence from Spain on that date in 1898. That proclamation did not move the date of the Independence Day holiday in the Philippines.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> The date of the holiday was moved in 1964, with the signing of Republic Act No. 4166.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref></ref>
	Republic Day	Template:Sort	1946	Template:Flag	Treaty of Manila.<ref name=treaty1946>Template:Citation.</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Święto Niepodległości)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag Template:Flag Template:Flag	Restoration of Poland's independence in 1918 after 123 years of partitions by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
Template:Flag	Restoration of Independence	Template:Sort	1640	Template:Flag	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.<ref>The country's original independence (from the Kingdom of León) occurred on 24 June 1128 (Battle of São Mamede) and was recognized on 5 October 1143. That day is a holiday in Portugal, but for a different reason. (Implantation of the Republic, or Republic Day. Event of 1910.) Note that none of these events is similar to today's declarations or recognition of independence as these are in fact the recognition of the rule of a king to the land. Portugal existed as a separate entity before 1143 and during the union with Spain between 1580 and 1640.</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1878	Template:Flag	On 18 December 1878, Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani succeeded his father, Mohammed bin Thani as ruler of the Qatari Peninsula. He was deemed to have unified all the local tribes by combating external forces, such as the British. He also earned a considerable degree of autonomy for the tribes of the peninsula.<ref name="dohanews1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	National Independence Day ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})	Template:Sort	1876	Template:Flag	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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Great Union Day (Ziua Unirii Mare)	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag Template:Flagicon image Austro-Hungarian Transylvania Template:Flagicon image Russian Bessarabia	Unification of Romania on 1 December 1918
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962	Template:Flag	Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Rwanda-Urundi Trusteeship.<ref name=un1746/><ref name=burundi/>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1983	Template:Flag	Association with the United Kingdom fully terminated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1979		Association with the United Kingdom fully terminated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1979		Association with the United Kingdom fully terminated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962	Template:Flag	Named Western Samoa until 1997, it was the first Polynesian nation to be recognized as a sovereign state in the 20th century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	Transfer of power agreement signed between the Mali Federation and France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Statehood Day	Template:Sort	1804 and 1835	Template:Flag	Outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, which evolved into a Serbian Revolution; the adoption of the first modern constitution in 1835.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1976	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1961		On 20 April 1960, Milton Margai led a 24-member Sierra Leonean delegation at constitutional conferences that were held with the Government of Queen Elizabeth II and British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod in negotiations for independence held in London. On the conclusion of talks in London on 4 May 1960, the United Kingdom agreed to grant Sierra Leone independence on 27 April 1961.<ref name="Murtala Mohammed Kamara">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Momoh">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day (Hari Kebangsaan)	Template:Sort	1965	Template:Flag	Proclamation of Singapore.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1918	Template:Flag	Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1992	Template:Flagdeco 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	Template:Sort	1993	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia.<ref name="bbc.com"/>
Template:Flag	Statehood Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	Date of Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
	Independence and Unity Day	Template:Sort	1990	Template:Flag	Date of the release of the official results of the independence plebiscite in 1990, confirming secession from Yugoslavia.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1978	Template:Flag	Solomon Islands Act 1978.<ref name =s1>Section 1 of the Solomon Islands Act 1978</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag Template:Flag	British Somaliland gained independence from the United Kingdom, although Italian Somaliland wouldn't do so from Italy until five days later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Republic Day	Template:Sort	1960		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day (Jātika Dinaya)	Template:Sort	1948	Template:Flag	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Event celebrated annually.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1956	REDIRECT Template:GBR Template:Flag	A polling process was carried out resulting in the composition of a democratic parliament and Ismail al-Azhari was elected first Prime Minister and led the first modern Sudanese government. On 1 January 1956, in a special ceremony held at the People's Palace, the Egyptian and British flags were lowered and the new Sudanese flag, composed of green, blue and yellow stripes, was raised in their place by the prime minister Ismail al-Azhari.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	2011	Template:Flag	The 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum resulted in an overwhelming 98.3% vote in favor of independence, with well over 60% turnout. The predetermined date for the creation of an independent state was 9 July 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	Under the left-wing pro-independence Den Uyl cabinet Suriname gained independence, albeit with substantial Dutch foreign aid.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1291	Template:Flag	Alliance against the Holy Roman Empire in 1291.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1946	Template:Flagcountry	End of the French Mandate of Syria in 1946.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	On September 9, 1991, at the session Supreme Soviet, a Resolution and Declaration "On State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan" was adopted, being formally signed by acting president Qadriddin Aslonov.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1961	Template:Flag	Independence as Tanganyika.
Template:Flag	Proclamation of Independence Day	Template:Sort	1975	Template:Flag	East Timor Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the Portuguese rule in 1975.
	Independence Restoration Day	Template:Sort	2002	Template:Flag	Timorese independence from Indonesian and United Nations administration in 2002.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1960	Template:Flag	On 13 October 1958 the French government announced that full independence would be granted. On 14 November 1958 the United Nations’ General Assembly took note of the French government's declaration according to which Togo which was under French administration would gain independence in 1960, thus marking an end to the trusteeship period. On 5 December 1959 the United Nations’ General Assembly resolved that the UN Trusteeship Agreement with France for Cameroon would end when Togo became independent on 27 April 1960.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Liberation Day	Template:Sort	1963		A military coup on 13 January 1963 led to the assassination of President Sylvanus Olympio by a group of soldiers under the direction of Sergeant Gnassingbé Eyadéma.<ref name="ellis93">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag	Emancipation Day	Template:Sort	1970	Template:Flag	Termination of protectorate status in 1970.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962		Effective date of the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1956	Template:Flag	Termination of the Treaty of Bardo and signing of the Franco-Tunisian protocol led to the relinquishment of French authority over the country.<ref>Victor Silvera, « Réflexions sur la crise des rapports franco-tunisiens », Politique étrangère, vol. 23, No. 2, 1958, Template:P.</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Saparmurat Niyazov was elected as the inaugural President of Turkmenistan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1978	Template:Flag	Toaripi Lauti became the inaugural Tuvaluan prime minister.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1962	Template:Flag	Initially a Commonwealth realm, the country would become a republic one year later.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
	Day of Unity (Den Sobornosti)	Template:Sort	1919	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flag	Unification of Ukraine on 22 January 1919.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	National Day	Template:Sort	1971	Template:Flag	Merger of six emirates in the Persian Gulf (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah, and Umm Al Quwain) into a federal union.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day or Fourth of July	Template:Sort	1776	Template:Flag	United States Declaration of Independence
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1825	Template:Flag	Declaration of independence and union with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1991	Template:Flag	Independence was declared in the same month as the failed coup attempt in Moscow.<ref name=ind>Lubin, Nancy. "Independence". A Country Study: Uzbekistan Template:Webarchive (Glenn E. Curtis, editor). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (March 1996). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.</ref>
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1980	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Name of the country changed from the New Hebrides to Vanuatu.<ref name="JM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	Lateran Treaty Day	Template:Sort	1929	Template:Flag	Lateran Treaty establishing Vatican City as an independent state
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1811	Template:Flag	Venezuelan Declaration of Independence.
Template:Flag	National Day (Ngày Quốc Khánh)	Template:Sort	1945	Template:Flag Template:Flag	Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1967	Template:Flag	Declaration of independence as Kingdom of Yemen
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1964	Template:Flag	Effective date of the Zambia Independence Act 1964.
Template:Flag	Independence Day	Template:Sort	1980	Template:Flag	Granting of independence by the United Kingdom in 1980

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  Statehood Day in Croatia

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  German Unity Day

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  Anniversary of the Unification of Italy

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  National Liberation Day of Korea

• Dolores hidalgo.jpg

  Cry of Dolores in Mexico

• Ba Dinh Square September 2nd, 1945.jpg

  National Day in Vietnam

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  National Foundation Day in Japan

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  Independence Day of United States

See also

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

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