List of national independence days

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,^[1] New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey mark other dates of significance.

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List of national independence days

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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
Afghanistan	Independence Day	19 August	1919	United Kingdom	Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.^[2]
Afghanistan	Liberation Day	15 February	1989	Soviet Union	Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Albania	Independence Day	28 November	1912	Ottoman Empire	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.
Algeria	Independence Day	5 July	1962	France	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	11 November	1975	Portugal	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	1 November	1981	United Kingdom	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	9 July	1816^[8]	Spain	Argentine Declaration of Independence.
Armenia	Republic Day (Hanrapetut’yan or)	28 May	1918^[9]	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918).
Armenia	Independence Day	21 September	1991	Soviet Union	1991 Armenian independence referendum.
Azerbaijan	Independence Day (Müstəqillik Günü)	28 May	1918	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan	Day of Restoration of Independence	18 October	1991^[10]	Soviet Union	Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan".^[10]
The Bahamas	Independence Day	10 July	1973	United Kingdom	Effective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973.^[11]
Bahrain	Independence Day	16 December	1971	United Kingdom	Ascension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne.^[12]
Bangladesh	Independence and National Day (Sbādhīnôtā Ō Jātīẏô Dibôs)	26 March	1971	Pakistan	Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence.
Bangladesh	Victory Day	16 December	1971	Pakistan	Victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Barbados	Independence Day	30 November	1966	United Kingdom	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 (Dzien Niezaliežnasci)	3 July	1944	Germany	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	21 July	1831	Netherlands	Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne.^[14]
Belize	Independence Day	21 September	1981	United Kingdom	Effective day of the Belize Act 1981.^[15]
Benin	Independence Day	1 August	1960	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent Republic of Dahomey.^[16]
Bolivia	Independence Day	6 August	1825	Spain	Bolivian Declaration of Independence.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Independence Day	1 March	1992	Yugoslavia	1992 Bosnian independence referendum.
Botswana	Independence Day	30 September	1966	United Kingdom	Effective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966.^[17]
Brazil	Independence Day (Dia da Independência)	7 September	1822	Portugal	Declaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil).^[18]
Brunei	National Day	23 February	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	3 March	1878	Ottoman Empire	Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria.^[21]
Bulgaria	Independence Day	22 September	1908^[22]	Ottoman Empire	Bulgarian Declaration of Independence.^[22]
Burkina Faso	Proclamation of Independence Day	11 December	1958	France	Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Burkina Faso	Independence Day	5 August	1960^[23]	France	Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta.^[16]
Burundi	Independence Day	1 July	1962	Belgium	Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship.^[24]^[25]
Cambodia	Independence Day	9 November	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	20 May	1972	United Kingdom 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	1 July	1867	United Kingdom	Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.^[29]
Cape Verde	Independence Day	5 July	1975	Portugal	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	1 December	1958	France	Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community.^[31]
Central African Republic	Independence Day	13 August	1960^[32]		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.^[16]
Chad	Republic Day	28 November	1958^[33]		Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community.^[34]
Chad	Independence Day	11 August	1960		Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.^[16]
Chile	Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias)	18 September	1810	Spain	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]
Colombia	Independence Day	20 July	1810	Spain	Colombian Declaration of Independence.