Public life, national and local remembrance, historical anniversaries, institutions and civic identity.
This hub brings together observances rooted in civic life, remembrance and documented historical events. Some are national or regional commemorations, while others are institutional or international observances.
The common thread is public memory or civic context, not legal holiday status. Each entity keeps its own verified jurisdiction and designation basis.
These pages include reviewed meaning, history, activities, facts and FAQs in addition to the underlying observance record.
French official remembrance guidance cites the 1922 law fixing the annual Victory and Peace commemoration on 11 November, the anniversary of the 1918 Armistice; current law also extends the…
TBMM records document the 25 October 2016 legal amendment establishing July 15 as Democracy and National Unity Day; TBMM records document the 2017 first post-designation anniversary observa…
Hungary’s Fundamental Law Article J lists 15 March as a national holiday in memory of the 1848–49 Revolution and War of Independence; the 1991 holiday law records an earlier statutory stage.
Libyan News Agency reporting of Government of National Unity 2026 official commemoration programme
Nicaragua’s current Labor Code framework lists 19 July among mandatory national holidays with paid rest. Official National Assembly historical material identifies 19 July 1979 with the Sand…
Hungary’s Fundamental Law names 20 August as a national holiday commemorating the foundation of the state and King Saint Stephen and identifies it as the official state holiday; current Hun…
French official remembrance guidance cites the 1922 law fixing the annual Victory and Peace commemoration on 11 November, the anniversary of the 1918 Armistice; current law also extends the…
TBMM records document the 25 October 2016 legal amendment establishing July 15 as Democracy and National Unity Day; TBMM records document the 2017 first post-designation anniversary observa…
Hungary’s Fundamental Law Article J lists 15 March as a national holiday in memory of the 1848–49 Revolution and War of Independence; the 1991 holiday law records an earlier statutory stage.
Libyan News Agency reporting of Government of National Unity 2026 official commemoration programme
Nicaragua’s current Labor Code framework lists 19 July among mandatory national holidays with paid rest. Official National Assembly historical material identifies 19 July 1979 with the Sand…
Hungary’s Fundamental Law names 20 August as a national holiday commemorating the foundation of the state and King Saint Stephen and identifies it as the official state holiday; current Hun…
Hungary’s Fundamental Law names 23 October as a national holiday commemorating the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence. Government historical material also notes the proclamation of the…
Presidency of Panama official 5 November 2025 patriotic ceremonies in Colón
Government Resolution No. 495 of 4 August 2020 added Abai Day — 10 August — to Kazakhstan’s official list of commemorative/holiday dates; current government material continues to mark the d…
Mauritius’s current Public Holidays Act lists the Day of commemoration of Abolition of Slavery on 1 February; government history and current commemorations connect the date with abolition i…
Ethiopia’s current national-holiday proclamation lists 2 March as Adwa Victory Day; current Ethiopian government reporting continues to mark the national anniversary on 2 March.
The official Government of The Gambia holiday list names May 25 as African Liberation Day (African Day).
Kyrgyz government sources say Ak Kalpak Day began as an unofficial observance in 2011 through filmmaker Rysbek Zhabirov’s initiative, received official status through Jogorku Kenesh Resolut…
Algerian official sources identify 5 July 1962 as Independence Day and current 2026 government-linked notices confirm 5 July as a paid holiday.
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Education marks 25 July as the anniversary of the Annexation of the Partido de Nicoya.
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Labour identifies July 25, the Annexation of the Partido de Nicoya, as a mandatory paid holiday under Labour Code article 148; Ministry of Culture material document…
San Marino official sources list 25 March as the Anniversary of the Arengo of 1906, alongside the Feast of the Militias.
Cuba’s official tourism portal lists 10 October as the Anniversary of the Beginning of the Wars of Independence and identifies it as a national commemoration date.
The Virgin Islands Cabinet’s 2026 holiday calendar lists 9 March 2026 for the Anniversary of the Birth of Hamilton Lavity Stoutt. Earlier government pages describe the recurring public holi…
San Marino official holiday calendars list 28 July as the Anniversary of the Fall of Fascism and Freedom Day.
Current Chinese official sources mark July 1 as the CPC founding anniversary; Shanghai Archives explains that July 1 is a symbolic anniversary fixed in 1941 while the First CPC National Con…
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum dates the liberation of Auschwitz to 27 January 1945 and continues to organize the annual liberation-anniversary commemoration on 27 January.
San Marino’s official holiday information lists 5 February as the anniversary of liberation of the Republic from Cardinal Alberoni’s occupation, together with the feast of Saint Agatha.
Morocco’s official national-holiday page lists August 14 under the title Anniversary of the Recovery of Oued Ed-Dahab; the United Nations continues to list Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Gove…
Morocco’s official national-holiday page lists 20 August as the Anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People; royal materials provide the national historical framing.
Canadian Heritage states that the anniversary of the Statute of Westminster is celebrated each year on December 11 and describes the associated federal flag protocol.
Paraguay’s Law No. 7544/2025 lists 29 September, Day of the Battle of Boquerón, as a national holiday and permits the Executive to move its observed holiday to an adjacent Monday; governmen…
Vietnam Government and Vietnam News Agency material consistently commemorate August 19 as the anniversary of the August Revolution of 1945; the reviewed sources support a recurring national…
Croatia’s current Holidays Act lists 22 June as Anti-Fascist Struggle Day among the Republic’s holidays and non-working days; the foreign ministry’s 2026 calendar also lists it on 22 June.
The Organization of American States’ current country page lists Antigua and Barbuda National Independence Day as 1 November.
Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs sources verify 25 April as Anzac Day every year, state that Acting Prime Minister George Pearce officially named 25 April ‘Anzac Day’ in 1916, and…
Republic Act No. 9430 declares July 23 each year a special working holiday in Tanauan City known as Apolinario Mabini Day to commemorate Mabini’s birth anniversary; NHCP confirms his 23 Jul…
Philippine legislation establishes the observance and its statutory date framework; Proclamation No. 1006 sets the 2026 observed holiday on 9 April, while other years can differ under law o…
Ugandan government sources list February 16 as Archbishop Janan Luwum Day/Janan Luwum Day and a public holiday; current State House material documents the annual national commemoration, whi…
Argentina’s Law 27,399 lists July 9, Independence Day, among fixed non-transferable national holidays. Argentina’s official historical material identifies July 9, 1816 as the date the Congr…
The State of Arizona Research Library’s Arizona Memory Project identifies February 14, 1912 as Arizona Statehood Day and records Arizona becoming the 48th state that day. This guide treats…
Government of India Ministry of Defence / Press Information Bureau material identifies December 7 as Armed Forces Flag Day, states that it has been observed throughout India since 1949, and…
Armenia’s legal-information system records the 21 September 1991 independence referendum, the 24 September 1991 decision making September 21 a festive non-working day, and the current Holid…
France’s official Service-Public holiday tables list Armistice 1918 on 11 November in the overseas legal-holiday framework, supporting the fixed date applicable to French Guiana within that…
Mauritius Public Holidays Act lists the Day of commemoration of Arrival of Indentured Labourers on 2 November. The 2015 amendment states that listed public holidays are observed every year,…
The City of Augsburg states that the Hohe Friedensfest is observed annually on 8 August as a municipal holiday applying only within Augsburg city limits, and that it is unique in Germany.
Republic of Türkiye government material identifies August 30 Victory Day with the decisive 1922 victory and continuing annual commemoration. Current national-holiday law, Law No. 2429, list…
Fair Work lists January 26 Australia Day as a public holiday under the National Employment Standards; NADC documents current facilitation and multiple meanings; National Museum sources esta…
Ecuador’s National Assembly identifies May 24 as the Battle of Pichincha commemoration and links the 1822 battle to the country’s independence; Ecuador’s holiday-law framework uses May 24 a…
GOV.UK lists the Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) for Northern Ireland and shows Monday 13 July as the 2026 substitute bank holiday because 12 July falls on a Sunday.
Belize government sources identify September 21, 1981 as the date of independence. The current public-holiday framework is separate: the Holidays Act makes scheduled days public holidays, a…
Article 74(III) of Mexico’s current Federal Labor Law lists the third Monday in March as a mandatory rest day in commemoration of March 21, the anniversary of Benito Juárez’s birth. The 17…
Vermont statute 1 V.S.A. §371 lists Bennington Battle Day on 16 August as a legal holiday, and the Vermont historic-preservation agency documented the 2026 commemoration.
Public Law 77-243, approved August 21, 1941, requested a presidential proclamation designating December 15, 1941 as Bill of Rights Day for the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Natio…
Government and Dr. Ambedkar Foundation sources verify annual 14 April birth-anniversary commemoration; 14 April 2026 was separately declared a Central Government office holiday by year-spec…
The DILG Aurora advocacy calendar lists the birth anniversary of Manlilikha ng Bayan Masino Intaray on April 10 and gives 1943 as the birth year.
Philippine government cultural sources verify Honorata “Atang” de la Rama’s birth on January 11, 1902 and her National Artist recognition for Theater and Music. The inherited DILG cultural…
Philippine government cultural sources verify Lino O. Brocka’s birth on April 3, 1939 and his posthumous 1997 recognition as National Artist for Film. The inherited DILG cultural calendar l…
NCCA’s current Monthly Observances and Significant Dates calendar explicitly lists January 26 as the birth anniversary of National Artist Napoleon Abueva (1930). NCCA’s official National Ar…
Republic Act No. 7792 declares 31 August each year a special nonworking public holiday in the Province of Zambales to commemorate former President Ramon Magsaysay’s birth anniversary; curre…
Current Venezuelan diplomatic and foreign-ministry publications commemorate Simón Bolívar’s birth anniversary on 24 July, including the 243rd anniversary in 2026. The date is a stable histo…
5 U.S.C. §6103 lists the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the third Monday in January as a legal public holiday.
Act No. 2946 made 30 November a legal holiday in 1921; later national holiday law retains Bonifacio Day while Republic Act No. 9492 permits movable observance, and Proclamation No. 1006 set…
British Columbia Day Act
Massachusetts law gives June 17 Bunker Hill Day legal-holiday status with respect to Suffolk County only while requiring public offices there to remain open; NPS ties the date to the June 1…
California Government Code § 6700 lists September 9 as Admission Day; state education and parks sources connect the date to California’s September 9, 1850 admission as the 31st U.S. state.
Canadian Heritage documents July 1, 1868 celebration, 1879 statutory-holiday status and the October 27, 1982 change from Dominion Day to Canada Day. The federal Holidays Act establishes Jul…
Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Public Law 86-90, approved 17 July 1959, authorizes and requests a presidential proclamation for the third week of July each year; the 2026 proclamation designated 19–25 July 2026.
The Central African Republic government identifies 1 December 1958 as the date of proclamation of the Republic, and current diplomatic references list 1 December as the national day.
Chadian government sources identify 11 August 1960 as the date of independence and continue the national commemoration in 2026.
Michigan's governor proclaimed May 13, 2019 as Children of Fallen Patriots Day, and current state/local government calendars continue to recognize May 13.
Chile’s Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional verifies Law No. 2,977 listing September 18 as a holiday commemorating national independence and explains that the date reflects the First Governmen…
Government of Ontario regulations and holiday bulletin
The U.S. Coast Guard Reserve’s official history identifies 19 February as the Reserve’s birthday.
Colombia’s SUIN-Juriscol legal database verifies Law 60 of 1873 declaring July 20 an annual national holiday for the anniversary of the 1810 proclamation of national independence; Law 51 of…
Colorado Revised Statutes
