| Labor Day/May Day - Friday May 1, 2020 Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
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| Easter holiday (end) - Monday May 11, 2020 School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey
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| Nuzul al Qu'ran - Revelation of the Quran (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday May 21, 2020 Muslim, Sufi :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Sunday May 24, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : Also called Korité)
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday July 3, 2020 School holidays : Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey
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| Parliament recess (beginning) - Friday July 10, 2020 Special Events :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday July 31, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Saturday August 1, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
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| Independence Day - Monday August 3, 2020 Secular holiday : Granted by the French in 1960
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| El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday August 20, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad. Muslim calendar starts from this date (A.H.), which was established in `Umar's reign. Medina is about 200 miles north of Mecca. Muhammad arrived there on 20th Sep 622 A.D. The name of the city was changed to Medinatu'l-Nabi (city of the Prophet).
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