| Independence Day - Saturday September 22, 2018 Secular holiday : Granted by the French in 1960
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| Independence Day - Monday September 24, 2018 Secular holiday : Proclaimed in 1973. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized by Portugal in 1974
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| Botswana Day - Sunday October 1, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| Botswana Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : Independence granted by the UK in 1966
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| National Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1960
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| Independence Day - Wednesday October 4, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by South Africa in 1966
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| Independence Day - Monday October 9, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1962
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| Independence Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by the UK 1968
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Independence Day - Tuesday October 24, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1963
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| Independence Day - Saturday September 1, 2018 Secular holiday : Declared on 31 August,1991.
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| National Day - Saturday September 2, 2017 Secular holiday : President Ho Chi Minh declared freedom for Vietnam (initially referring to the surrender of Japan in 1945 - Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Monday September 4, 2017 Secular holiday : President Ho Chi Minh declared freedom for Vietnam (initially referring to the surrender of Japan in 1945 - Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Independence Day - Saturday September 9, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1924 Tajikistan became an autonomous republic within the new Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, and in 1929 the country became a full-fledged Soviet republic. In the late 1980s, the openness of the Soviet regime of Mikhail S. Gorbachev stimulated a nationalist movement in Tajikistan, and Tajik leaders declared independence on September 9, 1991, when the dissolution of the Soviet Union became obvious. Wikipedia
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| Independence Day - Monday September 11, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1924 Tajikistan became an autonomous republic within the new Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, and in 1929 the country became a full-fledged Soviet republic. In the late 1980s, the openness of the Soviet regime of Mikhail S. Gorbachev stimulated a nationalist movement in Tajikistan, and Tajik leaders declared independence on September 9, 1991, when the dissolution of the Soviet Union became obvious. Wikipedia
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| Independence Day - Friday September 21, 2018 Secular holiday : On 21 September, 1991 a referendum called for secession from the Soviet Union. Independence was restored to the Republic of Armenia after 70 years of sovietization.
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| National Day - Saturday September 23, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1747 the ruler of the central Arabian Peninsula, Muhammad Bin Saud, formed an alliance with Muslim scholar Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab, which led to the founding of the modern state. The Al-Saud family ruled throughout the XIX century. In 1902, Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud recaptured Riyadh from the Al-Rashid and united the numerous tribes into one nation. The foundation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took place on September 23, 1932. http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~aa391787/saudi_history.html
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| National Day - Sunday September 24, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1747 the ruler of the central Arabian Peninsula, Muhammad Bin Saud, formed an alliance with Muslim scholar Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab, which led to the founding of the modern state. The Al-Saud family ruled throughout the XIX century. In 1902, Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud recaptured Riyadh from the Al-Rashid and united the numerous tribes into one nation. The foundation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took place on September 23, 1932. http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~aa391787/saudi_history.html
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| National Day - Sunday October 1, 2017 Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the foundation of the Chinese Popular Republic in 1949. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Sunday October 1, 2017 Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the foundation of the Chinese Popular Republic in 1949. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Sunday October 1, 2017 Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the foundation of the Chinese Popular Republic in 1949. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Sunday October 1, 2017 Secular holiday : Conmemoration of the foundation of the Chinese Popular Republic in 1949.
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| National Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Independence Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : As the Soviet Union began to disintegrate towards the end of the 1980s, ethnic tensions grew between Abkhaz and Georgians over Georgia's moves towards independence. This led to the 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia that resulted in a Georgian military defeat, de facto independence.
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Thursday October 5, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Thursday October 5, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Friday October 6, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Friday October 6, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Saturday October 7, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Saturday October 7, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Sunday October 8, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day - Sunday October 8, 2017 Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| National Day (Double Tenth Day) - Tuesday October 10, 2017 Secular holiday : Commemorates the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty in 1911
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| Celebration of the Fight against Colonisation - Saturday October 14, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1962 against the English
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| Independence Day - Friday October 27, 2017 Secular holiday : By a unanimous vote of its Supreme Soviet, Turkmenistan declared its sovereignty in August 1990. After the August 1991 coup attempt against the Gorbachev regime in Moscow, Turkmenistan's communist leader Saparmyrat Niyazov called for a popular referendum on independence. The official result of the referendum was 94 percent in favor of independence. The republic's Supreme Soviet had little choice other than to declare Turkmenistan's independence from the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Republic of Turkmenistan on October 27, 1991. http://countrystudies.us/turkmenistan/5.htm
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| Republic Day - Saturday October 28, 2017 Secular holiday : Proclamation of the republic in 1923 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Independence Day - Saturday October 28, 2017 Secular holiday : By a unanimous vote of its Supreme Soviet, Turkmenistan declared its sovereignty in August 1990. After the August 1991 coup attempt against the Gorbachev regime in Moscow, Turkmenistan's communist leader Saparmyrat Niyazov called for a popular referendum on independence. The official result of the referendum was 94 percent in favor of independence. The republic's Supreme Soviet had little choice other than to declare Turkmenistan's independence from the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Republic of Turkmenistan on October 27, 1991. http://countrystudies.us/turkmenistan/5.htm
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| Republic Day - Sunday October 29, 2017 Secular holiday : Proclamation of the republic in 1923 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Bonaire Day - Thursday September 6, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Independence Day - Saturday September 15, 2018 Secular holiday : Granted by Spain in 1821
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| Independence Day - Saturday September 15, 2018 Secular holiday : Spain granted the independence in 1821.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 15, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by Spain in 1821
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| Independence Day - Friday September 15, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by Spain in 1821
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| Independence Day - Friday September 15, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by Spain in 1821
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| Independence Day - Tuesday September 19, 2017 Secular holiday : St. Kitts and Nevis were part of the colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871-1956, and of the West Indies Federation from 1958-62. In 1967, together with Anguilla, they became a self-governing state in association with Great Britain; Anguilla seceded late that year and remains a British dependency. The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis attained full independence on September 19, 1983. http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/stkitts.html
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| Independence Day - Thursday September 21, 2017 Secular holiday : British Honduras became Belize after the independence was granted by the UK in 1981
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| Constitution Day - Monday October 9, 2017 Secular holiday : National holiday which is not only a holiday to commemorate the transition of St. Maarten as a country in the Dutch Kingdom but also to promote nation building and a step towards its independence
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| National Day - Tuesday October 10, 2017 Secular holiday : Anniversary of the date the island gained autonomous country status within the Dutch Kingdom
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| Anniversary of the foundation of the Republic - Monday September 3, 2018 Secular holiday : San Marino was founded on 3 September, 301 AD when a Christian stonemason named Marinus the Dalmatian fled to escape the anti-Christian Roman Emperor Diocletian. Marinus hid on the peak of Mount Titano and founded a small community of people following their Christian beliefs. In memory of the stonecutter, the land was renamed Land of San Marino and was finally changed to its present-day name, Republic of San Marino. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Gibraltar Day - Monday September 4, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| National Day - Saturday September 8, 2018 Secular holiday : In tribute to Notre Dame de Meritxell, patron saint of Andorra, whose sanctuary is located on the left bank of Valira river, between Canillo and Encamp.
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| La Diada - Tuesday September 11, 2018 Secular holiday : On September 11th 1714, Felipe V annulled Barcelona's laws and institutions and took action against the Catalan tongue and culture. La Diada refers to the nationalist feelings in Catalonia.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 21, 2018 Secular holiday : Granted by the UK in 1964
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| Independence Day - Sunday October 1, 2017 Secular holiday : Independence for the whole of Cyprus -- before it was divided into Greek and Turkish districts -- was attained on October 1, 1960 after negotiations between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey.
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| National Day - Tuesday October 3, 2017 Secular holiday : Tag der Einheit (Day of Unity)
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| Independence Day - Sunday October 8, 2017 Secular holiday : Proclaimed in 1991 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Spanishness Day - Thursday October 12, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| Proclamation of the Republic / Anniversary of the Revolution 1956 - Monday October 23, 2017 Secular holiday : Commemorates the 1956 revolution against hard-line Communist rule. For three decades the government called the 13-day event a counter-revolution. Also marks the 1989 declaration of a new Hungarian Republic and the institution of a multi-party democracy. Only since 1989 has it been called the 1956 Revolution
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| Revolution Day - Monday October 23, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Thursday October 26, 2017 Secular holiday : The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on 26 October 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e., as part of the Constitution of Austria.
Formally, the declaration was promulgated voluntarily by the Republic of Austria. Politically, it was the direct consequence of the allied occupation by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France between 1945 and 1955, from which the country was freed by the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May the same year. The Soviet Union would not have agreed to the State Treaty if Austria had not committed herself to declare her neutrality after the allied forces had left the country. [Wikipedia]
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| National Day - Saturday October 28, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1918, during the collapse of the Habsburg Empire at the end of World War I, the independent republic of Czechoslovakia, which joined the winning Allied powers, was created. This new country incorporated the Bohemian Crown (Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) and parts of the Kingdom of Hungary (Slovakia and the Carpathian Ruthenia) with significant German, Hungarian, Polish and Ruthenian speaking minorities. [Wikipedia]
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| Republic Day - Sunday October 29, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| Independence Day - Saturday September 16, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Friday September 7, 2018 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Independence Day - Tuesday September 18, 2018 Secular holiday : Celebrates the first demands for independence in 1810
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| Independence Day - Saturday September 16, 2017 Secular holiday : Granted by Australia in 1975 paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Tuvalu Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted on 1 October, 1978. http://www.paclii.org/tv/government.html
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| Territory Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday :
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| Independence Day - Monday October 2, 2017 Secular holiday : After three decades as part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific under United States administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was ratified in 1993. Implemented on independence (1 October, 1994). www.bartleby.com
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| Fiji Day - Tuesday October 10, 2017 Secular holiday : Independence granted by the UK in 1970
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| Constitution Celebration - Monday October 16, 2017 Secular holiday : Over a three day period.
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