Editing Independence (section)

== Declarations of independence ==
[[File:Declaration of Estonian independence in Pärnu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|alt=photograph of crowd during pro-independence demonstration|Public proclamation of the [[Estonian Declaration of Independence]] in [[Pärnu]], [[Estonia]] on 23 February 1918]]
[[File:28nentor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|230px|[[Ismail Qemali|Ismail Kemal]] at the first anniversary of the [[Assembly of Vlorë]] which proclaimed the [[Independent Albania|independence of Albania]] (28 November 1912)]]
Sometimes, a state wishing to achieve independence from a dominating power will issue a [[declaration of independence]]; the earliest surviving example is [[Scotland]]'s [[Declaration of Arbroath]] in 1320, with the most recent examples being [[Azawad]]'s declaration of independence in 2012 and [[Catalan declaration of independence]] in 2017. Declaring independence and attaining it, however, are quite different. A well-known successful example is the [[Declaration of Independence (United States)|U.S. Declaration of Independence]] issued in 1776. The dates of established independence (or, less commonly, the commencement of revolution), are typically celebrated as a national [[Public holiday|holiday]] known as an [[independence Day]].