Editing List of national independence days

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An '''independence day''' is an annual event [[memorialization|commemorating]] the [[anniversary]] of a [[nation]]'s independence or [[Sovereign state|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 day|national holiday]]. Many, such as [[Australia Day|Australia]], [[Canada Day|Canada]], [[National Day of the People's Republic of China|China]], [[Constitution Day (Denmark)|Denmark]], [[Bastille Day|France]],<ref name="FranceOfficialWebsite">{{cite web|title=Bastille Day – 14th July|url=http://www.france.fr/en/celebrations-and-festivals/bastille-day-14th-july.html|website=Official Website of France|quote=Commemorating the storming of the Bastille on 14th July 1789, Bastille Day takes place on the same date each year. The main event is a grand military parade along the Champs-Élysées, attended by the President of the Republic and other political leaders. It is accompanied by fireworks and publics [sic] dances in towns throughout the whole of France.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715082859/http://www.france.fr/en/celebrations-and-festivals/bastille-day-14th-july.html|archive-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> [[Waitangi Day|New Zealand]], [[Saint Patrick's Day|Ireland]], [[Grand Duke's Official Birthday|Luxembourg]], [[Saudi National Day|Saudi Arabia]], [[Freedom Day (South Africa)|South Africa]], [[National Day of the Republic of China|Taiwan]], and [[Republic Day (Turkey)|Turkey]] mark other dates of significance.

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== List ==
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of independence days of countries around the world
!Country
!Name of holiday
!Date of holiday
!Year of event
!Independence from
!class=unsortable|Event commemorated and notes
|- id=A
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|[[Afghan Independence Day|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-19|19 August}}
|1919
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919]] or [[Treaty of Rawalpindi]], an armistice between the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and Afghanistan during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Faiz |last=Ahmed |date=13 November 2019 |title=Learning from Afghanistan's Independence |work= Perspectives on History |publisher=American Historical Association |url=https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/november-2019/learning-from-afghanistans-independence-afghans-liberated-themselves-in-1919-their-achievements-offer-us-lessons-today |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|[[Liberation Day (Afghanistan)|Liberation Day]]
|{{sort|02-15|15 February}}
|1989
|{{Flagcountry|Soviet Union|1955}}
|[[Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan]].
|- 
|{{flag|Albania}}
|[[Independence Day (Albania)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-28|28 November}}
|1912
|{{Flag|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]]. The following Day, 29 November, consists of the [[Liberation of Albania]] from [[Nazi Germany]]. In this day, [[Albanian partisans]] and fighters are remembered.
|- 
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|[[Independence Day (Algeria)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-05|5 July}}
|1962
|{{Flag|France}}
|Algeria gained independence following the [[Algerian War]] and the [[1962 Algerian independence referendum|Algerian independence referendum]]. France officially recognized independent Algeria on 3 July, but the Independence Day is celebrated on 5 July, the day of the [[Invasion of Algiers in 1830|fall of Algiers in 1830]] and the beginning of [[French Algeria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/march-2017-evian-accords-uncertain-peace |date=March 2017 |title=The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace |first=Andrew H. |last=Bellisari |work=Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective |publisher=History Departments at The Ohio State University and Miami University |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Asiya |last=Haouchine |date=19 March 2015 |url=http://www.warscapes.com/blog/today-history-algeria-and-vian-accords |title=Today in History: Algeria and the Évian Accords |work=Warscapes Magazine |access-date=9 March 2020 }}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Angola}}
|[[Independence Day (Angola)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-11|11 November}}
|1975
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|The [[Alvor Agreement]], signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the [[Angolan War of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa: Fighting Their Way Home |first1=Erik |last1=Kennes |first2=Miles |last2=Larmer |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2016 |isbn=9780253021304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCFjDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 |page=102}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|[[Independence Day (Antigua & Barbuda)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-01|1 November}}
|1981
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] in July.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1981/jul/14/antigua-termination-of-association-order |title=Antigua Termination of Association Order |date= 14 July 1981 |work=Commons and Lords Hansard |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1981/jul/08/antigua-termination-of-association |title=Antigua (Termination of Association) |date= 8 July 1981 |work=Commons and Lords Hansard |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Argentina}}

|[[Argentina Independence Day|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-09|9 July}}
|1816<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edarabia.com/argentina/public-holidays/ |title=Argentina Public & Private Holidays (2020) |publisher=Edarabia |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Argentine Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Armenia}}
|[[Republic Day (Armenia)|Republic Day]] ([[Republic Day (Armenia)|Hanrapetut’yan or]])
|{{sort|05-28|28 May}}
|1918<ref>{{cite web|first=Gevorg |last=Ghazaryan |url=https://jam-news.net/3-republics-in-a-century-armenia-celebrates-republic-day/ |title=3 republics in a century – Armenia celebrates Republic Day |date=28 May 2019 |publisher=JAM News |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|{{flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}
|[[Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918)]].
|- 
|[[Independence Day (Armenia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-21|21 September}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|[[1991 Armenian independence referendum]].
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|[[Independence Day (Azerbaijan)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Azerbaijan)|Müstəqillik Günü]])
|{{sort|05-28|28 May}}
|1918
|{{flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}
|[[Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan]].
|-
|[[Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan)|Day of Restoration of Independence]]
|{{sort|10-18|18 October}}
|1991<ref name="Rehimov">{{cite web|last=Rehimov|first=Ruslan|date=18 October 2019|title=Azerbaijan marks 28th anniversary of independence|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/azerbaijan-marks-28th-anniversary-of-independence-/1618243|access-date=9 March 2020|publisher=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan".<ref name="Rehimov" />
|- id=B
|{{flag|Bahamas|name=The Bahamas}}
|[[Independence Day (Bahamas)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-10|10 July}}
|1973
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Bahamas Independence Order 1973|url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Bahamas/bah73.html|access-date=9 March 2020|work=Political Database of the Americas|publisher=Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|[[Independence Day (Bahrain)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|12-16|16 December}}
|1971
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Ascension of [[Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa]] to the throne.<ref>{{cite book |first=Elisabeth |last=Yarbakhsh |title=The Middle East and South Asia 2019–2020 |year=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |edition=53rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnWqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |page=42 |isbn=9781475852172}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|[[Independence Day of Bangladesh|Independence and National Day]] ([[Independence Day of Bangladesh|Sbādhīnôtā Ō Jātīẏô Dibôs]])
|{{sort|03-26|26 March}}
|1971
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence]].
|-
|[[Victory Day (Bangladesh)|Victory Day]]
|{{sort|12-16|16 December}}
|1971
|Victory over [[Pakistan Armed Forces]] in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].
|- 
|{{flag|Barbados}}
|[[Independence Day (Barbados)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-30|30 November}}
|1966
|{{Flag|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.
|- 
|{{flag|Belarus}}
|[[Independence Day (Belarus)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Belarus)|Dzien Niezaliežnasci]])
|{{sort|07-03|3 July}}
|1944
|{{flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}
|The [[Minsk Offensive|liberation of Minsk]] after several years of [[German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II|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.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://belarusdigest.com/story/belarus-three-independence-days/ |title=Belarus' Three Independence Days |first=Paula |last=Borowska |date=28 July 2014 |publisher=Belarus Digest |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|[[National Day (Belgium)|National Day]]
|{{sort|07-21|21 July}}
|1831
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]
|Ascension of [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] to the throne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2019/07/21/why-does-belgium-celebrate-its-national-day-on-21-july/ |title=Why does Belgium celebrate its National Day on 21 July? |date=21 July 2019 |publisher=VRT NWS |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Belize}}
|[[September Celebrations|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-21|21 September}}
|1981
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective day of the [[Belize Act 1981]].<ref>{{cite news |first=M.A. |last=Romero|url=https://belize.com/belize-the-struggle-for-independence/ |title=Belize The Struggle For Independence |year=2011 |publisher=ITM Ltd (Belize.com) |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Benin}}
|[[Independence Day (Benin)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-01|1 August}}
|1960
|{{Flag|France}}
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent [[Republic of Dahomey]].<ref name=whiteman>{{cite book |title=Digest of International Law |volume=1 |editor-first=Marjorie Millace |editor-last=Whiteman |date=June 1963 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68NDXmv4Wd8C&pg=PA579 |pages=575–579}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|[[Independence Day (Bolivia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-06|6 August}}
|1825
|{{Flag|Spain|1785}}
|[[Bolivian Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|[[Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|03-01|1 March}}
|1992
|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|[[1992 Bosnian independence referendum]].
|- 
|{{flag|Botswana}}
|[[Independence Day (Botswana)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-30|30 September}}
|1966
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/23/body/enacted |title=Botswana Independence Act 1966 |website=legislation.gov.uk |publisher= The National Archives |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|[[Independence Day (Brazil)|Independence Day]] ([[Dia da Independência]])
|{{sort|09-07|7 September}}
|1822
|{{Flag|Portugal|1816}}
|Declaration of independence by [[Pedro I of Brazil]] (see [[Independence of Brazil]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Manchester |first=Alan K. |title=The Recognition of Brazilian Independence |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |volume=31 |issue=1 |year=1951 |pages=80–96 |doi=10.2307/2509132|jstor=2509132 }}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|[[National Day (Brunei)|National Day]]
|{{sort|02-23|23 February}}
|1984
|{{flag|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.<ref>{{cite journal |author=United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization |url=https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/sites/www.un.org.dppa.decolonization/files/decon_num_20.pdf |volume=20 |journal=Decolonization |title=Brunei |date=December 1983 |page=3}}</ref> However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until 23 February and that day continues to be celebrated since.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mulliner |first=K |title=Brunei in 1984: Business as Usual after the Gala |journal= Asian Survey |volume=25 |issue=2 |year=1985 |pages=214–219 |doi=10.2307/2644305|jstor=2644305 }}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Bulgaria}}
|[[Liberation Day (Bulgaria)|Liberation Day]]
|{{sort|03-03|3 March}}
|1878
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1844}}
|[[Treaty of San Stefano]] which created the autonomous [[Principality of Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://bnr.bg/en/post/100803129/on-march-3-bulgaria-celebrates-national-liberation-day |title=On March 3 Bulgaria celebrates National Liberation Day |date=3 March 2017 |access-date=10 March 2020 |publisher=Bulgarian National Radio}}</ref>
|-
|[[Independence Day (Bulgaria)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-22|22 September}}
|1908<ref name=bulgaria>{{cite web| url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/profiles/Bulgaria.pdf |access-date=10 March 2020 |publisher=Library of Congress – Federal Research Division |title=Country Profile: Bulgaria |date=October 2006 |page=1}}</ref>
|[[Bulgarian Declaration of Independence]].<ref name=bulgaria/>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}
|[[Proclamation of Independence Day]]
|{{sort|12-11|11 December}}
|1958
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|France}}
|Effective date when [[French Upper Volta]] became an autonomous republic in the [[French Community]].
|-
|[[Independence Day (Burkina Faso)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-05|5 August}}
|1960<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/burkina-faso/burkina-faso-independence-day |title=Independence Day in Burkina Faso in 2020 |publisher=Office Holidays Ltd. |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent [[Republic of Upper Volta]].<ref name=whiteman/>
|- 
|{{flag|Burundi}}
|[[Independence Day (Burundi)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-01|1 July}}
|1962
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|Effective date of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] Resolution 1746 terminating the [[Ruanda-Urundi]] Trusteeship.<ref name=un1746>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/1746%20(XVI) |title=Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly from 7 to 28 June 1962 |page=1 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=burundi>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiKQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |page=126 |title=Burundi |first1=Hartmut |last1=Hamann |first2=Antje C. |last2=Berger |encyclopedia=International Development Law: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law |year=2019 |editor-first1=Petra |editor-last1=Minnerop |editor-first2=Rüdiger |editor-last2=Wolfrum |editor-first3=Frauke |editor-last3=Lachenmann |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-883509-7}}</ref>
|- id=C
|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|[[Independence Day of Cambodia|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-09|9 November}}
|1953
|{{flag|France}}
|Ceremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on 17 October 1953.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cicp.org.kh/userfiles/file/Working%20Paper/CICP%20Working%20Paper%20No%2042_CAMBODIA%E2%80%99S%20BORDER%20WITH%20ENGAGEMENT%20FROM%20POWER%20COUNTRIES.pdf |page=4 |publisher=Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace |volume= 42 |access-date=10 March 2020 |date=November 2011 |title=Cambodia's Border with Engagement from Power Countries |first=Sorin |last=Sok}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvgcDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 |title=Eisenhower and Cambodia: Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace |chapter=A Shrewd Move (1953–1954) |first=William J. |last=Rust |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2016 |isbn=9780813167459}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Cameroon}}
|[[National day|National Day]]
|{{sort|05-20|20 May}}
|1960
|{{UK}}<br/>{{flag|France}}
|Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the [[National Day (Cameroon)|National Day]] on 20 May commemorating the [[1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Imperialistic Politics in Cameroun: Resistance and the Inception of the Restoration of the Statehood of Southern Cameroons |first=Carlson |last=Anyangwe |isbn=978-9956-558-50-6  |publisher=Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group |year= 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoG0j9loGSMC&pg=PA82 |pages=82–83 }}</ref> 
|- 
|{{flag|Canada}}
|[[Canada Day]]
|{{sort|07-01|1 July}}
|1867
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Canada Day]] on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of [[Canada]] in 1867.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dominion|title=Dominion of Canada|website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=24 March 2020<!-- supports "Dominion of" naming-->}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}
|[[Independence Day (Cape Verde)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-05|5 July}}
|1975
|{{Flag|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.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/sites/www.un.org.dppa.decolonization/files/decon_num_4-2.pdf |page=32 |author=United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization |title=Developments in Cape Verde |journal=Decolonization |volume=2 |issue=4| date=March 1975 | access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Central African Republic}}
|[[Public holidays in the Central African Republic|National Day]]
|{{sort|12-01|1 December}}
|1958
|rowspan="4" |{{flag|France}}
|Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the [[French Community]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/burkina-faso/burkina-faso-independence-day |title=Independence Day in Burkina Faso in 2020 |publisher=Office Holidays Ltd. |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Independence Day (Central African Republic)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-13|13 August}}
|1960<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/central-african-republic/central-african-republic-independence-day |title=Independence Day in Central African Republic in 2020 |publisher=Office Holidays Ltd. |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Chad}}
|[[Republic Day (Chad)|Republic Day]]
|{{sort|11-28|28 November}}
|1958<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/chad/chad-republic-day |title=Republic Day in Chad in 2020 |publisher=Office Holidays Ltd. |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the [[French Community]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDgZhetwQwIC&pg=PA17 |page=17 |title=Profiles of Newly Independent States |series=Geographic Bulletin |volume=1 |author=Bureau of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State |publisher=Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs |date= May 1965}}</ref>
|-
|[[Independence Day (Chad)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-11|11 August}}
|1960
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
|- 
|{{flag|Chile}}
|[[Independence Day (Chile)|Independence Day]] (part of [[Fiestas Patrias (Chile)|Fiestas Patrias]])
|{{sort|09-18|18 September}}
|1810
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Establishment of the [[Government Junta of Chile (1810)|Government Junta of Chile]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKV1WRT8ToEC&pg=PA398 |page=398 |title=Historical Dictionary of Chile |first=Salvatore |last=Bizzarro |edition=3rd |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2005 |isbn=9780810865426}}</ref> The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://cl.usembassy.gov/holiday-calendar/ |title=2020 Holiday Calendar |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Chile |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> The two holidays collectively are known as [[Fiestas Patrias (Chile)|Fiestas Patrias]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://santiagotimes.cl/2017/09/05/fiestas-patrias-in-chile-what-is-going-on/ |title=Fiestas Patrias in Chile – What is going on? |date=5 September 2017 |publisher=The Santiago Times |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|[[Independence Day (Colombia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-20|20 July}}
|1810
|{{flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Colombian Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Comoros}}
|[[Independence Day (Comoros)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-06|6 July}}
|1975
|{{Flag|France}}
|Unilateral declaration of independence by the Chamber of Deputies of Comoros following the [[1974 Comorian independence referendum]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmNCDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA319 |page=319 |title=Comoros |encyclopedia=Political Handbook of the World 2016–2017 |editor-first=Tom |editor-last=Lansford |volume=1 |year=2017 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-5063-2718-1}}</ref>
|- id=C
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Democratic Republic of the}}
|[[Independence Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-30|30 June}}
|1960
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|Effective date of the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance and Co-operation between Belgium and the Congo concluded on 29 June 1960.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiKQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |page= 126 |title=Decolonization: Belgian Territories |first=Freya |last=Baetens |encyclopedia=International Development Law: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law |year= 2019 |editor-first1=Petra |editor-last1=Minnerop |editor-first2=Rüdiger |editor-last2=Wolfrum |editor-first3=Frauke |editor-last3=Lachenmann |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-883509-7}}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|Republic of the Congo|name=Congo, Republic of the}}
|[[Republic Day (Republic of the Congo)|Republic Day]]
|{{sort|11-28|28 November}}
|1958<ref name=congo/>
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|France}}
|Effective date when Congo became an autonomous republic in the [[French Community]].<ref name=congo>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-a7fOs19r9IC&pg=PA239 |page=239 |title=Congo |encyclopedia=Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010 |volume=7 |editor-first1=Andreas |editor-last1=Mehler |editor-first2=Henning |editor-last2=Melber |editor-first3=Klaas |editor-last3=Walraven |publisher=BRILL |year=2011 |isbn=9789004205567}}</ref>
|-
|[[Independence Day (Republic of the Congo)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-15|15 August}}
|1960
|Congo gains full independence from France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/african-history-biographies/fulbert-youlou|title=Fulbert Youlou facts, information, pictures – Encyclopedia.com articles about Fulbert Youlou|access-date=27 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128051046/http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/african-history-biographies/fulbert-youlou|archive-date=28 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Costa Rica}}
|[[Independence Day (Costa Rica)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-15|15 September}}
|1821
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Act of Independence of Central America]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}}
|[[Statehood Day (Croatia)|National Day]]
|{{sort|05-30|30 May}}<ref name=croatia/>
|1990<ref name=croatia1990/>
|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|First session of the [[Croatian Parliament]] following the [[1990 Croatian parliamentary election]].<ref name=croatia1990>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMsXbup0fWcC&pg=PA127 |page=127 |title=Transforming National Holidays: Identity discourse in the West and South Slavic countries, 1985–2010 |editor-first1=Ljiljana |editor-last1=Šarić |editor-first2=Karen |editor-last2=Gammelgaard |editor-first3=Kjetil Rå |editor-last3=Hauge |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=9789027272973 |volume=47 |series=Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture |chapter=Croatia in search of a national day: Front-page presentations of national-day celebrations, 1988–2005 |first=Ljiljana |last=Šarić}}</ref> 8 October (when the parliament adopted a decision to sever constitutional relations with [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in 1991) and 25 June (when the parliament voted for independence in 1991) were also celebrated as independence days. After the 2019 changes to the law on public holidays, 8 October is the Parliament Day and 25 June is the Independence Day, but they are memorial days and not public holidays.<ref name=croatia>{{cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/dan-drzavnosti-ponovno-cr-se-slaviti-30-svibnja-a-uvodi-se-novi-blagdan-i-neradni-dan-18-studenog-1359458|title=Dan državnosti ponovno će se slaviti 30. svibnja, a uvodi se novi blagdan i neradni dan 18. studenog |work=[[Večernji list]] |first=Tea |last=Romić |date=14 November 2019 |language=hr |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|[[Independence Day (Cuba)|Independence Day]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://cu.usembassy.gov/holiday-calendar-2/ |title=Holiday Calendar 2020 |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Cuba |access-date=13 March 2020 }}</ref>
|{{sort|10-10|10 October}}
|1868<ref>{{cite web| url=https://annsvg.com/index.php/2018/10/24/cubans-commemorate-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-commencement-of-wars-for-independence/ |title=Cubans commemorate the 150th anniversary of the commencement of wars for independence |date=24 October 2018 |publisher=Asberth News Network |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Call to rebellion (known as [[Grito de Yara]]) by sugar planter [[Carlos Manuel de Céspedes|Carlos Manuel de Cespedes]] that led to the [[Ten Years' War]] for independence.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://cubanstudiesinstitute.us/this-day-in-cuban-history/this-day-in-cuban-history-october-10-1868-grito-de-yara/ |title=This Day In Cuban History – October 10, 1868. Grito De Yara |publisher=The Cuban Studies Institute |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Cyprus}}
|[[Independence Day (Cyprus)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-01|1 October}}
|1960
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the [[London-Zürich Agreements]] was 16 August 1960, but the public holiday was moved to 1 October to avoid summer heat and tourist season.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=The Cyprus Review |volume=13–14 |year=2001 |page=99 |title=Independence Postponed: Cyprus 1959–1960 |first=Hubert |last=Faustmann |url=https://www.academia.edu/219003 }}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|[[Czechoslovak declaration of independence|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-28|28 October}}
|1918
|{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
|Independence declaration by the [[Czechoslovak National Council]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/day-coup-28-october-1918 |title=The Day of the Coup: 28 October 1918 |work=The First World War and the End of the Habsburg monarchy |publisher=Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. |translator= Abigail Prohaska |first=Martin |last=Mutschlechner |date=17 June 2014 |access-date=13 March 2020 }}</ref> Official day of independence of the [[Czech Republic]]
|-
|[[Restoration Day (Czech Republic)|Restoration Day]]
|{{sort|01-01|1 January}}
|1993<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.mzv.cz/london/en/about_the_czech_republic/basic_information_on_the_czech_republic/index.html |title=Basic information on the Czech Republic |publisher=Embassy of the Czech Republic in London |access-date=13 March 2020 }}</ref>
|{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|Effective date of the [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|Peaceful Dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] into [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]].<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30059011 |publisher=BBC |title=Czech Republic Slovakia: Velvet Revolution at 25 |date=17 November 2014 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
|- id=D 
|{{flag|Djibouti}}
|[[Independence Day (Djibouti)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-27|27 June}}
|1977
|{{flag|France|1974}}
|Independence from France following a [[1977 Afars and Issas independence referendum|successful independence referendum]] held in May 1977.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p322 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Dominica}}
|[[Independence Day (Dominica)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-03|3 November}}
|1978
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Independence from the United Kingdom following the creation of the Dominican constitution.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica - Dominica">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Dominica |title=Encyclopedia Britannica - Dominica |access-date=29 June 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012123836/https://www.britannica.com/place/Dominica |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3" |{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|rowspan="2" |[[Independence Day (Dominican Republic)|Independence Day]]
|{{Sort|12-01|1 December}}
|1821
|{{flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Independence from Spain in December 1821.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embassy of the Dominican Republic, in the United States |url=http://www.domrep.org/gen_info.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626100357/http://www.domrep.org/gen_info.html |archive-date=26 June 2015 |access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|02-27|27 February}}
|1844
|{{flagcountry|Republic of Haiti (1820–1849)}}
|Independence re-declared from [[Haiti]] in 1844, after a 22-year occupation. Start of the [[Dominican War of Independence]].
|-
|[[Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)|Restoration Day]]
|{{sort|08-16|16 August}}
|1863
|{{flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Day of [[Grito del Capotillo]] on August 16, 1863. Independence officially restored from Spain on July 11, 1865, after victory in the [[Dominican Restoration War]]. 
|- id=E
|{{flag|Ecuador}}
|[[Independence Day (Ecuador)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-10|10 August}}
|1809
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Proclaimed independence on 10 August 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on 2 August 1810.
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|[[Revolution Day (Egypt)|Revolution Day]]
|{{sort|07-23|23 July}}
|1952
|{{UK}}
|The [[1952 Egyptian revolution|Egyptian Revolution of 1952]] abolished the [[Kingdom of Egypt]], ended [[History of Egypt under the British|British influence]] in the country, and established [[Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)|an independent republic]].<ref name="MFA_country_profile">{{cite web|title=Egypt Country Profile|url=https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/InsideEgypt/Pages/CountryProfile.aspx|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt|publisher=MFA (Egypt)|accessdate=3 January 2018|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715175626/https://www.mfa.gov.eg/English/InsideEgypt/Pages/CountryProfile.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|El Salvador}}
|[[Independence Day (El Salvador)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-15|15 September}}
|1821
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Act of Independence of Central America]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|- 
|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|[[Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-12|12 October}}
|1968
|{{flag|Spain|1945}}
|Independence from Spain following the country's [[1968 Spanish Guinean general election|only free and fair election to date]] in September 1968.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=16378 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022184931/https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=16378 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2020 |title=Congratulations marking Independence Day continue to arrive |date=10 September 2020 |publisher=Equatorial Guinea Press and Information Office |access-date=10 September 2020 }}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Eritrea}}
|[[Independence Day (Eritrea)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|05-24|24 May}}
|1991
|{{flag|Ethiopia|1991}}
|[[Eritrean War of Independence]].
|-. 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Estonia}}
|[[Independence Day (Estonia)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Estonia)|Iseseisvuspäev]])
|{{sort|02-24|24 February}}
|1918
|{{Flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}<br/>{{Flag|German Empire|name=Germany}}
|[[Estonian Declaration of Independence]].
|-
|[[Estonian Restoration of Independence|Day of Restoration of Independence]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{sort|08-20|20 August}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://estonianworld.com/life/estonia-celebrates-the-day-of-restoration-of-independence/|title=Estonia celebrates the Day of Restoration of Independence|date=20 August 2017|website=Estonian World|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714155538/https://estonianworld.com/life/estonia-celebrates-the-day-of-restoration-of-independence/|archive-date=14 July 2019|url-status=live|access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>
|[[Estonian Restoration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Eswatini}}
|Independence Day (Somhlolo Day)
|{{sort|09-06|6 September}}
|1968
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Commemorates independence.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=https://www.state.gov/eswatini-national-day/|title=Eswatini National Day|publisher=[[U. S. Department of State]]|date=September 6, 2022|accessdate=August 2, 2023}}</ref> Also called Somhlolo Day or Subhuza Day, after the 19th-century leader [[Sobhuza I]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Trawicky |first=Bernard|date=2009|title=Anniversaries and Holidays|trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDbKexa1jfcC|language=English |location= |isbn=978-0-8389-1004-7|page=150|publisher=American Library Association }}</ref>
|- id=F
|{{flag|Fiji}}
|[[Fiji Day]]
|{{sort|10-10|10 October}}
|1970
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Instruments of Independence]]
|- 
|{{flag|Finland}}
|[[Independence Day (Finland)|Independence Day]] ([[Itsenäisyyspäivä]])
|{{sort|12-06|6 December}}
|1917
|{{flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}
|[[Finnish Declaration of Independence]]
|- id=G
|{{flag|Gabon}}
|[[Independence Day (Gabon)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-16|16–17 August}}
|1960
|{{Flag|France}}
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 15 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
|- 
|{{flag|The Gambia|name=Gambia, The}}
|[[Independence Day (Gambia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|02-18|18 February}}
|1965
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the [[Gambia Independence Act 1964]].
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Georgia}}
|[[Independence Day (Georgia)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Georgia)|Damouk'ideblobis dghe]])
|{{sort|05-26|26 May}}
|1918
|{{Flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}
|Day of the proclamation of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] in 1918.
|-
|[[Day of National Unity (Georgia)|National Unity Day]]
|{{sort|04-09|9 April}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|Commemoration of both the [[April 9 tragedy]] 1989 (also known as Tbilisi Massacre, Tbilisi tragedy) when on [[Rustaveli Avenue]], in [[Tbilisi]] an anti-Soviet demonstration was dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries, as well as the declaration of independence by [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] following an [[1991 Georgian independence referendum|independence referendum]] in March 1991.<ref name="Sobchak">{{Cite web|url=http://sobchak.org/rus/docs/zakluchenie.htm|title=ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ Комиссии Съезда народных депутатов СССР по расследованию событий, имевших место в г. Тбилиси 9 апреля 1989 года|website=sobchak.org|access-date=2019-04-09|archive-date=2018-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819114114/http://sobchak.org/rus/docs/zakluchenie.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|[[German Unity Day]]
|{{sort|10-03|3 October}}
|1990
|{{flag|West Germany}}<br/>{{Flag|East Germany}}<br/>{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|It commemorates [[German reunification]] in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany ([[West Germany]]) and the German Democratic Republic ([[East Germany]]) were unified.
|- 
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|[[Independence Day (Ghana)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|03-06|6 March}}
|1957
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|On Wednesday, March 6, 1957, when [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the inaugural [[Prime Minister of Ghana]], declared to the people of Ghana about their freedom, he added that, "the African People are capable of managing their own affairs and Ghana our beloved country is free forever." [[Ghana]] was the first country in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] to achieve its independence from European colonial rule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.africa.com/5-things-know-ghana-independence-day/|title=5 Things To Know About Ghana's Independence Day|website=Africa.com|access-date=2018-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710225301/https://www.africa.com/5-things-know-ghana-independence-day/|archive-date=2018-07-10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/ghana/independence-day.php|title=History of Ghanaian Independence Day|website=officeholidays.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-10}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Greece}}
|[[Independence Day (Greece)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|03-25|25 March}}
|1821
|{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1517b}}
|Declaration of independence 1821. Start of the [[Greek War of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Grenada}}
|[[Independence Day (Grenada)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|02-07|7 February}}
|1974
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Accession of [[Sir Eric Gairy]] as the inaugural [[List of heads of government of Grenada|Prime Minister of Grenada]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Grenada |date=2025-02-05 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/grenada/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Guatemala}}
|[[Independence Day (Guatemala)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-15|15 September}}
|1821
|{{flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Act of Independence of Central America]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|- 
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|[[Independence Day (Guinea)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-02|2 October}}
|1958
|{{Flag|France}}
|Withdrawal of French authority after the collapse of the [[French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republic]] and establishment of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]] that led to an overwhelming vote for independence in a [[1958 Guinean constitutional referendum|referendum]] in September 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gladstein |first1=Alex |last2=Keita |first2=Mohamed |date=2024-10-16 |title=Macron Isn't So Post-Colonial After All |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/03/macron-france-cfa-franc-eco-west-central-africa-colonialism-monetary-policy-bitcoin/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|[[Independence Day (Guinea-Bissau)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-24|24 September}} 
|1973
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|Declaration of independence in September 1973 during the country's [[Guinea-Bissau War of Independence|war of liberation]], although it wouldn't be formally recognized by Portugal until a year later on September 10, 1974.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.eeas.europa.eu/archives/delegations/guinea_bissau/documents/press_corner/20160215_guide_guinea_bissau_european_union_afectos_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105234059/http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/delegations/guinea_bissau/documents/press_corner/20160215_guide_guinea_bissau_european_union_afectos_en.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-05 |url-status=live |title=Discovering Guinea-Bissau |first1=Joana |last1=Benzinho |first2=Marta |last2=Rosa |page=29 |access-date=20 September 2019 |isbn=978-989-20-6315-7 |publisher=NGO afectos com Letra |date=December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Johnson |first=Thomas A. |date=11 September 1974 |title=Portugal Formally Grants Guinea-Bissau Freedom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/11/archives/portugal-formally-grants-guineabissau-freedom-bissau-ignores-event.html |access-date=26 June 2021 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> 
|- 
|{{flag|Guyana}}
|[[Independence Day (Guyana)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|05-26|26 May}}
|1966
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|The [[Guyana Independence Act]] came into effect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parliament.gov.gy/about-parliament/history-of-parliament|title=History of Parliament|website=Parliament of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana|access-date=July 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702093620/https://www.parliament.gov.gy/about-parliament/history-of-parliament|archive-date=July 2, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- id=H
|{{flag|Haiti}}
|[[Independence Day (Haiti)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|01-01|1 January}}
|1804
|{{flagcountry|French First Republic}}<br/>{{flag|Spain|1785}}
|[[Haitian Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Honduras|2022}}
|[[Independence Day (Honduras)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-15|15 September}}
|1821
|{{flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Act of Independence of Central America]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|- id=I
|{{flag|Iceland}}
|[[Icelandic National Day|National Day]]
|{{sort|06-17|17 June}}
|1944
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|Effective date of the dissolution of the [[Danish–Icelandic Act of Union]] following the [[1944 Icelandic constitutional referendum]].<ref name=profiles6>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDgZhetwQwIC&pg=PA6 |page=6 |title=Profiles of Newly Independent States |series=Geographic Bulletin |volume=1 |author=Bureau of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State |publisher=Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs |date= May 1965}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|India}}
|[[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (India)|Swatantra Diwas]]) 
|{{sort|08-15|15 August}}
|1947
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the [[Indian Independence Act 1947]].{{efn|Independence was at midnight on the 14/15 August, Pakistan chose to celebrate independence on the 14th and India on the 15th.}}
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|[[Independence Day (Indonesia)|Independence Day]] ([[Hari Kemerdekaan]])
|{{sort|08-17|17 August}}
|1945
|{{Flag|Empire of Japan|name=Japan}}<br/>{{Flag|Dutch Empire|name=Netherlands}}
|[[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|[[Independence Day (Iraq)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-03|3 October}}
|1932
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Iraq joined the [[League of Nations]] after gaining formal independence.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last1=Aldroubi |first1=Mina |last2=Mahmoud |first2=Sinan |title=The three kings of Iraq: How a short-lived monarchy changed the country forever |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2021/08/23/the-three-kings-of-iraq-how-a-short-lived-monarchy-changed-the-country-forever/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Israel}}
|[[Independence Day (Israel)|Independence Day]] ([[Yom Ha'atzmaut]])
|{{sort|04-15|Iyar&nbsp;5 <small>(On or between 15 April and 15 May, depending on the [[Hebrew calendar]]).</small>}}
|{{sort|1948|1948}}
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br/>{{flagicon|League of Nations}} [[Mandate for Palestine|British Mandate for Palestine]]
|[[Israeli Declaration of Independence]] on 14 May 1948 (5&nbsp;Iyar 5708 in the [[Hebrew calendar]]). [[Yom Ha'atzmaut]] is celebrated on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nearest to 5&nbsp;Iyar, so it occurs between 3&nbsp;and 6&nbsp;Iyar each year; this means that the holiday can fall any time between and including 15 April and 15 May, according to the [[Gregorian calendar]].
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|[[Anniversary of the Unification of Italy|Anniversary of the Unification]]
|It celebrates the birth of [[Italy]] as a modern [[nation state]], which took place following the [[proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy]] on 17 March 1861. However, the complete [[unification of Italy]] took place only in the following years.
{{sort|03-17|17 March}}
|1861
|{{flag|Austrian Empire|name=Austrian Empire}}
|The [[Political movement|political]] and [[social movement]] that on 17 March 1861 ended in the [[Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy|annexation]] of [[List of historic states of Italy|various states]] of the [[Italian peninsula]] and its outlying isles to the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]], resulting in the creation of the [[Kingdom of Italy]].
|-
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|[[Independence Day (Ivory Coast)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-07|7 August}}
|1960
|{{flag|France}}
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
|- id=J
|{{flag|Jamaica}}
|[[Independence Day (Jamaica)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-06|6 August}}
|1962
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Independence of Jamaica]].
|-
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|[[Independence Day (Jordan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|05-25|25 May}}
|1946
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br/>{{Flag|Emirate of Transjordan}}<br/>{{flagdeco|League of Nations}} [[Mandate for Palestine]]
|Ascension of [[Abdullah I of Jordan]] to the throne.<ref name="profiles6" />
|- id=K
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|[[Kazakhstan Independence Day|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|12-16|16 December}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|The [[Supreme Soviet (Kazakhstan)|Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan]] passed the ''Constitutional Independence Law of Republic of Kazakhstan'', and was the last country to declare independence from the Soviet Union.
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Kenya}}
|[[Madaraka Day]]
|{{sort|06-01|1 June}}
|1963
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Kenya attained internal self rule after being a British colony since 1920.<ref name="madaraka2011KBC">{{cite news | first=Glena | last=Nyamwaya | url=http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=70517 | title=Kenya marks 48 years of self-rule | date=1 June 2011 | work=Kenya Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate=2011-06-01 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321070453/http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=70517 | archivedate=21 March 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Jamhuri Day]]
|{{sort|12-12|12 December}}
|1963
|[[Jomo Kenyatta]] was inaugurated as the first [[President of Kenya]].<ref name="factsfigures">[http://www.mfa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=206&Itemid=155 Facts and Figures] Government of Kenya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Accessed 1 June 2011)</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Kiribati}}
|[[National Day (Kiribati)|National Day]]
|{{sort|07-12|12 July}}
|1979
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Kiribati gained its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign state in 1979.
|- 
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|[[National Liberation Day of Korea]] ([[National Liberation Day of Korea|Chogukhaebangŭi nal]])
|{{sort|08-15|15 August}}
|1945
|rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Empire of Japan|name=Japan}}
|Liberation from the [[Empire of Japan]] in 1945. See [[Japanese Occupation of Korea]]. The [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea]] was founded in 1948. 
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|South Korea|}}
|[[March 1st Movement]] ([[Samiljeol]])
|{{sort|03-01|1 March}}
|1919
|[[Korean Declaration of Independence]] in 1919. This day is celebrated as [[Samiljeol]], or Independence Proclamation Day.
|-
|[[National Liberation Day of Korea]] ([[Gwangbokjeol]])
|{{sort|08-15|15 August}}
|1945
|Liberation from the [[Empire of Japan]] in 1945. See [[Japanese Occupation of Korea]]. The [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] was founded in 1919. 
|- 
|{{flag|Kosovo}}
|[[Kosovo Independence Day|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|02-17|17 February}}
|2008
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|February 17 is celebrated as Independence Day in Kosovo, commemorating the declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, marking a significant milestone in the nation's history.
|- 
|- 
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|[[National Day (Kuwait)|National Day]]
|{{sort|02-25|25 February}}
|1961
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Independence actually occurred on 19 June 1961, but celebrate on 25 February each year to honor [[Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah|Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim]], who is credited with ending the treaties with Britain and instigating democratic life in Kuwait.
|- 
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|[[Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-31|31 August}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|The [[Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)|Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan]] adopted a law on the "Declaration on State Independence of the Republic of [[Kyrgyzstan]]".<ref name="Kemel Toktomushev">{{cite book |author1=[[Kemel Toktomushev]] |title=Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy |date=October 4, 2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781315533483 |pages=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCAlDwAAQBAJ&dq=kyrgyzstan+declaration+of+independence+31+august&pg=PA78 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=English |quote=Accordingly, on 31 August 1991, the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic ceased to exist, giving way to the newly independent Kyrgyz Republic.}}</ref>
|- id=L
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Latvia}}
|[[Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia]] ([[Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia|Proklamēšanas diena]])
|{{sort|11-18|18 November}}
|1918
|{{flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}<br/>{{Flag|German Empire|name=Germany}}
|Proclamation of independence on 18 November 1918. Latvia was part of [[Russian Empire]] prior to World War I, but its territory [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Russia–Central Powers)|had been ceded]] to [[German Empire]] in March 1918.
|-
|[[Day of the Restoration of Latvian Independence|Day of Restoration of Independence]] 
|{{sort|05-04|4 May}}
|1990
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|[[On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia]].
|- 
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|[[Lebanese Independence Day|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-22|22 November}}
|1943
|{{Flagcountry|Vichy France}}
|Domestic and international pressure forced France to release the Lebanese prisoners from [[Rashaya Citadel]].<ref>[http://www.lgic.org/en/history_lebanon1516.php www.lgic.org], (1920-1943) Mandate Period and Independence. URL accessed 7 June 2008.</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|[[Independence Day (Lesotho)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-04|4 October}}
|1966
|{{UK}}
|Name of the country changed from [[Basutoland]] to Lesotho.<ref name="hansenvaa">{{cite book |author=Karen Tranberg Hansen, Mariken Vaa |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Anai%3Adiva-103 |title=Reconsidering Informality: Perspectives from Urban Africa |publisher=Nordic African Institute |year=2004 |isbn=91-7106-518-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/reconsideringinf00hans/page/n179 180] |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Liberia}}
|[[Independence Day (Liberia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-26|26 July}}
|1847
|{{flagicon image|Emblem of American Colonization Society.svg}} [[American Colonization Society]]
|[[Liberian Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Libya}}
|[[Independence Day (Libya)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|12-24|24 December}}
|1951
|{{UK}}<br/>{{flag|Italy}}<br/>{{flag|France}}
|Independence from [[Italy]] on 10 February 1947, released from [[British Empire|British]] and [[France|French]] on 24 December 1951.
|-
|{{flag|Liechtenstein}} 
|[[Liechitenstein national day|National Day]]
|{{sort|08-15|15 August}}
|1866
|{{Flag|German Confederation}}
|Separation of the country from the German Confederation following the [[Austro-Prussian War]].<ref>[https://www.liechtenstein.li/en/country-and-people/state-symbols/national-day/ National Day] Liechtenstein. Retrieved June 16, 2017.</ref> 
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Lithuania}}
|[[Act of Independence of Lithuania|Statehood Restoration Day]] ([[Act of Independence of Lithuania|Valstybės atkūrimo diena]])
|{{sort|02-16|16 February}}
|1918
|{{flag|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}<br/>{{Flag|German Empire|name=Germany}}
|[[Act of Independence of Lithuania]].
|-
|[[Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania|Independence Restoration Day]]
|{{sort|03-11|11 March}}
|1990
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|[[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania]].
|- id=M 
|{{flag|Madagascar}}
|[[Independence Day (Madagascar)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-26|26 June}}
|1960
|{{Flag|France}}
|Separation of the autonomous [[Malagasy Republic]] from the [[French Community]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Madagascar in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/madagascar/madagascar-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Malawi}}
|[[Independence Day (Malawi)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-06|6 July}}
|1964
|rowspan="3" |{{UK}}
|Name of the country changed from [[Nyasaland]] to Malawi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Malawi in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/malawi/malawi-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|[[Independence Day (Malaysia)|Independence Day/National Day]] ([[Independence Day (Malaysia)|Hari Kemerdekaan/Hari Kebangsaan]])
|{{sort|08-31|31 August}}
|1957
|[[Malayan Declaration of Independence]].
|-
|[[Malaysia Day]] ([[Hari Malaysia]])
|{{sort|09-16|16 September}}
|1965
|[[Proclamation of Malaysia]]
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Maldives}}
|[[National Day (Maldives)|National Day]]
|1st of [[Rabi' al-Awwal]], 3rd month of [[Lunar Hijri calendar|Islamic calendar]]
|1573
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Portugal (1521).svg}} [[Portuguese Empire|Portugal]]
|Termination of Portuguese rule in the archipelago following the uprising of [[Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam|Mohamed Thakurufaanu]] in 1573.<ref name="Ministry of Home Affairs">{{cite web |title=Maldives National Day |url=http://en.homeaffairs.gov.mv/?page_id=106 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130413162006/http://en.homeaffairs.gov.mv/?page_id=106 |archivedate=April 13, 2013 |publisher=}}</ref>
|-
|[[Independence Day (Maldives)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-26|26 July}}
|1965
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Independence agreement formalized in [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]], signed by Prime Minister [[Ibrahim Nasir]] and High Commissioner [[Michael Walker (diplomat)|Sir Michael Walker]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maldives Independence Day 2024: Celebrating 59 Years Of Autonomy |url=https://localeventstoday.com/maldives-independence-day-celebrating-years-of-autonomy/ |website=Local Events Today |date=27 July 2022 |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Mali}}
|[[Independence Day (Mali)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-22|22 September}}
|1960
|{{Flag|France}}
|Dissolution of the [[Mali Federation]] following secession of Senegal led to the independence of the [[French Sudan|Sudanese Republic]] as the Republic of Mali.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maliembassy.us/index.php/2012-02-27-16-59-35/public-holidays |title=Public Holidays |website=Embassy of the Republic of Mali to the United States |access-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920234345/http://maliembassy.us/index.php/2012-02-27-16-59-35/public-holidays |archive-date=20 September 2018 }}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Malta}}
|[[Independence Day (Malta)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-21|21 September}}
|1964
|{{UK}}
|Malta Independence Act.<ref name=Proclamation>{{cite web|last=British Parliament|title=Malta Independence Act|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/86/pdfs/ukpga_19640086_en.pdf|publisher=Legislative.gov.uk, National British Government|accessdate=March 19, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Marshall Islands}} 
|Constitution Day
|{{sort|05-01|1 May}}
|1979
|{{flag|United States|1960}}
|[[Constitution of the Marshall Islands]] enacted in force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wipolex.wipo.int/fr/text/201113|title=Constitution of the Marshall Islands|website=wipolex.wipo.int}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|[[Independence Day (Mauritania)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-28|28 November}}
|1960
|{{flag|France}}
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 19 October.<ref name=whiteman/>
|-
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|[[Independence Day (Mauritius)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|03-12|12 March}}
|1968
|{{UK}}
|[[Constitution of Mauritius]] enacted in force.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1968 |title=Independence For Mauritius (1968) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tV4zoHsYqU |website=Youtube |publisher=[[British Pathé]]}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|[[Independence Day (Mexico)|Independence Day]] (''Día de la Independéncia'')<br />[[Cry of Dolores]] (''Grito de Dolores'')
|{{sort|09-16|16 September}}
|1810
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Start of the [[Mexican War of Independence]].
|-
|{{flag|Micronesia}} 
|[[Independence Day (Micronesia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-03|3 November}} 
|1986
|{{flag|United States|1960}}
|Effective date of the [[Compact of Free Association]].
|- 
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|[[Independence Day (Republic of Moldova)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Republic of Moldova)|Ziua Independenței]])
|{{sort|08-27|27 August}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Soviet Union}}
|[[Moldovan Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|[[Independence Day (Mongolia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|12-29|29 December}}<ref>Xiaoyuan Liu – Reins of Liberation, p.6</ref>
|1911
|{{Flag|Qing dynasty}}<ref>Stephen Kotkin, Bruce A. Elleman – Mongolia in the twentieth century: landlocked cosmopolitan, p.74</ref><ref>David Sneath – The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia, p.36</ref>
|[[Mongolian Revolution of 1911|Independence declared]] in 1911 during the [[1911 Revolution|Xinhai Revolution]]. However, Mongolian independence was neither recognized by [[Qing dynasty|Qing China]] nor its successor state, the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]. The newly established [[Bogd Khanate of Mongolia]] led by the Bogd Khan lasted for 8 years until it was occupied by the Republic of China in 1919, to regain independence not long after.The [[Imperial Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor]] issued in 1912 provided the legal basis for the [[Republic of China]] to inherit all Qing territories, including Mongolia.<ref name=Mongolia1>{{cite book|last1=Esherick|first1=Joseph|last2=Kayali|first2=Hasan|last3=Van Young|first3=Eric|title=Empire to Nation: Historical Perspectives on the Making of the Modern World|year=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reKxAAAAQBAJ&q=complete+territories+of+manchu,+han,+mongol,+hui,+tibetan&pg=PA245|page=245|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=9780742578159}}</ref><ref name=Mongolia2>{{cite book|last1=Zhai|first1=Zhiyong|title=憲法何以中國|year=2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziEwDwAAQBAJ&q=仍合滿、漢、蒙、回、藏五族完全領土為一大中華民國&pg=PA190|page=190|publisher=City University of HK Press |isbn=9789629373214}}</ref><ref name=Mongolia3>{{cite book|last1=Gao|first1=Quanxi|title=政治憲法與未來憲制|year=2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P46rDAAAQBAJ&q=仍合滿、漢、蒙、回、藏五族完全領土為一大中華民國&pg=PA273|page=273|publisher=City University of HK Press |isbn=9789629372910}}</ref> The Republic of China later established [[Occupation of Mongolia|''de facto'' control]] over Mongolia in 1919. Mongolia subsequently [[Mongolian Revolution of 1921|re-asserted its independence]] in 1921. During the years of socialism, the value of this historically important day was ignored, but the law of the [[State Greate Khural]] of the Republic of Mongolia on August 16, 2007, made December 29 a public holiday, and later enshrined it into law on December 23, 2011, making it a public holiday, the Day of the Restoration of National Freedom and Independence. 
|- 
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|[[Independence Day (Montenegro)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|05-21|21 May}}
|2006
|{{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|[[2006 Montenegrin independence referendum]].
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Morocco}}
|[[Proclamation of Independence of Morocco|Proclamation of Independence Day]]
|{{sort|01-11|11 January}}
|1944
|rowspan="2" |{{Flag|France}}<br/>{{Flag|Spain|1938}}
|[[Proclamation of Independence of Morocco|Proclamation of Independence]].
|-
|[[Independence Day (Morocco)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-18|18 November}}
|1955
|Return of [[Mohammed V of Morocco]] from exile. 
|- 
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|[[Independence Day (Mozambique)|Independence Day]]<br>(''[[Dia da Independência Nacional]]'')
|{{sort|06-25|25 June}}
|1975
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|In September 1964 the [[FRELIMO|Mozambique Liberation Front]] ([[FRELIMO]]) began an armed guerilla campaign against the Portuguese. FRELIMO took control of [[Maputo]] in April 1974 in a coup. Independence for Mozambique was officially declared a year later on 25 June 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Mozambique in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/mozambique/mozambique-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|[[Independence Day (Myanmar)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Myanmar)|Lwatlautrayynae]])
|{{sort|01-04|4 January}}
|1948
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Burmese Declaration of Independence]].
|- id=N
|{{flag|Namibia}}
|[[Independence Day (Namibia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|03-21|21 March}}
|1990
|{{Flag|South Africa|1982}}
|The [[Tripartite Accord (1988)|New York Accords]] signed in December 1988 guaranteed Namibian independence two years later.<ref name="UNTripartite Agreement">{{cite web|url=http://peacemaker.un.org/angola-tripartite-agreement88|title=Agreement among the People's Republic of Angola, the Republic of Cuba, and the Republic of South Africa (Tripartite Agreement)|publisher=United Nations}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Nauru}}
|[[Independence Day (Nauru)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|01-31|31 January}}
|1968
|{{Flag|Australia}}<br/>{{Flag|New Zealand}}<br/>{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the ''[[Nauru Independence Act 1967]]''. Also marks the date of the return of the Nauruans from [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk island]] after the [[Japanese occupation of Nauru]] during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonwealthbc.com/2023/01/31/__trashed-2/|title=Celebrating Nauru Independence Day|date=31 January 2023|publisher=Commonwealth Business Communications LTD.}}</ref> 
|-
|{{flag|Nicaragua}}
|[[Independence Day (Nicaragua)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-15|15 September}}
|1821
|{{flag|Spain|1785}}
|[[Act of Independence of Central America]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
|- 
|{{flag|Niger}}
|[[Independence Day (Niger)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-03|3 August}}
|1960
|{{Flag|France}}
|Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July.<ref name=whiteman/>
|- 
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|[[Independence Day (Nigeria)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-01|1 October}}
|1960
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Nigeria Independence Act 1960.<ref>Nigeria Independence Act 1960, 8 & 9 Eliz. 2 c.55</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|North Macedonia}}
|[[Republic Day (North Macedonia)|Republic Day]]
|{{sort|08-02|2 August}}
|1903
|{{Flag|Ottoman Empire}}
|Republic Day: Recognition of the establishment of the short-lived [[Kruševo Republic]] during the [[Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising|Ilinden Uprising]].
|-
|[[Independence Day (North Macedonia)|Independence Day]] ([[Den na nezavisnosta]])
|{{sort|09-08|8 September}}
|1991
|{{Flag|Yugoslavia}}
|[[1991 Macedonian independence referendum]].<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] and Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook'', p.{{nbsp}}1278 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Norway}}
|[[Constitution Day (Norway)|Constitution Day]]
|{{sort|05-17|17 May}}
|1814
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|[[National Day]]: Independence and the [[Constitution of Norway]] (17 May 1814).
|-
|[[Independence Day (Norway)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-07|7 June}}
|1905
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|[[Union Dissolution Day|Union Dissolution and Independence Day]] (7 June 1905).
|- id=P
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|[[Independence Day (Pakistan)|Independence Day]] ([[Youm e azadi|Youm-e-Azadi]])
|{{sort|08-14|14 August}}
|1947
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the [[Indian Independence Act 1947]];{{efn|Independence was at midnight on the 14/15 August, Pakistan chose to celebrate independence on the 14th and India on the 15th.}}<ref name=profiles7>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDgZhetwQwIC&pg=PA7 |page=7 |title=Profiles of Newly Independent States |series=Geographic Bulletin |volume=1 |author=Bureau of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State |publisher=Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs |date= May 1965}}</ref> see also: [[Pakistan Day]] (23 March).
|-
|{{flag|Palau}} 
|[[Independence Day (Palau)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-01|1 October}}
|1994
|{{Flag|United States}}
|9 July 1980 is Palau's [[Constitution Day (Palau)|Constitution Day]] usually commemorated with formal events. Independence Day celebrations are more elaborate and last several days. 
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|Palestine}}
|rowspan="2" |[[Independence Day (Palestine)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-01|1 October}}
|1948
|rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Israel}}
|[[1948 Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] on 1 October 1948.
|-
|{{sort|11-15|15 November}}
|1988
|[[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]] on 15 November 1988.
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Panama}}
|[[Independence Day (Panama)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-28|28 November}}
|1821
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Independence Act of Panama]]
|-
|[[Separation Day (Panama)|Separation Day]]
|{{sort|11-03|3 November}}
|1903
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|Panama was member of Gran Colombia until 1903. The 1903 separation from Colombia is celebrated as an official holiday day on 3 November.
|- 
|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|[[Independence Day (Papua New Guinea)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-16|16 September}}
|1975
|{{flag|Australia}}
|Effective date of the ''[[Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975]]''
|- 
|{{flag|Paraguay}}
|[[Independence Day (Paraguay)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|05-14|14 and 15 May}}
|1811
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/05/209322.htm?goMobile=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129124214/https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/05/209322.htm?goMobile=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2015|title=Paraguay Independence Day}}</ref>
|[[Independence of Paraguay#Revolution of May 14|Revolution of May 14]].<ref>[http://paraguaybicentennial2011.blogspot.com/2011/02/paraguay-independence.html Paraguay independence]</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Peru}}
|[[Independence Day (Peru)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-28|28 July}}
|1821
|rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|Peruvian independence proclaimed by General [[José de San Martín]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-21|title=Independence Day - Peru traditions|url=http://www.perutraveltips.org/independence-day|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Peru Travel Tips|language=en-US}}</ref>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Philippines}}
|[[Independence Day (Philippines)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Philippines)|Araw ng Kalayaan]] or [[Independence Day (Philippines)|Araw ng Kasarinlan]])
|{{sort|06-12|12 June}}
|1898
|[[Philippine Declaration of Independence]] by [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] during the [[Philippine Revolution]] against Spain. The Philippines achieved self-rule from the [[United States]] on 4 July 1946, and celebrated 4 July as Independence Day until 1964.{{#tag:Ref|In 1962, President [[Diosdado Macapagal]] signed a proclamation which declared Tuesday, 12 June 1962 as a special public holiday in commemoration of the declaration of independence from Spain on that date in 1898. That proclamation did not move the date of the Independence Day holiday in the Philippines.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.bibingka.com/phg/documents/jun12.htm |title=Proclamation No. 28 Declaring 12 June as Philippine Independence Day |first=Diosdado |last=Macapagal |publisher=Philippine History Group of [[Los Angeles]] |access-date=11 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512212522/http://www.bibingka.com/phg/documents/jun12.htm |archive-date=12 May 2009}}</ref> The date of the holiday was moved in 1964, with the signing of Republic Act No. 4166.<ref>{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 4166 |url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1964/ra_4166_1964.html |date=4 August 1964 |access-date=5 August 2009}}</ref>}}
|-
|[[Republic Day (Philippines)|Republic Day]]
|{{sort|07-04|4 July}}
|1946
|{{Flag|United States|1912}}
|[[Treaty of Manila (1946)|Treaty of Manila]].<ref name=treaty1946>{{Citation
 |url         = http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/1/6/00000254.pdf
 |title       = Treat of General Relations between the United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines. Signed at Manila, on 4 July 1946
 |publisher   = United Nations
 |accessdate  = December 10, 2007
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723021900/http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/1/6/00000254.pdf
 |archive-date = July 23, 2011
}}.</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Poland}}
|[[National Independence Day (Poland)|Independence Day]] ([[Święto Niepodległości]])
|{{sort|11-11|11 November}}
|1918
|{{Flag|Russian Republic|name=Russia}}<br/>{{Flag|Austria-Hungary}}<br/>{{Flag|German Empire|name=Germany}}
|Restoration of Poland's independence in 1918 after 123 years of [[partitions of Poland|partitions]] by [[Russian Empire|Russia]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], and [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]].
|- 
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|[[Portuguese Restoration War|Restoration of Independence]]
|{{sort|12-01|1 December}}
|1640
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1506|name=Spain}}
|Portugal was officially an autonomous state, but the country was in a personal union with the Spanish crown from 1580 to 1640 – date of the restoration of full Portuguese autonomy from [[Iberian Union]] with Spain.<ref>The country's original independence (from the [[Kingdom of León]]) occurred on 24 June 1128 ([[Battle of São Mamede]]) and was recognized on 5 October 1143. That day is a holiday in Portugal, but for a different reason. (Implantation of the Republic, or Republic Day. [[5 October 1910 revolution|Event of 1910]].) Note that none of these events is similar to today's declarations or recognition of independence as these are in fact the recognition of the rule of a king to the land. Portugal existed as a separate entity before 1143 and during the union with Spain between 1580 and 1640.</ref>
|- id=Q
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|[[National Day (Qatar)|National Day]]
|{{sort|12-18|18 December}}
|1878
|{{Flag|Ottoman Empire|1844}}
|On 18 December 1878, [[Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani]] succeeded his father, [[Mohammed bin Thani]] as ruler of the Qatari Peninsula. He was deemed to have unified all the local tribes by combating external forces, such as the [[British Empire|British]]. He also earned a considerable degree of autonomy for the tribes of the peninsula.<ref name="dohanews1">{{cite web|url=http://dohanews.co/everything-you-need-to-know-about-qatar-national-day/|title=Everything you need to know about Qatar National Day 2012|publisher=[[Doha News]]|date=10 December 2012|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/member-states/single-view/news/unesco_doha_celebrates_qatar_national_day_with_qatar_national_commission/#.VOUYuPnF95Y|title=UNESCO Doha celebrates Qatar National Day with Qatar National Commission|publisher=UNESCO|date=17 December 2014|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>
|- id=R
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|Romania}}
|[[National Independence Day (Romania)|National Independence Day]]<br />({{lang|ro|Ziua Independenței Naționale}})
|{{sort|05-10|10 May}}
|1876
|{{Flag|Ottoman Empire|1844}}
|Romania's declaration of its independence and subsequent victory in the [[Romanian War of Independence]], part of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878]], against the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2018/05/09/9-mai-ziua-independentei-de-stat-a-romaniei--103952|title=9 Mai – Ziua Independenței de Stat a României|newspaper=[[Agerpres]]|date=9 May 2018|language=ro}}</ref>
|-
|[[Great Union Day]]<br />(''Ziua Unirii Mare'')
|{{Sort|12-01|1 December}}
|1918
|{{Flag|Kingdom of Romania}}<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of Transylvania before 1918.svg}} [[Transylvania|Austro-Hungarian Transylvania]]<br/>{{flagicon image|National flag of the Moldavian Democratic Republic.svg}} [[Moldavian Democratic Republic|Russian Bessarabia]]
|[[Great Union|Unification of Romania]] on 1 December 1918
|- 
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|[[Independence Day (Rwanda)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-01|1 July}}
|1962
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|Effective date of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] Resolution 1746 terminating the [[Rwanda-Urundi Trusteeship]].<ref name=un1746/><ref name=burundi/>
|- id=S
|{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|[[Independence Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-19|19 September}}
|1983
|rowspan="3" |{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[West Indies Associated States|Association]] with the United Kingdom fully terminated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/saint-kitts-and-nevis/saint-kitts-and-nevis-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 
|- 
|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
|[[Independence Day (Saint Lucia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|02-22|22 February}}
|1979
|[[West Indies Associated States|Association]] with the United Kingdom fully terminated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Saint Lucia in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/saint-lucia/saint-lucia-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|[[Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-27|27 October}}
|1979
|[[West Indies Associated States|Association]] with the United Kingdom fully terminated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Samoa}}
|[[Independence Day (Samoa)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-01|1 June}}
|1962
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|Named Western Samoa until 1997, it was the first [[Polynesia]]n nation to be recognized as a sovereign state in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/samoa/towards-independence|title=Towards independence - NZ in Samoa|author=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage|website=nzhistory.net.nz|date=19 July 2010|access-date=29 April 2011}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|[[Independence Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-12|12 July}}
|1975
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|Effective date of the agreement with Portugal reached on 26 November 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.ci.uc.pt/cd25a/wikka.php?wakka=descon12 |title=Acordo Portugal – MLSTP |publisher=University of Coimbra |work=Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril |language=pt |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FzT7IFsSKoC&pg=PA597 |page=597 |title=Independence Documents of the World |volume=2 |editor-first1=Albert P. |editor-last1=Samest Blaustein |editor-first2= Jay Adrian |editor-last2=Sigler |editor-first3= Benjamin R. |editor-last3=Beede |publisher=Oceana Publications Inc |year=1977 |isbn=0379007959}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|[[Independence Day (Senegal)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|04-04|4 April}}
|1960
|{{Flag|France}}
|Transfer of power agreement signed between the [[Mali Federation]] and France.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Critical bibliography of French literature: in three parts. The Twentieth |editor-last=Cabeen |editor-first=David Clark |editor-last2=Brooks |editor-first2=Richard A. |editor-last3=Alden |editor-first3=Douglas W. |publisher=Syracuse University Press |date=1 January 1980}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|[[Statehood Day (Serbia)|Statehood Day]]
|{{sort|02-15|15 February}}
|1804 and 1835
|{{Flag|Ottoman Empire}}
|Outbreak of the [[First Serbian Uprising]] in 1804, which evolved into a [[Serbian Revolution]]; the adoption of the first modern [[1835 Constitution of Serbia|constitution]] in 1835.
|- 
|{{flag|Seychelles}}
|[[Independence Day (Seychelles)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-29|29 June}}
|1976
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Sir James R. Mancham became the country's first President, with France-Albert René as Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Seychelles in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/seychelles/seychelles-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|[[Independence Day (Sierra Leone)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|04-27|27 April}}
|1961
|On 20 April 1960, Milton Margai led a 24-member Sierra Leonean delegation at constitutional conferences that were held with the Government of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and British Colonial Secretary [[Iain Macleod]] in negotiations for independence held in London. On the conclusion of talks in London on 4 May 1960, the United Kingdom agreed to grant Sierra Leone independence on 27 April 1961.<ref name="Murtala Mohammed Kamara">{{cite web |url=http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/printer_200517413.shtml |title=Sierra Leone was ripe for Independence: Exclusive interview with Reginald Boltman |publisher=News.sl |date=28 February 2011 |author=Murtala Mohammed Kamara |access-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126085732/http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/printer_200517413.shtml |archive-date=26 November 2013  }}</ref><ref name="Momoh">{{cite web|last=Momoh |first=John |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201105040814.html |title=Sierra Leone: Viewpoint – Celebrating a New Nation! |publisher=allAfrica.com |date=4 May 2011 |access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Singapore}}
|[[National Day (Singapore)|National Day]] ([[National Day (Singapore)|Hari Kebangsaan]])
|{{sort|08-09|9 August}}
|1965
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|[[Proclamation of Singapore]].
|- 
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|[[Independence Day (Slovakia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-28|28 October}}
|1918
|{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
|Independence declaration by the [[Czechoslovak National Council]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/day-coup-28-october-1918 |title=The Day of the Coup: 28 October 1918 |work=The First World War and the End of the Habsburg monarchy |publisher=Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. |translator= Abigail Prohaska |first=Martin |last=Mutschlechner |date=17 June 2014 |access-date=13 March 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Independence Day (Slovakia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-17|17 July}}
|1992
|{{flagdeco|Czech Republic}} [[Czech and Slovak Federative Republic|Czechoslovakia]]
|Declaration of Independence in 1992 (only a [[Remembrance days in Slovakia|remembrance day]]), [[de jure]] independence came on 1 January 1993, after the division of [[Czechoslovakia]] ([[Public holidays in Slovakia|public holiday]]).
|-
|[[Remembrance days in Slovakia|Restoration Day]]
|{{sort|01-01|1 January}}
|1993
|{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|Effective date of the [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] into [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]].<ref name="bbc.com"/>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|[[Statehood Day (Slovenia)|Statehood Day]]
|{{sort|06-25|25 June}}
|1991
|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|Date of Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
|- 
|[[Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia)|Independence and Unity Day]]
|{{sort|12-26|26 December}}
|1990
|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|Date of the release of the official results of the independence [[plebiscite]] in 1990, confirming [[secession]] from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].
|-
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|[[Independence Day (Solomon Islands)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-07|7 July}}
|1978
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Solomon Islands Act 1978]].<ref name =s1>Section 1 of the Solomon Islands Act 1978</ref>
|- 
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Somalia}}
|[[Independence Day (Somalia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|06-26|26 June}}
|1960
|rowspan=2|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br/>{{flag|Italy}}
|[[British Somaliland]] gained independence from the United Kingdom, although [[Italian Somaliland]] wouldn't do so from Italy until five days later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Somalia in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/somalia/somalia-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|[[Republic Day]]
|{{sort|07-01|1 July}}
|1960
|The former Italian and British Somalilands unified as the Somali Republic on July 1, 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Day in Somalia in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/somalia/somalia-republic-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|[[Independence Day (Sri Lanka)|Independence Day]] ([[Independence Day (Sri Lanka)|Jātika Dinaya]])
|{{sort|02-04|4 February}}
|1948
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Celebrates to commemorate the country's political independence from British rule in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Lanka Celebrates 72 Years of Nationhood |url=https://www.cpsctech.org/2020/01/sri-lanka-celebrates-72-years-of.html |access-date=2023-01-29}}</ref> Event celebrated annually.
|- 
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|[[Independence Day (Sudan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|01-01|1 January}}
|1956
|{{UK}}<br/>{{flag|Egypt|1952}}
|A polling process was carried out resulting in the composition of a democratic parliament and [[Ismail al-Azhari]] was elected first Prime Minister and led the first modern Sudanese government. On 1 January 1956, in a special ceremony held at the People's Palace, the Egyptian and British flags were lowered and the new Sudanese flag, composed of green, blue and yellow stripes, was raised in their place by the prime minister [[Ismail al-Azhari]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sudan-embassy.co.uk/en/content/blogcategory/28/37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120035130/http://sudan-embassy.co.uk/en/content/blogcategory/28/37 |archive-date=20 November 2008 |title=Brief History of the Sudan |publisher=Sudan Embassy in London |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|South Sudan}}
|[[Independence Day (South Sudan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-09|9 July}}
|2011
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|The [[2011 South Sudanese independence referendum]] resulted in an overwhelming 98.3% vote in favor of independence, with well over 60% turnout. The predetermined date for the creation of an [[South Sudan|independent state]] was 9 July 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12379431 |work=BBC News |title=South Sudan backs independence – results |date=7 February 2011 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125061032/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12379431 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pflanz |first=Mike |date=8 January 2011 |title=Sudan referendum: what's being voted on and what will happen? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404015810/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/8246615/Sudan-referendum-whats-being-voted-on-and-what-will-happen.html |archive-date=4 April 2019 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Suriname}}
|[[Independence Day (Suriname)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-25|25 November}}
|1975
|{{Flag|Dutch Empire|name=Netherlands}}
|Under the left-wing pro-independence [[Den Uyl cabinet]] Suriname gained independence, albeit with substantial Dutch foreign aid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nickerie.net/News2005/2005-11-24%20-%20tgf%20-%20Suriname%20was%20niet%20voorbereid%20op%20onafhankelijkheid.htm|title=Suriname was niet voorbereid op onafhankelijkheid|website=de Telegraaf via Nickerie.net|access-date=19 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Switzerland|size=23px}}
|[[Swiss National Day|National Day]]
|{{sort|08-01|1 August}}
|1291
|{{flag|Holy Roman Empire|1200}}
|Alliance against the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in 1291.
|- 
|{{flag|Syria}}
|[[Evacuation Day (Syria)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|04-17|17 April}}
|1946
|{{flagcountry|Provisional Government of the French Republic}}
|End of the [[Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon|French Mandate of Syria]] in 1946.
|- id=T 
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|[[Independence Day (Tajikistan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-09|9 September}}
|1991
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|On September 9, 1991, at the session [[Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR|Supreme Soviet]], a Resolution and Declaration "On State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan" was adopted, being formally signed by acting president [[Qadriddin Aslonov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vdushanbe.ru/guide/tajikistan/nezavisimost-tadzhikistana/|title=Независимость Таджикистана. Как это было? {{!}} 20 лет Независимости Республики Таджикистан {{!}} Справочник г. Душанбе|website=vdushanbe.ru|language=ru-RU|access-date=2017-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Emomali Rahmon: The Accidental Leader Who Has Stayed In Power For Decades|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/emomali-rahmon-the-accidental-leader-who-has-stayed-in-power-for-decades/30890337.html|access-date=2020-10-17|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|[[Independence Day (Tanzania)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|12-09|9 December}}
|1961
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Independence as [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]].
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Timor-Leste}}
|[[Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste)|Proclamation of Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-28|28 November}}
|1975
|{{flag|Portugal}}
|East Timor Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the Portuguese rule in 1975.
|-
|[[Independence Day (East Timor)|Independence Restoration Day]]
|{{sort|05-20|20 May}}
|2002
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|Timorese independence from [[East Timor (province)|Indonesian]] and [[United Nations Administered East Timor|United Nations]] administration in 2002.
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Togo}}
|[[Independence Day (Togo)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|04-27|27 April}}
|1960
|rowspan=2|{{flag|France}}
|On 13 October 1958 the French government announced that full independence would be granted. On 14 November 1958 the United Nations’ General Assembly took note of the French government's declaration according to which Togo which was under French administration would gain independence in 1960, thus marking an end to the trusteeship period. On 5 December 1959 the United Nations’ General Assembly resolved that the UN Trusteeship Agreement with France for Cameroon would end when Togo became independent on 27 April 1960.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Togo.aspx |title=Togo Facts, information, pictures &#124; Encyclopedia.com articles about Togo |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The future of Togoland under French administration|url=https://undocs.org/A/RES/1253(XIII)|website=undocs.org|publisher=United Nations|access-date=17 March 2017|language=en|id=A/RES/1253(XIII) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Date of the independence of the Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration|url=https://undocs.org/A/RES/1416(XIV)|website=undocs.org|publisher=United Nations|access-date=17 March 2017|id=A/RES/1416(XIV)|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318083301/http://undocs.org/A/RES/1416(XIV)|archive-date=18 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Liberation Day]]
|{{sort|01-13|13 January}}
|1963
|A military coup on 13 January 1963 led to the [[assassination]] of President [[Sylvanus Olympio]] by a group of soldiers under the direction of Sergeant [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]].<ref name="ellis93">{{cite journal|last=Ellis|first=Stephen|title=Rumour and Power in Togo|journal=Africa: Journal of the International African Institute|volume =63|issue=4|pages=462–476|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1993|doi=10.2307/1161002|jstor=1161002|s2cid=145261033 }}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Tonga}}
|[[Emancipation Day (Tonga)|Emancipation Day]]
|{{sort|06-04|4 June}}
|1970
|rowspan="2" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Termination of protectorate status in 1970.
|- 
|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|[[Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-31|31 August}}
|1962
|Effective date of the [[Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962]].
|- 
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|[[Independence Day (Tunisia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|03-20|20 March}}
|1956
|{{flag|France}}
|Termination of the [[Treaty of Bardo]] and signing of the [[Franco-Tunisian protocol]] led to the relinquishment of French authority over the country.<ref>[http://www.persee.fr/doc/polit_0032-342x_1958_num_23_2_2450 Victor Silvera, « Réflexions sur la crise des rapports franco-tunisiens », ''Politique étrangère'', vol. 23, No.&nbsp;2, 1958, {{p.|240}}]</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}
|[[Independence Day (Turkmenistan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-27|27 September}}
|1991
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan|last=Edgar|first=Adrienne Lynn|year=2004|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=Princeton|isbn=0-691-11775-6|page=1|quote=On October&nbsp;27, 1991, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union.}}</ref>
|[[Saparmurat Niyazov]] was elected as the inaugural [[President of Turkmenistan]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzizDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 |title=Turkmenistan Country Study Guide Volume 1 |date=2011 |publisher=International Business Publications |isbn=9781438749082 |location=Washington DC |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203123157/https://books.google.com/books?id=GzizDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|Tuvalu}}
|[[Independence Day (Tuvalu)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-01|1 October}}
|1978
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Toaripi Lauti]] became the inaugural [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu|Tuvaluan prime minister]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=Tuvalu Independence Day |url=https://nationaltoday.com/tuvalu-independence-day/#:~:text=Tuvalu%20Independence%20Day%20is%20remembered,Polynesian%20region%20of%20the%20oceans |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Nationaltoday.com |archive-date=5 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805230222/https://nationaltoday.com/tuvalu-independence-day/#:~:text=Tuvalu%20Independence%20Day%20is%20remembered,Polynesian%20region%20of%20the%20oceans |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- id=U 
|{{flag|Uganda}}
|[[Independence Day (Uganda)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-09|9 October}}
|1962
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Initially a [[Uganda (1962–1963)|Commonwealth realm]], the country would become [[History of Uganda (1963–1971)|a republic]] one year later.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=J. M.|title=Uganda's first year of Independence|journal=The Political Quarterly|date=January 1964|volume=35|issue=1|pages=35–45|doi=10.1111/j.1467-923X.1964.tb01966.x}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|[[Independence Day of Ukraine|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-24|24 August}}
|1991
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|[[Declaration of Independence of Ukraine]]
|-
|[[Day of Unity of Ukraine|Day of Unity]] ([[Unification Act#Unity of Ukraine Day|Den Sobornosti]])
|{{sort|01-22|22 January}}
|1919
|{{Flagcountry|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|1918}}<br/>{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
|[[Act Zluky|Unification of Ukraine]] on 22 January 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ua/mfa/en/publication/content/290.htm |title=Holidays |access-date=24 August 2008 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420145124/http://www.mfa.gov.ua/mfa/en/publication/content/290.htm |archive-date=20 April 2006}}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|[[National Day (United Arab Emirates)|National Day]]
|{{sort|12-02|2 December}}
|1971
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Merger of six emirates in the [[Persian Gulf]] (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah, and Umm Al Quwain) into a federal union.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-1021.html |title=Bahrain&nbsp;– Independence |publisher=Country-data.com |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226201621/http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-1021.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] or [[Fourth of July]]
|{{sort|07-04|4 July}}
|1776
|{{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|[[United States Declaration of Independence]]
|-
|{{flag|Uruguay}}
|[[Independence Day (Uruguay)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|08-25|25 August}}
|1825
|{{Flag|Empire of Brazil}}
|Declaration of independence and union with the [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]]
|- 
|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}
|[[Independence Day (Uzbekistan)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|09-01|1 September}}
|1991
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|Independence was declared in the same month as the [[1991 Soviet coup attempt|failed coup attempt]] in Moscow.<ref name=ind>Lubin, Nancy. "Independence". [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/uztoc.html ''A Country Study: Uzbekistan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831195935/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/uztoc.html |date=2013-08-31 }} (Glenn E. Curtis, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (March 1996). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref>
|- id=V
|{{flag|Vanuatu}}
|[[Independence Day (Vanuatu)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-30|30 July}}
|1980
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br/>{{flag|France|1974}}
|Name of the country changed from the [[New Hebrides]] to Vanuatu.<ref name="JM">{{cite web |last1=MacClancy |first1=Jeremy |title=To Kill a Bird with Two Stones – A Short History of Vanuatu |url=https://www.academia.edu/3279401 |via=Academia.edu |date=January 1981 |publisher=Vanuatu Cultural Centre |access-date=25 August 2020 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224084936/https://www.academia.edu/3279401 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Vatican City}} 
|[[Lateran Treaty]] Day
|{{sort|02-11|11 February}}
|1929
|{{Flag|Kingdom of Italy|name=Italy}}
|[[Lateran Treaty]] establishing Vatican City as an independent state
|- 
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|[[Independence Day (Venezuela)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|07-05|5 July}}
|1811
|{{Flag|Spanish Empire|1785|name=Spain}}
|[[Venezuelan Declaration of Independence]].
|- 
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|[[National Day (Vietnam)|National Day]] ([[National Day (Vietnam)|Ngày Quốc Khánh]])
|{{sort|09-02|2 September}}
|1945
|{{flag|Empire of Japan|name=Japan}}<br/>{{flag|France|}}
|[[Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam]].
|- 
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|[[Independence Day (Yemen)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|11-30|30 November}}
|1967
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Declaration of independence as [[Kingdom of Yemen]]
|- id=Z
|{{flag|Zambia}}
|[[Independence Day (Zambia)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|10-24|24 October}}
|1964
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Effective date of the [[Zambia Independence Act 1964]].
|-
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|[[Independence Day (Zimbabwe)|Independence Day]]
|{{sort|04-18|18 April}}
|1980
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|Granting of independence by the United Kingdom in 1980
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:07 09 2022- Bicentenário da Independência - Hamilton Garcia (52467825731).jpg|[[Independence Day (Brazil)|Independence Day in Brazil]]
File:Croatian Flags during the Statehood Day (2007).jpg|[[Statehood Day (Croatia)|Statehood Day in Croatia]]
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-1003-400, Berlin, deutsche Vereinigung, vor dem Reichstag.jpg|[[German Unity Day]]
File:162nd anniversary of the Italian unification (07).jpg|[[Anniversary of the Unification of Italy]]
File:Prison Release of Korean activists.JPG|[[National Liberation Day of Korea]]
File:Dolores hidalgo.jpg|[[Cry of Dolores|Cry of Dolores in Mexico]]
File:Ba Dinh Square September 2nd, 1945.jpg|[[National Day (Vietnam)|National Day in Vietnam]]
File:National-Foundation-Day-of-Japan-Mikoshi-Feb-11-2016.png|[[National Foundation Day (Japan)|National Foundation Day in Japan]]
File:Fourth of July fireworks behind the Washington Monument, 1986.jpg|[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day of United States]]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Decolonization]]
* [[Political history of the world]]
* [[Timeline of national independence]]
* [[List of countries that gained independence from Spain]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Independence Days}}

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[[Category:Lists of observances]]