An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or 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 holiday. Many, such as Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey mark other dates of significance.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Country
Afghanistan
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
19 August (De jure)
Year of event
1919
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
Liberation Day
Liberation Day
Country
Liberation Day
Event commemorated
15 February
Date of holiday
1989
Year of event
Soviet Union
Independence Gained From
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Albania
Albania
Country
Albania
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
28 November
Year of event
1912
Independence Gained From
Ottoman Empire
Notes
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.
Algeria
Algeria
Country
Algeria
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
5 July
Year of event
1962
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Algeria gained independence following the Algerian War and the Algerian independence referendum. France officially recognized independent Algeria on 3 July, but the Independence Day is celebrated on 5 July, the day of the fall of Algiers in 1830 and the beginning of French Algeria.
Angola
Angola
Country
Angola
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
11 November
Year of event
1975
Independence Gained From
Portugal
Notes
The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the Angolan War of Independence.
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Country
Antigua and Barbuda
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
1 November
Year of event
1981
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July.
Argentina
Argentina
Country
Argentina
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
9 July
Year of event
1816
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Argentine Declaration of Independence.
Armenia
Armenia
Country
Armenia
Event commemorated
Republic Day (Hanrapetut’yan or)
Date of holiday
28 May
Year of event
1918
Independence Gained From
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Notes
Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918).
Independence Day
Independence Day
Country
Independence Day
Event commemorated
21 September
Date of holiday
1991
Year of event
Soviet Union
Independence Gained From
1991 Armenian independence referendum.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Country
Azerbaijan
Event commemorated
Independence Day (Müstəqillik Günü)
Date of holiday
28 May
Year of event
1918
Independence Gained From
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Notes
Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan.
Day of Restoration of Independence
Day of Restoration of Independence
Country
Day of Restoration of Independence
Event commemorated
18 October
Date of holiday
1991
Year of event
Soviet Union
Independence Gained From
Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
The Bahamas
The Bahamas
Country
The Bahamas
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
10 July
Year of event
1973
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Effective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973.
Bahrain
Bahrain
Country
Bahrain
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
16 December
Year of event
1971
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Ascension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Country
Bangladesh
Event commemorated
Independence and National Day (Sbādhīnôtā Ō Jātīẏô Dibôs)
Date of holiday
26 March
Year of event
1971
Independence Gained From
Pakistan
Notes
Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence.
Victory Day
Victory Day
Country
Victory Day
Event commemorated
16 December
Date of holiday
1971
Year of event
Victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Barbados
Barbados
Country
Barbados
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
30 November
Year of event
1966
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
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.
Belarus
Belarus
Country
Belarus
Event commemorated
Independence Day (Dzien Niezaliežnasci)
Date of holiday
3 July
Year of event
1944
Independence Gained From
Germany
Notes
The liberation of Minsk after several years of 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, mainly by the Belarusian diaspora and the anti-Lukashenko opposition.
Belgium
Belgium
Country
Belgium
Event commemorated
National Day
Date of holiday
21 July
Year of event
1831
Independence Gained From
Netherlands
Notes
Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne.
Belize
Belize
Country
Belize
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
21 September
Year of event
1981
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Effective day of the Belize Act 1981.
Benin
Benin
Country
Benin
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
1 August
Year of event
1960
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent Republic of Dahomey.
Bolivia
Bolivia
Country
Bolivia
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
6 August
Year of event
1825
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Bolivian Declaration of Independence.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
1 March
Year of event
1992
Independence Gained From
Yugoslavia
Notes
1992 Bosnian independence referendum.
Botswana
Botswana
Country
Botswana
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
30 September
Year of event
1966
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Effective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966.
Brazil
Brazil
Country
Brazil
Event commemorated
Independence Day (Dia da Independência)
Date of holiday
7 September
Year of event
1822
Independence Gained From
Portugal
Notes
Declaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil).
Brunei
Brunei
Country
Brunei
Event commemorated
National Day (Hari Kemerdekaan or Hari Kebangsaan)
Date of holiday
23 February
Year of event
1984
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
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. However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until 23 February and that day continues to be celebrated since.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Country
Bulgaria
Event commemorated
Liberation Day
Date of holiday
3 March
Year of event
1878
Independence Gained From
Ottoman Empire
Notes
Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria.
Independence Day
Independence Day
Country
Independence Day
Event commemorated
22 September
Date of holiday
1908
Year of event
Bulgarian Declaration of Independence.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Country
Burkina Faso
Event commemorated
Proclamation of Independence Day
Date of holiday
11 December
Year of event
1958
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Independence Day
Independence Day
Country
Independence Day
Event commemorated
5 August
Date of holiday
1960
Year of event
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta.
Burundi
Burundi
Country
Burundi
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
1 July
Year of event
1962
Independence Gained From
Belgium
Notes
Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship.
Cambodia
Cambodia
Country
Cambodia
Event commemorated
Independence Day (Bony Ekreachychate)
Date of holiday
9 November
Year of event
1953
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Ceremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on 17 October 1953.
Cameroon
Cameroon
Country
Cameroon
Event commemorated
National Day
Date of holiday
20 May
Year of event
1972
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
France
Notes
Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the National Day on 20 May commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum.
Canada
Canada
Country
Canada
Event commemorated
Canada Day
Date of holiday
1 July
Year of event
1867
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
Cape Verde
Cape Verde
Country
Cape Verde
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
5 July
Year of event
1975
Independence Gained From
Portugal
Notes
Effective date of the Agreement Between Portugal and Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) signed on 18 December 1974.
Central African Republic
Central African Republic
Country
Central African Republic
Event commemorated
National Day
Date of holiday
1 December
Year of event
1958
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community.
Independence Day
Independence Day
Country
Independence Day
Event commemorated
13 August
Date of holiday
1960
Year of event
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chad
Chad
Country
Chad
Event commemorated
Republic Day
Date of holiday
28 November
Year of event
1958
Independence Gained From
Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Independence Day
Independence Day
Country
Independence Day
Event commemorated
11 August
Date of holiday
1960
Year of event
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chile
Chile
Country
Chile
Event commemorated
Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias)
Date of holiday
18 September
Year of event
1810
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Establishment of the Government Junta of Chile. The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day. The two holidays collectively are known as Fiestas Patrias.
Colombia
Colombia
Country
Colombia
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
20 July
Year of event
1810
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Colombian Declaration of Independence.
Comoros
Comoros
Country
Comoros
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
6 July
Year of event
1975
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Unilateral declaration of independence by the Chamber of Deputies of Comoros following the 1974 Comorian independence referendum.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Country
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
30 June
Year of event
1960
Independence Gained From
Belgium
Notes
Effective date of the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance and Co-operation between Belgium and the Congo concluded on 29 June 1960.
Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Country
Congo, Republic of the
Event commemorated
Republic Day
Date of holiday
28 November
Year of event
1958
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Effective date when Congo became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Independence Day
Independence Day
Country
Independence Day
Event commemorated
15 August
Date of holiday
1960
Year of event
Congo gains full independence from France.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Country
Costa Rica
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
15 September
Year of event
1821
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Act of Independence of Central America.
Croatia
Croatia
Country
Croatia
Event commemorated
National Day
Date of holiday
30 May
Year of event
1990
Independence Gained From
Yugoslavia
Notes
First session of the Croatian Parliament following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election. 8 October (when the parliament adopted a decision to sever constitutional relations with 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 pub
Cuba
Cuba
Country
Cuba
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
10 October
Year of event
1868
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Call to rebellion (known as Grito de Yara) by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes that led to the Ten Years' War for independence.
10 December
10 December
Country
10 December
Event commemorated
1898
Date of holiday
Spain cedes Cuba to the United States as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, which marked the end of the Spanish–American War.
20 May
20 May
Country
20 May
Event commemorated
1902
Date of holiday
United States
Year of event
Independence of Cuba from the United States. However, Cuba remained under direct U . influence until 1934 as a result of the Platt Amendment.
Cyprus
Cyprus
Country
Cyprus
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
1 October
Year of event
1960
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
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.
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Country
Czech Republic
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
28 October
Year of event
1918
Independence Gained From
Austria-Hungary
Notes
Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council. Official day of independence of the Czech Republic
Restoration Day
Restoration Day
Country
Restoration Day
Event commemorated
1 January
Date of holiday
1993
Year of event
Czechoslovakia
Independence Gained From
Effective date of the Peaceful Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia. Establishment of the first Czech state since the Jagiellonian Kingdom of Bohemia.
Djibouti
Djibouti
Country
Djibouti
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
27 June
Year of event
1977
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Independence from France following a successful independence referendum held in May 1977.
Dominica
Dominica
Country
Dominica
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
3 November
Year of event
1978
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Independence from the United Kingdom following the creation of the Dominican constitution.
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Country
Dominican Republic
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
1 December
Year of event
1821
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Independence from Spain in December 1821.
27 February
27 February
Country
27 February
Event commemorated
1844
Date of holiday
Haiti
Year of event
Independence re-declared from Haiti in 1844, after a 22-year occupation. Start of the Dominican War of Independence.
Restoration Day
Restoration Day
Country
Restoration Day
Event commemorated
16 August
Date of holiday
1863
Year of event
Spain
Independence Gained From
Day of Grito del Capotillo on 16 August 1863. Independence officially restored from Spain on 11 July 1865, after victory in the Dominican Restoration War.
Ecuador
Ecuador
Country
Ecuador
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
10 August
Year of event
1809
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Proclaimed independence on 10 August 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on 2 August 1810.
Egypt
Egypt
Country
Egypt
Event commemorated
Revolution Day
Date of holiday
23 July
Year of event
1952
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 abolished the Kingdom of Egypt, ended British influence in the country, and established an independent republic.
El Salvador
El Salvador
Country
El Salvador
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
15 September
Year of event
1821
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Act of Independence of Central America.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Country
Equatorial Guinea
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
12 October
Year of event
1968
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Independence from Spain following the country's only free and fair election to date in September 1968.
Commemorates independence. Also called Somhlolo Day or Subhuza Day, after the 19th-century leader Sobhuza I.
Fiji
Fiji
Country
Fiji
Event commemorated
Fiji Day
Date of holiday
10 October
Year of event
1970
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Instruments of Independence
Finland
Finland
Country
Finland
Event commemorated
Independence Day (Itsenäisyyspäivä)
Date of holiday
6 December
Year of event
1917
Independence Gained From
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Notes
Finnish Declaration of Independence
Gabon
Gabon
Country
Gabon
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
16–17 August
Year of event
1960
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 15 July.
The Gambia
The Gambia
Country
The Gambia
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
18 February
Year of event
1965
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Effective date of the Gambia Independence Act 1964.
Georgia
Georgia
Country
Georgia
Event commemorated
Independence Day (Damouk'ideblobis dghe)
Date of holiday
26 May
Year of event
1918
Independence Gained From
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Notes
Day of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918.
National Unity Day
National Unity Day
Country
National Unity Day
Event commemorated
9 April
Date of holiday
1991
Year of event
Soviet Union
Independence Gained From
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 independence referendum in
Germany
Germany
Country
Germany
Event commemorated
German Unity Day
Date of holiday
3 October
Year of event
1990
Independence Gained From
West Germany
East Germany
Notes
It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were unified.
Ghana
Ghana
Country
Ghana
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
6 March
Year of event
1957
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
On Wednesday, 6 March 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 Eu
Greece
Greece
Country
Greece
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
25 March
Year of event
1821
Independence Gained From
Ottoman Empire
Notes
Declaration of independence 1821. Start of the Greek War of Independence.
Grenada
Grenada
Country
Grenada
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
7 February
Year of event
1974
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
Accession of Sir Eric Gairy as the inaugural Prime Minister of Grenada.
Guatemala
Guatemala
Country
Guatemala
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
15 September
Year of event
1821
Independence Gained From
Spain
Notes
Act of Independence of Central America.
Guinea
Guinea
Country
Guinea
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
2 October
Year of event
1958
Independence Gained From
France
Notes
Withdrawal of French authority after the collapse of the Fourth Republic and establishment of the Fifth Republic that led to an overwhelming vote for independence in a referendum in September 1958.
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Country
Guinea-Bissau
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
24 September
Year of event
1973
Independence Gained From
Portugal
Notes
Declaration of independence in September 1973 during the country's war of liberation, although it wouldn't be formally recognized by Portugal until a year later on 10 September 1974.
Guyana
Guyana
Country
Guyana
Event commemorated
Independence Day
Date of holiday
26 May
Year of event
1966
Independence Gained From
United Kingdom
Notes
The Guyana Independence Act came into effect.
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Country
Event commemorated
Date of holiday
Year of event
Independence Gained From
Notes
Afghanistan
Independence Day
19 August (De jure)
1919
United Kingdom
Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
Liberation Day
15 February
1989
Soviet Union
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Albania
Independence Day
28 November
1912
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.
Algeria
Independence Day
5 July
1962
France
Algeria gained independence following the Algerian War and the Algerian independence referendum. France officially recognized independent Algeria on 3 July, but the Independence Day is celebrated on 5 July, the day of the fall of Algiers in 1830 and the beginning of French Algeria.
Angola
Independence Day
11 November
1975
Portugal
The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the Angolan War of Independence.
Antigua and Barbuda
Independence Day
1 November
1981
United Kingdom
The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July.
Argentina
Independence Day
9 July
1816
Spain
Argentine Declaration of Independence.
Armenia
Republic Day (Hanrapetut’yan or)
28 May
1918
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Declaration of Independence of Armenia (1918).
Independence Day
21 September
1991
Soviet Union
1991 Armenian independence referendum.
Azerbaijan
Independence Day (Müstəqillik Günü)
28 May
1918
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan.
Day of Restoration of Independence
18 October
1991
Soviet Union
Adoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
The Bahamas
Independence Day
10 July
1973
United Kingdom
Effective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973.
Bahrain
Independence Day
16 December
1971
United Kingdom
Ascension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne.
Bangladesh
Independence and National Day (Sbādhīnôtā Ō Jātīẏô Dibôs)
26 March
1971
Pakistan
Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence.
Victory Day
16 December
1971
Victory over Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Barbados
Independence Day
30 November
1966
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.
Belarus
Independence Day (Dzien Niezaliežnasci)
3 July
1944
Germany
The liberation of Minsk after several years of 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, mainly by the Belarusian diaspora and the anti-Lukashenko opposition.
Belgium
National Day
21 July
1831
Netherlands
Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne.
Belize
Independence Day
21 September
1981
United Kingdom
Effective day of the Belize Act 1981.
Benin
Independence Day
1 August
1960
France
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July creating the independent Republic of Dahomey.
Bolivia
Independence Day
6 August
1825
Spain
Bolivian Declaration of Independence.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Independence Day
1 March
1992
Yugoslavia
1992 Bosnian independence referendum.
Botswana
Independence Day
30 September
1966
United Kingdom
Effective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966.
Brazil
Independence Day (Dia da Independência)
7 September
1822
Portugal
Declaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil).
Brunei
National Day (Hari Kemerdekaan or Hari Kebangsaan)
23 February
1984
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. However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until 23 February and that day continues to be celebrated since.
Bulgaria
Liberation Day
3 March
1878
Ottoman Empire
Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria.
Independence Day
22 September
1908
Bulgarian Declaration of Independence.
Burkina Faso
Proclamation of Independence Day
11 December
1958
France
Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Independence Day
5 August
1960
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 11 July and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta.
Burundi
Independence Day
1 July
1962
Belgium
Effective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship.
Cambodia
Independence Day (Bony Ekreachychate)
9 November
1953
France
Ceremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on 17 October 1953.
Cameroon
National Day
20 May
1972
United Kingdom France
Cameroon gained independence on 1 January 1960, but does not celebrate that date. Instead, it celebrates the National Day on 20 May commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum.
Canada
Canada Day
1 July
1867
United Kingdom
Canada Day on 1 July commemorates the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
Cape Verde
Independence Day
5 July
1975
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.
Central African Republic
National Day
1 December
1958
France
Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community.
Independence Day
13 August
1960
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chad
Republic Day
28 November
1958
Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Independence Day
11 August
1960
Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July.
Chile
Independence Day (part of Fiestas Patrias)
18 September
1810
Spain
Establishment of the Government Junta of Chile. The following day, 19 September, is celebrated as the Army Day. The two holidays collectively are known as Fiestas Patrias.
Colombia
Independence Day
20 July
1810
Spain
Colombian Declaration of Independence.
Comoros
Independence Day
6 July
1975
France
Unilateral declaration of independence by the Chamber of Deputies of Comoros following the 1974 Comorian independence referendum.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Independence Day
30 June
1960
Belgium
Effective date of the Treaty of Friendship, Assistance and Co-operation between Belgium and the Congo concluded on 29 June 1960.
Congo, Republic of the
Republic Day
28 November
1958
France
Effective date when Congo became an autonomous republic in the French Community.
Independence Day
15 August
1960
Congo gains full independence from France.
Costa Rica
Independence Day
15 September
1821
Spain
Act of Independence of Central America.
Croatia
National Day
30 May
1990
Yugoslavia
First session of the Croatian Parliament following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election. 8 October (when the parliament adopted a decision to sever constitutional relations with 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 pub
Cuba
Independence Day
10 October
1868
Spain
Call to rebellion (known as Grito de Yara) by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes that led to the Ten Years' War for independence.
10 December
1898
Spain cedes Cuba to the United States as a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, which marked the end of the Spanish–American War.
20 May
1902
United States
Independence of Cuba from the United States. However, Cuba remained under direct U . influence until 1934 as a result of the Platt Amendment.
