Many countries worldwide commemorate the date when they gained independence after being part of another state or colony. The annual holiday is called independence day and each country celebrates the specific date it achieved its freedom.
Definition: Independence or National Days are perhaps the most important day for a country to commemorate as a national holiday.
For many nations the date is the country's day of independence, often in hard fought battles to claim their freedom.
Some national holidays commemorate a significant day in the history of the country, or the birth of a national hero who helped establish the day the country's independence was declared.
The following list signifies the month each country listed below celebrates Independence Day, National Day or other significant day.

January Camaroon - January 1 Haiti - January 1 Western Samoa - January 1 Sudan - January 1 Burma - January 4 Chad - January 11 Australia - January 26 Nauru - January 31	February Ceylon/Sri Lanka - February 4 New Zealand - February 6 Grenada - February 7 Iran - February 11 Gambia - February 18 Dominican Republic - February 27	March Wales - March 1 Morocco - March 3 Mauritius - March 12 Ireland - March 17 Liechtenstein - March 19 Pakistan - March 23 Greece - March 25 Bangladesh - March 26
April Hungary - April 4 Senegal - April 4 Denmark - April 16 Syria - April 17 Zimbabwe - April 18 Austria - April 27 Sierra Leone - April 27 Togo - April 27 Japan - April 29 The Netherlands - April 30 Israel - April or May	May Czechoslovakia - May 9 Laos - May 11 Paraguay - May 14 Israel - May 15 Norway - May 17 Cuba - May 20 Argentina - May 25 Jordan - May 25 Guyana - May 26	June Tunisia - June 1 Italy - June 2 Seychelles - June 5 Sweden - June 6 Portugal - June 10 Philippines - Independence Day June 12 Iceland - June 17 Kuwait - June 19 Luxembourg - June 23 Croatia - June 25 Mozambique - June 25 Madagascar - June 26 Djibouti - June 27 Republic of Congo - June 30 Zaire - June 30
July Burundi - July 1 Canada - July 1 Rwanda - July 1 Somalia - July 1 United States of American - July 4 Venezuela - July 5 Malawi - July 6 Argentina - July 9 Bahamas - July 10 Mongolia - July 11 Sao Tome and Principe - July 12 France - July 14 Iraq - July 14 South Korea - July 17 Colombia - July 20 Belgium - July 21 Poland - July 22 Egypt - July 23 Ethiopia - July 23 Liberia - July 26 Maldive Islands - July 26 Peru - July 28	August Dahomey - August 1 Switzerland - August 1 Upper Volta - August 5 Bolivia - August 6 Jamaica - First Monday in August Ivory Coast - August 7 Singapore - August 9 Ecuador - August 10 Pakistan - August 14 Republic of Congo - August 15 India - August 15 Cyprus - August 16 Gabon - August 17 Indonesia - August 17 Afghanistan - August 18 Rumania - August 23 Uruguay - August 25 Trinidad and Tobago - August 31 Malaysia - August 31	September Libya - September 1 Vietnam - September 2 Qatar - September 3 San Marino - September 3 Swaziland - September 6 Brazil - September 7 Andorra - September 8 North Korea - September 9 Bulgaria - September 9 Costa Rica - September 15 El Salvador - September 15 Guatemala - September 15 Honduras - September 15 Nicaragua - September 15 Mexico - September 16 Papua New Guinea - September 16 Chile - September 18 Belize - September 21 Malta - September 21 Mali - September 22 Saudi Arabia - September 23 Yemen - September 26 Botswana - September 30
October People's Republic of China - October 1-2 Nigeria - October 1 Guinea - October 2 Lesotho October 4 Fiji - October 7 Germany - October 3 1990 Uganda - October 9 Republic of China/Taiwan - October 10 Spain - October 12 Zambia - October 24 Iran - October 26 South Vietnam - October 26 St Vincent and Grenadines - October 27 Turkey - October 29	November Algeria - November 1 Panama - November 3 Dominica - November 3 Soviet Union - November 7 Cambodia - November 9 Angola - November 11 Rhodesia - November 11 Saudi Arabia - November 12 Comoros - November 12 Monaco - November 19 Lebanon - November 22 Suriname - November 25 Albania - November 28 Mauritania - November 28 Southern Yemen - November 29 Yugoslavia - November 29-30 Barbados - November 30	December Central African Republic - December 1 Thailand - December 5 Finland - December 6 Tanzania - December 9 Upper Volta - December 11 Kenya - December 12 Niger - December 18 Nepal - December 21

Independence Day Celebration

An Independence Day celebration can include different events and festivities
depending on the particular country that is celebrating. Many countries
celebrate Independence Day with festive parades, firework displays and
picnics.