National Days by Month - July

JULY

▪        British Virgin IslandsUnited Kingdom 1 July

 ▪       Burundi 1 July (Independence from Belgium in 1962)

•      Cayman Islands, United Kingdom 1st Monday in July

▪       Canada 1 July (Canada Day, Canada a confederation of four provinces 1867)

▪       Hong Kong 1 July (Transfer of sovereignty to the PRC 1997) 

▪       Madeira Day 1 July (Autonomy from Portugal)

▪       Rwanda 1 July (Independence from Belgium in 1962)

▪       Somalia 1 July (Foundation of the Republic, from Italy and the formation of Somali Republic 1960)

 

▪       Curaçao (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 2 July (the first elected island council instituted 1954)

 

▪       Belarus 3 July (Independence Day, liberation of Minsk from German occupation by Soviet troops in 1944)

 

▪       United States 4 July (Independence Day, declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain 1776)

 

▪       Isle of Man, British Islands (usually) 5 July (Tynwald Day, Tynwald (parliament) annual meeting)

▪       Armenia, July 5 (1995).

▪       Venezuela 5 July (Independence Day, declaration of independence from Spain 1811)

 

▪       Comoros 6 July (Independence from France 1975)

▪       Malawi 6 July (Independence Day, from the United Kingdom 1964; and Republic Day 1966)

 

▪       Solomon Islands 7 July (Independence Day, from United Kingdom 1978)

 

▪       Palau 9 July (Constitution Day, the world's first nuclear-free constitution 1981; "nuclear-free" dropped in 1994 in order to become an associated state to the United States in the Compact of Free Association)

 

▪       Bahamas 10 July (Independence from the United Kingdom in 1973)

 

▪       Mongolia 11 July (Naadam Holiday, declaration of independence from China 1921; however, Naadam is also celebrated in China by both Han Chinese and Mongols without political attachments)

 

▪       Kiribati 12 July (Independence from the United Kingdom in 1979)

▪       Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 12 July (Battle of the Boyne Day)

▪       São Tomé and Príncipe 12 July (Independence from Portugal 1975)

 

▪       Montenegro 13 July (recognised as independent at the Congress of Berlin 1878)

 

▪       France 14 July (Bastille Day, 14 July 1789)

▪       French Guyana (France) 14 July (Fête de la Fédération)

▪       Martinique, France 14 July (Bastille Day)), 22 May Abolition of slavery day (regional only)[4]

▪       Mayotte France 14 July (Bastille Day)), 27 April Abolition of slavery day (regional only)[4]

▪       New Caledonia (France) 14 July (Bastille Day))

▪       Réunion, France 14 July Bastille Day, 20 December Abolition of slavery day (regional only)

▪       Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 14 July (Bastille Day)

 

▪       South Korea, July 17 (1948).

 

▪       Uruguay, July 18 (1830). Jura de la Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay. 

 

▪       Colombia 20 July (Declaration of independence from Spain 1810)

 

▪       Belgium 21 July (Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld takes the oath as first king of the Belgians in 1831)

▪       Guam (US) 21 July (Liberation Day, Americans landing on Guam 1944, the beginning of the Battle of Guam (1944)

 

▪       Egypt 23 July (Revolution Day, the revolution of 1952), 6 October (Armed Forces Day, the beginning of the October War 1973), 25 January

 

▪       Puerto Rico, July 25 (1952). Also commemorated as Occupation Day (1898).

 

▪       Liberia 26 July (Proclamation of the Republic: independence from the United States 1847)

 

▪       Peru 28 July (Declaration of independence from Spain in 1821)

 

▪       Faroe Islands (Denmark) 29 July (Ólavsøka (Saint Olaf's death at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030): opening of the Løgting (parliament) session)

 

▪       Vanuatu 30 July (Independence Day, from the United Kingdom and France 1980)

 

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