It’s the fourth of July today, and even an inattentive Brit like me knows what that means: American Independence Day! Yay! When I think about it, it probably isn’t, historically, a very good reason for me to celebrate, but I like to see myself as a very international person who celebrates everyone’s holidays – I don’t discriminate y’all! On that note, I thought today I’d take a look at some other national holidays and try to make myself (and you) a little calendar of times to get down and partay about other countries’ achievements (I’m basically going to start with my own limited knowledge and then search random countries on the internet and see when their big days are, including as many independence days as I can find).
1st January – Cameroon – Independence Day
15th February – Serbia – Independence Day
17th March – Ireland – St. Patrick’s Day
25th March – Greece – Independence Day
26th March – Bangladesh – Independence Day
23rd April – England – St. George’s Day (this one’s legit for me)
5th May – The Netherlands – Independence Day
2nd June – Italy – Festa della Repubblica
6th June – Sweden – Independence Day
4th July – United States – Independence Day
9th July – Argentina – Independence Day
14th July – France – Bastille Day
19th August – Afghanistan – Independence Day
7th September – Brazil – Independence Day
3rd October – Germany – German Unity Day
12th October – Spain – Fiesta Nacional de España
26th October – Austria – Independence Day
21st November – Everywhere – My Birthday (I give you permission to partay!)
30th November – Scotland – St. Andrew’s Day
1st December – Iceland – Independence Day
Hope this random selection is enough to keep you going throughout a long year, and see you at all those Argentinian independence parties next week!
Keep shortcutting,
Zoe
Thanks! I appreciate all of those extra reasons to party! I’ll have to go mark my calendar! Can’t miss Independence Day for Cameroon! =)
Yes, I’m planning to rave it up Yaounde-style 😉