Saturday 6 July National Day in Comoros
Comoros is a series of three islands (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli) located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. The islands first…
Friday 5 July Independence Day in Cape Verde
Cape Verde is an island country consisting of 10 volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Northwest Africa. The islands were uninhabited…
Thursday 4 July Liberation Day in Rwanda
The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi in this tiny landlocked African country during the Rwandan Civil War. The killing was overseen by…
Wednesday 3 July Independence Day in Belarus
The independence or national days of most ex-Soviet states takes place on the date that marks that country's independence after the fall of the Soviet…
Tuesday 2 July National Anthem and Flag Day in Curaçao
Located in the south Caribbean Sea, Curaçao is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Designed by Martin Den Dulk, the country's flag was…
Monday 1 July Caricom Day in Guyana
The day marks the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas on this day on July 4th 1973. The Founding Fathers who signed the Treaty on…
Sunday 30 June Army Day in Guatemala
From 1865, Guatemala had been under the dictatorship of Vicente Cerna. Cerna's persecution of liberal party members, eventually resulted in the Liberal Revolution, which began…
Saturday 29 June Autonomy Day in French Polynesia
French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France and its only overseas country. It consists of over 100 islands and atolls in the South Pacific Ocean with…
Friday 28 June Matariki in New Zealand
Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster. Before sunrise during New Zealand’s winter, the cluster is visible as a faint sparkle of tiny…
Thursday 27 June Independence Day in Djibouti
Djibouti had been under French colonial control since 1888. In 1946 it was made an overseas territory within the French Union with its own legislature…
Wednesday 26 June Independence Day in Madagascar
In the early 19th century, Madagascar was united and ruled as the Kingdom of Madagascar. Seen as a key strategic location by both France and…
Tuesday 25 June Eid-e-Ghadir in Iran
A decade after the original Hirja when the Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina, he performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, giving the 'Farewell Sermon' to over…
Monday 24 June Jāņi in Latvia
Jāņi marks the summer solstice and the shortest night of the year and it has become one of the most important holidays in Latvia. At the…
Sunday 23 June Midsummer Eve in Latvia
At the summer solstice, the northern hemisphere is tilted at its maximum angle towards the sun resulting in the maximum number of hours of daylight. …
Saturday 22 June Anti-Fascist Struggle Day in Croatia
On April 6th 1941, during the Second World War, the Wehrmacht (German armed forces) and their allies (Italy and Hungary) invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.…
Friday 21 June Andean New Year in Bolivia
In the Southern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year takes place on June 21st, the winter solstice. Since ancient times, knowledge of the changing…
Thursday 20 June National Flag Day in Argentina
The national flag of Argentina dates from 1812. It is a triband, with three equally wide horizontal bands of light blue, white and light blue.…
Wednesday 19 June Artigas’ Birthday in Uruguay
José Gervasio Artigas was born to a wealthy family in Montevideo on June 19th 1764. Working on his family's farm in his youth, he gained…
Tuesday 18 June Constitutional Day in Seychelles
From the first European visit by Vasco da Gama (who named the islands as 'Admiral Islands' in honour of himself) at the start of the…
Monday 17 June National Salvation Day in Azerbaijan
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan gained its independence in October 1991. Independence almost immediately brought a period of instability as various groups…