List of holidays by country

This is the list of holidays by country.

This list is . You can help by expanding it (http://www.askfactmaster.com/List_of_holidays_by_country).
Contents

Albania

Australia

For more information see Australian public holidays.

Belgium

See the list at Public holidays in Belgium for the names of the holidays in Flemish and Walloon.

Brazil

Specific civil holidays include:

Religious holidays recognized by law or custom:

See Public holidays in Brazil for a complete list.

Canada

See Holidays in Canada for a full list.

China

Traditional holidays:

People's Republic of China:

Republic of China (Taiwan):

See also:

Cyprus

Some of the specific Cypriot holidays include:

  • 10th March - Green Monday
  • 25th March - Greek Independence Day
  • 1st April - Cyprus National Day
  • 1st October - Cyprus Independence Day
  • 28th October - Greek National Day

See Holidays in Cyprus for the complete list.

Denmark

See Holidays in Denmark.

Finland

See Holidays in Finland

France

See Holidays in France.

Germany

See Holidays in Germany.

India

See Holidays in India.

Ireland

See Public Holidays in the Republic of Ireland.

Italy

See Holidays in Italy for a complete list.

Japan

See Japanese Holidays.

Latvia

See Holidays in Latvia.

Malaysia

See Holidays in Malaysia for a complete list.

Mexico

See Holidays and celebrations in Mexico.

The Netherlands

See the complete list of public holidays in the Netherlands.

New Zealand

See Holidays in New Zealand.

Poland

See Holidays in Poland for background information.

Romania

  • 1-2 January (New Year)
  • Easter
  • 1 December (National Day)
  • 25-26 December (Christmas)

See Holidays in Romania.

Russia

See Public holidays in Russia.

Singapore

See Holidays in Singapore.

South Africa

See Public holidays in South Africa.

Sweden

See Holidays in Sweden.

Turkey

See Holidays in Turkey.

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

United States

See also: Holidays of the United States

Unlike countries where holidays are required by law, there are no national holidays in the United States. However, the United States Congress has created federal holidays for employees of the United States Government. While these are not legal holidays outside of the District of Columbia, most states have declared state holidays to coincide with these federal holidays. In spite of numerous attempts, the United States has never established true national holidays.

The holidays, and the days on which they are normally celebrated, are:

There is also one legal holiday in the United States that is not a federal holiday:

Election Day is only observed as a holiday in Presidential election years, which coincide with leap years. The federal government still observes Veterans Day on 11 November. The state of Washington does also, because it was admitted to statehood on 11 November 1889.

Puerto Rico

Mondays are public holidays for any public holiday that falls on a Sunday or Saturday.

For holidays in Puerto Rico, include all of the US holidays plus the following:

See also Holidays in Puerto Rico.

External links


This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia article. Browse Wikipedia for more information.