2015 World Events

Around the world there are thousands of holidays, festivals and other events during which people celebrate something that is dear to them. At a national level this might be an independence day, a religious holiday or a traditional festival. These are often ideal times to connect with international friends and share the moment. This page highlights just a few of the most important international dates for 2015. The nation links will take you to pages that showcase FlagAndMap products for that country.

Jan 1: New Year (Western calendar); Independence Day (Cameroon, Haiti, Sudan); Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
Jan 3: Mawlid an-Nabi
Jan 4: Independence Day (Myanmar)
Jan 7: Christmas Day (Eastern Christianity)
Jan 8: Commonwealth Day (Northern Marianas)
Jan 26: Australia Day; Republic Day (India)
Jan 31: Independence Day (Nauru)

Feb 4: National Day (Sri Lanka)
Feb 6: Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
Feb 7: Independence Day (Grenada)
Feb 11: Foundation Day (Japan)
Feb 14: Valentine's Day
Feb 15: National Day (Serbia)
Feb 16: State Restoration Day (Lithuania)
Feb 17: Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras; Independence Day (Kosovo)
Feb 18: Independence Day (The Gambia)
Feb 19: New Year (Chinese calendar); Losar (Tibet)
Feb 22: Independence Day (Saint Lucia)
Feb 23: National Day (Brunei)
Feb 24: Independence Day (Estonia)
Feb 25: National Day (Kuwait)
Feb 27: Independence Day (Dominican Republic)

Mar 1: Independence Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina); St. David's Day (Wales)
Mar 6: Holi; Independence Day (Ghana)
Mar 11: Independence Day (Lithuania)
Mar 12: Independence Day (Mauritius)
Mar 17: St. Patrick's Day (Ireland)
Mar 20: Vernal Equinox; Total Solar Eclipse (Faroe Is.); Independence Day (Tunisia)
Mar 21: Independence Day (Namibia)
Mar 23: Pakistan Day
Mar 25: Independence Day (Greece)
Mar 26: Independence Day (Bangladesh)
Mar 31: Freedom Day (Malta); Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands)

Apr 1: April Fools' Day; Islamic Republic Day (Iran)
Apr 3: Passover begins
Apr 4: Total Lunar Eclipse; Independence Day (Senegal)
Apr 5: Easter Sunday (Western Christianity)
Apr 9: National Unity Day (Georgia)
Apr 12: Easter Sunday (Eastern Christianity)
Apr 17: Flag Day (American Samoa); Evacuation Day (Syria)
Apr 18: Independence Day (Zimbabwe)
Apr 23: St. George's Day (England); Independence Day (Israel)
Apr 26: Union Day (Tanzania)
Apr 27: Freedom Day (South Africa); Independence Day (Togo); Koningsdag (Netherlands); Republic Day (Sierra Leone)

May 1: May Day / Labor Day; Constitution Day (Marshall Islands)
May 3: Vesak (Buddha Day)
May 15: Independence Day (Paraguay)
May 17: Constitution Day (Norway)
May 20: Independence Day (East Timor)
May 21: Independence Day (Montenegro)
May 22: Unity Day (Yemen)
May 24: Independence Day (Eritrea)
May 25: Independence Day (Jordan)
May 26: Independence Day (Georgia), (Guyana)
May 28: Derg Downfall Day (Ethiopia); Republic Day (Azerbaijan)
May 29: Republic Day (Nepal)

Jun 1: Independence Day (Samoa)
Jun 2: Republic Day (Italy)
Jun 5: Constitution Day (Denmark)
Jun 6: National Day (Sweden)
Jun 10: Portugal Day
Jun 12: Independence Day (Philippines); Russia Day
Jun 14: Liberation Day (Falkland Is.)
Jun 17: National Day (Iceland)
Jun 18: National Day (Seychelles)
Jun 21: Summer Solstice; Ullortuneq (Greenland)
Jun 23: National Day (Luxembourg)
Jun 25: Independence Day (Mozambique); Statehood Day (Slovenia)
Jun 26: Independence Day (Madagascar)
Jun 27: Independence Day (Djibouti)
Jun 30: Independence Day (Congo-Kinshasa)

Jul 1: Canada Day; Independence Day (Burundi, Rwanda); Territory Day (British Virgin Islands)
Jul 3: Independence Day (Belarus)
Jul 4: Independence Day (United States)
Jul 5: Independence Day (Algeria, Cape Verde, Venezuela)
Jul 6: Independence Day (Comoros, Malawi)
Jul 7: Independence Day (Solomon Is.)
Jul 9: Ramadan begins; Independence Day (Argentina, South Sudan)
Jul 10: Independence Day (Bahamas)
Jul 11: Naadam begins (Mongolia)
Jul 12: Independence Day (Kiribati, Sao Tome and Principe)
Jul 14: Bastille Day (France)
Jul 18: Eid al-Fitr
Jul 20: Independence Day (Colombia)
Jul 21: National Day (Belgium); Liberation Day (Guam)
Jul 23: Revolution Day (Egypt)
Jul 25: Constitution Day (Puerto Rico)
Jul 26: Independence Day (Liberia, Maldives)
Jul 28: Independence Day (Peru)
Jul 30: Independence Day (Vanuatu)

Aug 1: Independence Day (Benin); National Day (Switzerland)
Aug 3: Independence Day (Niger)
Aug 5: Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
Aug 6: Independence Day (Bolivia, Jamaica)
Aug 7: Independence Day (Cote d'Ivoire)
Aug 9: National Day (Singapore)
Aug 10: Independence Day (Ecuador)
Aug 11: Independence Day (Chad)
Aug 13: Independence Day (Centrafrique)
Aug 14: Independence Day (Pakistan)
Aug 15: Independence Day (Congo-Brazzaville, India); National Day (Liechtenstein); Liberation Day (South Korea)
Aug 16: Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
Aug 17: Independence Day (Gabon, Indonesia)
Aug 19: Independence Day (Afghanistan)
Aug 20: St. Stephen's Day (Hungary)
Aug 24: Independence Day (Ukraine)
Aug 25: Independence Day (Uruguay)
Aug 27: Independence Day (Moldova)
Aug 29: National Uprising Day (Slovakia)
Aug 31: Hari Merdeka (Malaysia); Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad and Tobago)

Sep 1: Constitution Day (Slovakia); Independence Day (Uzbekistan)
Sep 2: Independence Day (Vietnam)
Sep 6: Independence Day (Swaziland)
Sep 7: Independence Day (Brazil)
Sep 8: Independence Day (Macedonia); Our Lady of Meritxell Day (Andorra)
Sep 9: Independence Day (North Korea, Tajikistan)
Sep 13: Rosh Hashanah
Sep 15: Independence Day (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Sep 16: Grito de Dolores (Mexico); Independence Day (Papua New Guinea)
Sep 18: National Day (Chile)
Sep 19: Independence Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Sep 21: Independence Day (Armenia, Belize, Malta)
Sep 22: Yom Kippur; Independence Day (Bulgaria, Mali)
Sep 23: Autumnal Equinox; National Day (Saudi Arabia)
Sep 24: Eid al-Adha; Independence Day (Guinea-Bissau)
Sep 28: Total Lunar Eclipse
Sep 30: Independence Day (Botswana)

Oct 1: Independence Day (Cyprus, Nigeria, Palau, Tuvalu); National Day (China)
Oct 2: Independence Day (Guinea-Conakry)
Oct 3: Independence Day (Iraq); Unity Day (Germany)
Oct 4: Independence Day (Lesotho)
Oct 8: Independence Day (Croatia)
Oct 9: Independence Day (Uganda)
Oct 10: Double Ten Day (Taiwan); Fiji Day; Independence Day (Cuba)
Oct 12: Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea); National Day (Spain)
Oct 13: Día de la Raza (Argentina); National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Is.)
Oct 14: New Year (Islamic calendar);
Oct 19: Constitution Day (Nuie)
Oct 23: Liberation Day (Libya)
Oct 24: Independence Day (Zambia)
Oct 26: National Day (Austria)
Oct 27: Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkmenistan)
Oct 28: Independence Day (Czechia)
Oct 29: Republic Day (Turkey)

Nov 1: All Saints Day; State Day (Antigua and Barbuda)
Nov 3: Independence Day (Dominica, Micronesia); Separation Day (Panama)
Nov 4: National Day (Tonga)
Nov 9: Independence Day (Cambodia)
Nov 11: Diwali; Veterans Day / Remembrance Day; Independence Day (Angola, Poland)
Nov 15: Independence Day (Palestine)
Nov 18: Independence Day (Latvia, Morocco); National Day (Oman)
Nov 19: National Day (Monaco)
Nov 22: Independence Day (Lebanon)
Nov 25: Independence Day (Suriname)
Nov 26: Thanksgiving (United States);
Nov 28: Independence Day (Albania, Mauritania)
Nov 30: Independence Day (Barbados); St. Andrew's Day (Scotland)

Dec 1: Great Union Day (Romania)
Dec 2: National Day (Laos, United Arab Emirates)
Dec 5: King's Birthday (Thailand)
Dec 6: Independence Day (Finland)
Dec 12: Jamhuri Day (Kenya)
Dec 16: National Day (Bahrain, Kazakhstan)
Dec 17: National Day (Bhutan)
Dec 18: National Day (Qatar)
Dec 22: Winter Solstice
Dec 25: Christmas (Western Christianity)