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)