Instead, it celebrates the National Day on May 20 commemorating the 1972 Cameroonian constitutional referendum. Treaty of San Stefano which created the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria īulgarian Declaration of Independence Įffective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French CommunityĮffective date of the agreement with France signed on July 11 and creation of the independent Republic of Upper Volta Įffective date of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1746 terminating the Ruanda-Urundi Trusteeship Ĭeremony transferring military from French to Cambodian officials based on a military hand-over agreement reached on Octo Ĭameroon gained independence on January 1, 1960, but does not celebrate that date.
However, the celebrations of the first National Day were delayed until February 23 and that day continues to be celebrated since.
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United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarvesĭeclaration of independence by Pedro I of Brazil (see Independence of Brazil) īrunei gained full independence effective Januunder the Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation of 7 January 1979 between United Kingdom and Brunei. Īscension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne Įffective day of the Belize Act 1981 Įffective date of the agreement with France signed on July 11 creating the independent Republic of Dahomey Įffective date of the Botswana Independence Act 1966 Two other independence days – March 25 (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and July 27 (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially. The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Barbados would also become a Republic 55 years later in 2021 after Independence was declared. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republicĭeclaration of Independence of Armenia (1918)Īustralia Day (January 26) commemorates arrival of the First Fleet of British ships and is not an independence day.Īllied occupying powers ( France, United Kingdom, United States and the Soviet Union)Īdoption of the constitutional act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan" Įffective date of The Bahamas Independence Order 1973 Īscension of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa to the throne Įffective date of the Barbados Independence Act 1966. The effective date of the Antigua Termination of Association Order passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November, ending the Angolan War of Independence. France officially recognized independent Algeria on July 3, but the Independence Day is celebrated on July 5, the day of the fall of Algiers in 1830 and the beginning of French Algeria. Īlgeria gained independence following the Algerian War and the Algerian independence referendum. The following day, November 29, is celebrated as the Liberation Day and commemorates the end of the German occupation in 1944. The following is a partial list of independence days of countries around the world:Īfghan Independence Day ( Afghan Victory Day)Īnglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War Īlbanian Declaration of Independence.