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International Holidays 2019 INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2019 algeria May 1 Labour Day November 11 Remembrance Day January 1 New Year’s Day 30 Ascension December 25 Christmas Day 12 Yennayer June 10 Whit Monday 26 Boxing Day May 1 Labour Day July 21 National Day chile August 15 Assumption 6 Ramadan begins January 1 New Year’s Day November 1 All Saints’ Day June 4 Eid al-Fitr April 19 Good Friday 11 Armistice Day July 5 Independence Day 20 Holy Saturday December 25 Christmas Day August 11 Eid al-Adha 21 Easter 31 Muharram begins bolivia May 1 Labour Day September 9 Ashura January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Navy Day November 1 Revolution Day 22 Plurinational State Day June 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day 9 Mawlid En Nabaoui Echarif March 4 Carnival July 16 Our Lady of Carmen Day argentina April 19 Good Friday August 15 Assumption September 18 Independence Day January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Easter 19 Army Day March 4 Carnival May 1 Labour Day October 12 Columbus Day 24 Truth and Justice Memorial Day June 20 Corpus Christi Day 31 Reformation Day April 2 Malvinas Day 21 Winter Solstice November 1 All Saints’ Day 19 Good Friday July 16 La Paz Day* December 8 Immaculate Conception 21 Easter August 6 National Day 25 Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day November 2 All Souls’ Day 31 New Year’s Eve* 25 First Government Day December 25 Christmas Day June 17 General de Güemes Day brazil china 20 General Belgrano Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day July 9 Independence Day February 5 Chinese New Year March 4 Carnival September 16 General San Martín Day April 5 Tomb Sweeping Day April 19 Good Friday October 12 Day of Respect for Cultural May 1 Labour Day 21 Easter Diversity June 7 Dragon Boat Festival Tiradentes Day November 18 Day of National Sovereignty September 13 Mid-Autumn Festival May 1 Labour Day December 8 Immaculate Conception October 1 National Day June 20 Corpus Christi Day 25 Christmas Day September 7 Independence Day colombia australia October 12 Our Lady of Aparecida Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day 28 Civil Servants’ Day 6 Epiphany 26 Australia Day November 2 All Souls’ Day March 19 St Joseph’s Day April 19 Good Friday 15 Republic Day April 18 Maundy Thursday 20 Easter Saturday* December 25 Christmas Day 19 Good Friday 21 Easter 21 Easter bulgaria 22 Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day January 1 New Year’s Day 25 Anzac Day June 3 Ascension March 3 Liberation Day June 10 Queen’s Birthday* 24 Corpus Christi Day April 26 Orthodox Good Friday December 25 Christmas Day 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day 27 Orthodox Holy Saturday 26 Boxing Day July 1 Sacred Heart Day 28 Orthodox Easter 20 Independence Day austria 29 Orthodox Easter Monday August 7 Battle of Boyacá Day January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 Labour Day 15 Assumption 6 Epiphany 6 St George’s Day/Army Day October 12 Columbus Day April 19 Good Friday* 24 Culture and Literacy Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 21 Easter September 6 Unification Day 11 Cartagena Independence Day 22 Easter Monday 22 Independence Day December 8 Immaculate Conception May 1 Labour Day December 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 30 Ascension 25 Christmas Day June 10 Whit Monday 26 Second Christmas Day costa rica 20 Corpus Christi Day 31 New Year’s Eve January 1 New Year’s Day April 11 Juan Santamaria Day August 15 Assumption canada October 26 National Day 18 Maundy Thursday January 1 New Year’s Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 19 Good Friday February 18 Civic Holiday* December 8 Immaculate Conception 21 Easter April 19 Good Friday 25 Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day 21 Easter 26 St Stephen’s Day July 25 Guanacaste Day May 20 Victoria Day August 2 Lady of the Angels’ Day belgium July 1 Canada Day 15 Assumption/Mothers’ Day January 1 New Year’s Day August 5 Civic Holiday* September 15 Independence Day April 21 Easter September 2 Labour Day October 12 Columbus Day 22 Easter Monday October 14 Thanksgiving Day December 25 Christmas Day –1– INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2019 croatia February 27 Independence Day June 9 Pentecost January 1 New Year’s Day April 19 Good Friday 22 Midsummer’s Day 6 Epiphany 21 Easter November 2 All Saints’ Day April 21 Easter May 1 Labour Day December 6 Independence Day 22 Easter Monday June 20 Corpus Christi Day 25 Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day August 16 Restoration Day 26 Second Christmas Day September 24 Our Lady of Mercedes Day June 20 Corpus Christi Day france 22 Anti-Fascism Day November 6 Constitution Day January 1 New Year’s Day 25 Statehood Day December 25 Christmas Day April 21 Easter August 5 Victory and Homeland ecuador 22 Easter Monday Thanksgiving Day January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 Labour Day 15 Assumption March 4 Carnival 8 WWII Victory Day October 8 Independence Day April 19 Good Friday 30 Ascension November 1 All Saints’ Day 21 Easter June 10 Whit Monday December 25 Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day July 14 National Day 26 St Stephen’s Day 24 Battle of Pichincha Day August 15 Assumption cuba July 25 Guayaquil Day* November 1 All Saints’ Day August 10 National Day January 1 Liberation Day 11 Armistice Day October 9 Guayaquil Independence Day 2 New Year Public Holiday December 25 Christmas Day November 2 All Souls’ Day April 19 Good Friday 3 Cuenca Independence Day May 1 Labour Day georgia December 6 Quito Day* July 25 Revolution Anniversary January 1 New Year’s Day 25 Christmas Day October 10 War of Independence 7 Orthodox Christmas Day Anniversary 31 New Year’s Eve* 19 Orthodox Epiphany December 25 Christmas Day egypt March 3 Mothers’ Day 8 International Women’s Day 31 End of the Year Public Holiday January 7 Coptic Christmas 21 Nowruz 25 Revolution Day czech republic April 9 Restoration of Independence April 25 Sinai Liberation Day January 1 New Year’s Day Day 28 Coptic Easter April 19 Good Friday 26 Orthodox Good Friday 29 Sham el-Nessim 21 Easter 27 Orthodox Holy Saturday May 1 Labour Day 22 Easter Monday 28 Orthodox Easter 6 Ramadan begins May 1 May Day 29 Orthodox Easter Monday June 4 Iftar Bayram 8 Liberation Day Memorial Day 30 Anniversary of June 30 Uprising July 5 St Cyril and St Methodius Day May 9 Victory Day July 23 National Day 6 Jan Hus Day 12 St Andrew’s Day August 10 Eid al-Adha September 28 Statehood Day 26 Independence Day 31 Muharram begins October 28 Independence Day August 28 Day of the Virgin Mary October 6 Armed Forces Day November 17 Freedom and Democracy Day October 14 Georgian Orthodox Festival November 9 Mawlid al-Nabi December 24 Christmas Eve November 23 St George’s Day 25 Christmas Day estonia germany 26 Second Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day February 24 Independence Day April 19 Good Friday denmark April 19 Good Friday 21 Easter January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Easter 22 Easter Monday April 18 Maundy Thursday May 1 May Day May 1 Labour Day 19 Good Friday June 9 Pentecost 30 Ascension 21 Easter 23 Victory Day June 10 Whit Monday 22 Easter Monday 24 Midsummer’s Day/ May 17 Prayer Day St John’s Day October 3 Day of German Unity 30 Ascension August 20 Restoration of Independence December 25 Christmas Day June 5 Constitution Day Day 26 Second Christmas Day 9 Whit Sunday December 24 Christmas Eve greece 10 Whit Monday 25 Christmas Day December 24 Christmas Eve 26 Second Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day 25 Christmas Day 6 Epiphany 26 Second Christmas Day finland March 11 Shrove Monday January 1 New Year’s Day 25 Independence Day dominican 6 Epiphany April 26 Orthodox Good Friday republic April 19 Good Friday 28 Orthodox Easter January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Easter 29 Orthodox Easter Monday 6 Epiphany 22 Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day 21 Our Lady of Altagracia Day May 1 May Day June 16 Orthodox Whit Sunday 26 Juan Pablo Duarte Day 30 Ascension 17 Orthodox Whit Monday –2– INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2019 August 15 Assumption 26 Second Christmas Day israel October 28 National Day 31 New Year’s Eve March 21 Purim December 25 Christmas Day india April 20 Passover 26 Second Christmas Day January 26 Republic Day May 9 Independence Day guatemala March 4 Maha Shivaratri June 9 Shavuot January 1 New Year’s Day 22 Holi August 11 Tisha B’Av April 18 Maundy Thursday April 17 Mahavir Jayanti September 30 Rosh Hashanah 19 Good Friday 19 Good Friday October 9 Yom Kippur 20 Holy Saturday May 1 May Day* 14 Sukkot 21 Easter 18 Buddha Purnima 21 Simchat Torah May 1 Labour Day June 5 Eid al-Fitr italy June 30 Army Day August 12 Bakri Id/Idu’l Zuha January 1 New Year’s Day July 1 July Bank Holiday* 15 Independence Day 6 Epiphany August 15 Assumption* 24 Janmashtami April 21 Easter September 15 Independence Day September 10 Muharram begins 22 Easter Monday October 20 Revolution Day October 2 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday 25 Liberation Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 7 Dussehra May 1 Labour Day December 24 Christmas Eve 27 Diwali June 2 Republic Day 25 Christmas Day November 10 Mawlid al-Nabi August 15 Assumption 31 New Year’s Eve 12 Guru Nanak’s Birthday November 1 All Saints’ Day December 25 Christmas Day honduras December 8 Immaculate Conception January 1 New Year’s Day iran 25 Christmas Day February 3 Virgin of Suyapa Day February 8 Martyrdom of Hazart Fatemesh 26 St Stephen’s Day April 14 Americas’ Day Holiday 11 Anniversary of the japan 15 Government Holiday Islamic Revolution January 1 New Year’s Day 18 Maundy Thursday March 20 Oil Nationalisation Day 14 Coming of Age Day 19 Good Friday Imam Ali’s Birthday February 11 National Foundation Day 20 Holy Saturday 21 Nowruz March 21 Spring Equinox 21 Easter April 1 Islamic Republic Day April 29 Showa Day May 1 Labour Day 2 Sizdehbedar May 3 Constitution Memorial Day September 15 Independence Day 3 Mabaath 4 Greenery Day October
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