Specific Flag Days
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Specific flag days Country/Territory/Continent Date Details Afghanistan August 19 Independence day, 1919. Albania November 28 Independence day, 1912. Anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, who created the Argentina June 20 current flag. Aruba March 18 Flag day. Adoption of the national flag on March 18, 1976. Australian National Flag Day commemorates the first flying of Australia September 3 the Australian National Flag in 1901. State Flag Day, was officially established in 2009, for the Azerbaijan November 9 commemoration of the adoption of the Flag of Azerbaijan on November 9, 1918. Åland Last Sunday of April Commemorates adoption of the Åland flag Flag Day in Bolivia. Commemorates of the creation of the first August 17 Bolivia national flag. Brazil November 19 Flag Day in Brazil; adopted in 1889 Canada National Flag of Canada Day commemorates adoption of the February 15 Canadian flag, Feb. 15, 1965. January 21[4][5] Québec Flag Day (French: Jour du Drapeau) commemorates Quebec the first flying of the flag of Quebec, January 21, 1948. July 20 Declaration of Independence (1810) (Celebrated as National Colombia August 7 Day); Battle of Boyaca (1819) Dia di Bandera ("Day of the Flag"). Adoption of the national July 2 Curaçao flag on 2 July 1984. Anniversary of the Battle of Valdemar in 1219 in Lyndanisse, Estonia, where according to legend, the ("Dannebrog") fell Denmark June 15 from the sky. It is also the anniversary of the return of North Slesvig in 1920 to Denmark following the post-World War I plebiscite. "Day of the National Flag" ("Dia de la Bandera Nacional"). Date September 26 Ecuador when the tricolour was reinstated in 1860, two days "Eesti lipu päev" (National Flag Day). Date when the Flag of June 4 Estonia Estonia was consecrated in 1884. European Union May 9 Europe Day commemorates the Schuman Declaration. "Suomen lipun päivä", "Finlands flaggas dag" ("Day of Finland's Finland Midsummer's Day flag") celebrated annually since 1934. There are also several other flag days in Finland. The British occupation of the Faroe Islands during World War II April 25 Faroe Islands led to the adoption of the Merkið that day in 1940. საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშის დღე (sak'art'velos Georgia January 14 sakhelmts'ip'o droshis dghe, "Day of the State Flag of Georgia"), (2004). Greece October 27 "Ημέρα της σημαίας (imera tis simeas,"Day of the Flag") Commemorates the creation of Haiti's flag at the 1803 Haiti May 18 Arcahaye Conference. Honduras September 1 Armed Forces Flag Day honours the soldiers, airmen and sailors of India.The Armed Forces Flag Day or the Flag Day of India is a day dedicated towards collection of funds from people of India for the welfare of the Indian Armed Forces personnel. It December 7 India has been observed annually in India on December 7 since 1949. Over the years, it has become a tradition to commemorate this day as an honour to the soldiers, airmen and sailors of India. Festa del tricolore ("Festival of the Tricolour") commemorates January 7 Italy adoption of the Italian flag in 1797. Flag day The holiday was first observed in an 1847 convention, Liberia August 24 when the founding fathers approved the flag's design along with establishing the new republic. Vėliavos diena ("Flag's day") commemorates raising of the Lithuania January 1 Lithuanian flag on Gediminas' Tower in 1919. Ден на македонското знаме (Den na makedonskoto zname, Every 1st and 15th day of "Day of the Macedonian Flag"). Every 1st and 15th day of each Macedonia each month. month, the flag is changed in special ceremony. This celebrates the adoption of the flag. Mexico February 24 Moldova April 27 Celebration of the Norwegian Constitution, signed on 17 May May 17 Norway 1814. Now the national day of Norway. Pakistan August 11 The National Assembly adopted the country's flag on this day. Commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arica and the June 7 Peru sacrifice of Alfonso Ugarte. Araw ng Watawat ("Flag Day"), the anniversary of the 1898 Battle of Alapan where the flag was first used. Display of the Philippines May 28 - June 12 flag in all places until Independence Day is encouraged, provided it follows Republic A holiday introduced in 2004, it commemorates raising the flag Poland May 2 on Siegessäule during the Battle of Berlin. A holiday introduced in 1910, it commemorates raising the flag Portugal December 1 on Restauradores Square on the anniversary of Restoration of Independence. A holiday introduced in 1998, it celebrates Decree No. 1 of the Romania June 26 Wallachian Provisional Government, which made the blue- yellow-red tricolour the national flag. Commemorates raising of the present flag over the Russian August 22 Russia Supreme Soviet building after a 1991 coup attempt. Commemorates the anniversary of the first raising of the Slovenia April 7 national flag in 1848 at Wolfova Street 8, Ljubljana. Svenska flaggans dag ("Day of the Swedish Flag"), observed Sweden June 6 since late 19th century. Also the National Day of Sweden since 1983. Independence Day ("National Day of the Sri Lanka Flag"), The independence day of Sri Lanka is a great national occasion Sri Lanka February 4 celebrated with parades and pageants combined with the spirit of patriotism and national pride. National Day of Sri Lanka since 1948. Commemorates the adoption of the nation's first flag after February 19 Turkmenistan gaining independence from the Soviet Union. День Державного прапора (Den Derzhavnoho prapora, Ukraine August 23 "National Flag Day") commemorates the adoption of the Ukrainian flag; observed since 2004. UAE November 6 United Kingdom England April 23 St. George's Day November 30 St. Andrew's Day Scotland March 1 St. David's Day Wales March 17 St. Patrick's Day Northern Ireland Flag Day Commemorates adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, United States June 14 1777. Vietnam March 11 Flag Day Independence day (Day of the National Flag), 1945. Arab national flags Flag Duration Use Description Flag of Algeria Flag of Bahrain Flag of Comoros Flag of Djibouti Flag of Egypt Flag of Iraq Flag of Jordan Flag of Kuwait Flag of Lebanon Flag of Libya Flag of Mauritania Flag of Morocco Flag of Oman Flag of the State of Palestine Flag of Qatar Flag of Saudi Arabia Flag of Somalia Flag of Sudan 1831 to present [1] Flag of Tunisia Flag of the UAE Flag of Yemen Old Arab national flags Flag Duration Use Description 1958 Flag of the Arab Federation 1917-1920 Flag of the Arab Revolt 1972–1977 Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics 1958-1972 Flag of the United Arab Republic 1972-2002 Flag of the State of Bahrain 1975-1978 Flag of the State of Comoros 1978-1992 Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros 1992-1996 Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros 1996-2001 Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros 1922-1958 Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt 1924-1959 Flag of the Kingdom of Iraq 1959-1963 Flag of the Republic of Iraq 1963-1991 Flag of the Republic of Iraq 1991-2004 Flag of the Republic of Iraq 1969–1972 Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic 1977-2011 Flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1932-1934 Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1938-1973 Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1956-1970 Flag of the Republic of Sudan 1920 Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria 1932-1961 Flag of the Syrian Republic 1963-1972 Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic 1923-1927 Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen 1927–1962 Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen 1962–1990 Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic 1967–1990 Flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1856-1896 Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar 1963-1964 Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar Arab organizations Flag Duration Use Description Flag of the Arab League Flag of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Internal and disputed Arab territories Flag Duration Use Description 1976–present Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 1996–present Flag of Somaliland Flag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian Arab Republic Flag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian opposition Flags of extinct states Africa Flag of Biafra (de facto Flag of Republic of Flag of Anjouan (de facto Flag of Asanteman independent 1967–1970) Benin (extremely independent 1997–2002) (independent until 1957) short-lived independence 1967) Flag of Flag of w:Republic of Cabinda Flag of w:State of w:Bophuthatswana (de facto independent 1975– Flag of w:Ciskei Katanga (de facto (independent 1977–1994; 1976; current flags of (independent 1981–1994; independent 1960– recognized by South independence movement recognized by South 1963) Africa) Africa) FLEC are different) Flag of the w:Kingdom of Flag of the w:Orange Merina (independent until Flag of w:Mohéli (de facto Flag of the w:Natalia Free State 1896) independent 1997; current Republic (independent (Independent 1854– local flag is different) 1839–1843) 1902) Flag of the w:Federation of Flag of w:Rhodesia (de facto Flag of the w:Republic Flag of the w:Islands of independent 1965–1979) Rhodesia and Nyasaland of the Rif (de facto Refreshment (de facto (de facto independent independent 1921– independent 1811–1816) 1953-1963) 1926) Flag of the w:South Flag of w:Transkei African Republic Flag of w:South Kasai (de Flag of w:Tanganyika (independent 1976– (independent 1856–77, facto independent 1960– (independent 1961-1964) 1994; recognized by 1881–1902) 1962) South Africa) Flag of w:Venda (independent 1979–1994; Flag of the w:Sultanate of Flag of the w:People's recognized by South Zanzibar (independent Republic of