Author Archives: Rob Burroughs

North Macedonia Republic Day is a major national holiday for the country. It falls on 2nd August, which is also a major religious holiday called llinden. It commemorates two major events in the establishment of the statehood of the country which took place on this date. These are the llinden Uprising of 1903 ,which wasContinue reading “North Macedonia Republic Day”

Yorkshire Day Yorkshire Day is to promote the county of Yorkshire in England. It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society as a protest movement against the local government re-organisation of 1974. This date was already the Battle of Minden, and also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British EmpireContinue reading “Holidays on 1st August”

World Ranger Day is celebrated worldwide each year on 31st Jul to commemorate Rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and to celebrate the work Rangers do to protect the planet’s natural treasures and cultural heritage.

Today celebrates the independence of Vanuatu which was declared on 30th July 1980. It was previously called New Hebrides, and was controlled by the French and British. In the 1970s an independence movement rose, with political policies forming to advocate for the Indigenous land rights of the people. It gained its independence under the leadershipContinue reading “Vanuatu Independence Day”

This celebration occurs on different dates in different countries, but the first date proposed was 30th July 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade. On 27th April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30th July as official International Friendship Day after may years of lobbying by the World Friendship Crusade.

Olavsoka is the biggest Summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and considered the national holiday of the country along with Flagday. It is celebrated for several days but the day itself is on 29th July. The literal meaning of the day is Saint Olaf’s Wake, which is from Saint Olaf’s death at teh Battle ofContinue reading “Olavsoka”

The Fiestas Patrias peruanas are celebrations of Peru’s independence from the Spanish Empire. They officially consist of two days with 28th July commemorating its independence won by Jose de San Martin, and the 29th July honouring the Armed Forces and the National Police of Peru.

The main aim of this day is to come together and support and conserve nature rather than exploit it. It is to remind us of the importance of nature in our lives and why we need to look after it.

The Maldives had their independence agreed in 1965 from the United Kingdom. An agreement was signed of behalf of His Majesty the Sultan and Her Majesty the Queen to end the British responsibility of defence and external affairs of the Maldives, meaning it achieved full political independence.

Liberia signed their Declaration of Independence on this day in 1847 to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by America, was to become an independent state.