Remembrance days in Slovakia
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Remembrance Days in Slovakia
are working days.
For Public holiday
s in Slovakia see National holidays in Slovakia.
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
are working days.
For Public holiday
Public holiday
A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year....
s in Slovakia see National holidays in Slovakia.
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March (1988) | Struggle for Human Rights Day | Deň zápasu za ľudské práva | Commemorates Candle demonstration in Bratislava Candle demonstration in Bratislava The Candle Demonstration on 25 March 1988 in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, was the first mass demonstration since 1969 against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.... |
| 13 April (1950) | Unfairly Prosecuted Persons Day | Deň nespravodlivo stíhaných | male monasteries were dissolved and friars were interned in Communist Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
| 4 May (1919) | Anniversary of the Decease of Milan Rastislav Štefánik Milan Rastislav Štefánik Milan Rastislav Štefánik , Kingdom of Hungary – May 4, 1919 in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. During World War I, he was General of the French Army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War, one of the leading members of the... |
Výročie úmrtia M. R. Štefánika | the Slovak co-founder of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... died in an aeroplane accident under unexplained circumstances |
| 7 June (1861) | Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation | Výročie Memoranda národa slovenského | |
| 5 July (n/a*) | Foreign Slovaks Day | Deň zahraničných Slovákov | at the same time the St. Cyril and Methodius Day; *Probably marks the assassination of Matúš Černák, a former minister of the WWII Slovak Republic and then leader of the Slovak exile, in Munich in 1955 |
| 17 July (1992) | Independence Day | Výročie deklarácie o zvrchovanosti SR | Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic |
| 4 August (1863) | Matica Slovenská Matica slovenská The Matica slovenská Mother) is Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation. It is based in the city of Martin... Day |
Deň Matice Slovenskej | Matica Slovenská is a main Slovak cultural institution founded in 1863 |
| 9 September (1941) | Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of racial violence | Deň obetí holokaustu a rasového násilia | the WWII-Slovak Republic issued the Jews Code, see under Jozef Tiso Jozef Tiso Jozef Tiso was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest, politician of the Slovak People's Party, and Nazi collaborator. Between 1939 and 1945, Tiso was the head of the Slovak State, a satellite state of Nazi Germany... |
| 19 September (1848) | Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council Slovak National Council The Slovak National Council is the name of different types of supreme bodies in the history of Slovakia. They existed within the Kingdom of Hungary, Czechoslovakia or the Slovak Republic or were bodies of Slovak exiles:... |
Deň 1. verejného vystúpenia SNR | the Sl. National Council – a kind of predecessor of the present-day Slovak parliament – was created on September 15, 1848 and on 19 September initiated the Slovak Volunteer Campaigns of 1848/1849 (see under Ľudovít Štúr Ludovít Štúr Ľudovít Štúr , known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language... ) |
| 6 October (1944) | Dukla Pass Dukla Pass The Dukla Pass is a strategically significant mountain pass in the Laborec Highlands of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, on the border between Poland and Slovakia, and close to the western border of Ukraine.... Victims Day |
Deň obetí Dukly | The passage of this pass was an important step in the liberation of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... during WWII |
| 27 October (1907) | Černová Tragedy Cernová tragedy The Černová massacre was a shooting that happened in Csernova on 27 October 1907 in which 15 people were killed and many were wounded after gendarmes fired into a crowd of people gathering for the consecration of a church... Day |
Deň černovskej tragédie | 15 Slovaks killed and 70 injured in front of a church by Hungarian policemen when protesting against Hungarian priests in the village of Černová; this incident has called the world’s attention to the strong Magyarisation of Slovaks in Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in... |
| 28 October (1918) | Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State | Deň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátu | see under Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
| 29 October (1815) | Birth of Ľudovít Štúr Ludovít Štúr Ľudovít Štúr , known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language... Day |
Deň narodenia Ľ. Štúra | the author of the present-day Slovak language standard |
| 30 October (1918) | Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation Slovaks The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia... |
Výročie Deklarácie slovenského národa | Slovaks Slovaks The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia... officially joined Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
| 31 October (1517) | Reformation Day | Deň reformácie | Martin Luther Martin Luther Martin Luther was a German priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517... nails up his famous programme in Wittenberg Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000.... |
| 30 December (1977) | Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province Province A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to... |
Deň vyhlásenia Slovenska za samostatnú cirkevnú provinciu | by pope Paul VI |