World Holidays
AFGHANISTAN
Aug. 19: Independence Day
ANDORRA
Aug. 15: Assumption
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
Aug. 2-3: Carnival
ARGENTINA
Aug. 16: Anniversary of the Death of Gen. Jose de San Martin
AUSTRIA
Aug. 15: Assumption
BAHAMAS
Aug. 2: Emancipation Day
BARBADOS
Aug. 2: Kadooment Day
Aug. 3: Emancipation Day
BELGIUM
Aug. 15: Assumption
BENIN
Aug. 1: National Day
Aug. 15: Assumption
BOLIVIA
Aug. 6: Independence Day
BURKINA FASO
Aug. 5: Independence Day
Aug. 15: Assumption
BURUNDI
Aug. 15: Assumption
CAMEROON
Aug. 15: Assumption
CAPE VERDE
Aug. 15: Assumption
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Aug. 13: Proclamation of Independence
Aug. 15: Assumption
CHAD
Aug. 11: Independence Day
CHILE
Aug. 15: Assumption
COLOMBIA
Aug. 7: Battle of Boyacá
Aug. 15: Assumption
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
Aug. 15: Independence Day
COSTA RICA
Aug. 15: Assumption/Mothers’ Day
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Aug. 15: Assumption
CROATIA
Aug. 5: Thanksgiving Day
Aug. 15: Assumption
CYPRUS:
Aug. 15: Assumption
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Aug. 16: Restoration Day
EAST TIMOR
Aug. 15: Assumption
Aug. 30: Constitution Day
ECUADOR
Aug. 10: Independence Day
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Aug. 3: Armed Forces Day
Aug. 15: Constitution Day
ESTONIA
Aug. 20: Day of Restoration of Independence
FRANCE
Aug. 15: Assumption
GABON
Aug. 15: Assumption
Aug. 17: National Day
GAMBIA
Aug. 15: Assumption
GEORGIA
Aug. 28: Assumption (Mariamoba)
GERMANY
Aug. 15: Assumption
GREECE
Aug. 15: Assumption
GRENADA
Aug. 2: Emancipation Day
Aug. 9-10: Carnival
GUATEMALA
Aug. 15: Assumption
GUYANA
Aug. 2: Freedom Day
HAITI
Aug. 15: Assumption
HUNGARY
Aug. 15: Assumption
Aug. 20: National Holiday
ICELAND
Aug. 2: Bank Holiday Monday
INDIA
Aug. 15: Independence Day
INDONESIA
Aug. 17: Independence Day
IRELAND
Aug. 2: Public Holiday
ITALY
Aug. 15: Assumption
JAMAICA
Aug. 1: Emancipation Day
Aug. 6: Independence Day
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KAZAKHSTAN
Aug. 30: Constitution Day
KOREA
Aug. 15: Liberation Day
KYRGYZSTAN
Aug. 31: Independence Day
LEBANON
Aug. 15: Assumption
LIECHTENSTEIN
Aug. 15: National Holiday (Assumption)
LITHUANIA
Aug. 15: Assumption (Zoline)
LUXEMBOURG
Aug. 16: Assumption
MACEDONIA
Aug. 2: Uprising Day (Ilinden)
MADAGASCAR
Aug. 15: Assumption
MALAYSIA
Aug. 31: National Day
MALTA
Aug. 15: Assumption
MOLDOVA
Aug. 27: Independence Day
Aug. 31: National Language Day
MOROCCO
Aug. 14: Commemoration of Oued Eddahab (Reunification Day)
Aug. 20: Revolution of the King and the People
Aug. 21: Youth Day (King’s Birthday)
NAMIBIA
Aug. 26: Heroes’ Day
NIGER
Aug. 3: Independence Day
Aug. 15: Military Regime Day
PAKISTAN
Aug. 14: Independence Day
PANAMA
Aug. 15: The Founding of Panama City
PARAGUAY
Aug. 15: Founding of Asunción
PERU
Aug. 30: St. Rosa of Lima
POLAND
Aug. 15: The Ascension of St. Mary
PORTUGAL
Aug. 15: Assumption
RUSSIA
Aug. 22: Day of the Russian Federation State Flag
RWANDA
Aug. 15: Assumption
ST. KITTS and NEVIS
Aug. 2: August Monday
ST. LUCIA
Aug. 1: Emancipation Day
ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
Aug. 2: August Monday
SENEGAL
Aug. 15: Assumption
SEYCHELLES
Aug. 15: Assumption
SINGAPORE
Aug. 9: National Day
SLOVAKIA
Aug. 29: Slovak National Uprising Day
SLOVENIA
Aug. 15: Assumption
SOUTH AFRICA
Aug. 9: National Women’s Day
SPAIN
Aug. 15: Assumption
SWITZERLAND
Aug. 1: National Day
Aug. 15: Assumption
TANZANIA
Aug. 8: Farmers’ Day (Nane Nane)
THAILAND
Aug. 2: Substituted for Buddhist Lent Day
Aug. 12: HM the Queen’s Birthday
TOGO
Aug. 15: Assumption
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Aug. 1: Emancipation Day
Aug. 31: Independence Day
TUNISIA
Aug. 13: Women’s Day
TURKEY
Aug. 30: Victory Day
UKRAINE
Aug. 24: Independence Day
UNITED KINGDOM
Aug. 30: Summer Bank Holiday
URUGUAY
Aug. 25: Independence Day
VENEZUELA
Aug. 15: Assumption
ZAMBIA
Aug. 2: Farmers’ Day
ZIMBABWE
Aug. 11: Heroes’ Day
Aug. 12: Defense Forces’ National Day
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