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* [[Burkina Faso]], January 3 (1966). It relates to the anniversary of the [[1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état]].<ref name="revolution">{{cite web |title=Revolution Day 2021, 2022 and 2023 in Burkina Faso |url=https://publicholidays.africa/burkina-faso/revolution-day/ |website=PublicHolidays.africa |accessdate=August 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926041948/https://publicholidays.africa/burkina-faso/revolution-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref> See [[Public holidays in Burkina Faso]].
* [[Nicaragua]], July 19 (1979). Also known as [[Liberation Day]]. Marks the day that the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|FSLN Army]] defeated the [[Somoza]] dictatorships in the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]]▼
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* [[Egypt]], January 25 (2011). Also known as January's Revolution Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/11/egypt.revolution/index.html|title=Egypt's Mubarak resigns after 30-year rule|website=www.cnn.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-18|archive-date=2022-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219141745/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/11/egypt.revolution/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Marks the day of the beginning of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011|2011 Egyptian revolution]]. See [[Public holidays in Egypt]].
* [[Iran]], February 11 (1979). Marks the day when the [[List of Persian monarchs|Shah of Iran]] was overthrown by a coalition of [[Assembly of Experts|conservative Shia clerics]], leftist political parties, and students. The anniversary of the 1979 [[Iranian revolution]] is celebrated every year.
* [[Libya]], February 17 (2011). Marks the day when [[Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Jamahiriya security forces]] first used [[First Battle of Benghazi|live ammunition against Benghazi demonstrators]], sparking the [[Libyan Civil War (2011)|civil war]]. See [[Public holidays in Libya]].
* [[Greece]], March 25 (1821). Marks the day when the [[Greek Revolution]] was declared. See [[Greek Independence Day]].
* [[United States]], July 4 (1776). Also known as [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]. Marks the day that the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] was ratified during the [[American Revolutionary War]].
▲* [[Nicaragua]], July 19 (1979). Also known as [[Liberation Day]]. Marks the day that the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|FSLN Army]] defeated the [[Somoza]] dictatorships in the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]].
* [[The Gambia]], July 22 (1994). See [[Public holidays in the Gambia]].
* [[Egypt]], July 23 (1952). See [[Revolution Day (Egypt)]].
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* [[Eritrea]], September 1 (1961). In commemoration of the [[Battle of Adal]] which started the [[Eritrean War of Independence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nharnet.com/Editorials/TodayinEriHistory/NharnetTeam_Jan13.htm|title=From the Experiences of the Eritrean Liberation Army (ELA)|date=13 January 2005|website=NHarnet.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926162749/http://www.nharnet.com/Editorials/TodayinEriHistory/NharnetTeam_Jan13.htm|archive-date=2009-09-26|url-status=live|accessdate=6 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]], September 1 (1969). In commemoration of the [[The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi)|Green Revolution]] of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]. See [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Coup d'état of 1969|Libyan coup d'état of 1969]].
* [[Guatemala]], October 20 (1944). One of two [[Días Patrios (Guatemala)|Patriotic Days]], commemorates a coup d'état led by [[Francisco Javier Arana]] and [[Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán]].▼
* [[Mozambique]], September 25 (1964).<ref>http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/mozambique-armed-forces-day {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514173339/http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/mozambique-armed-forces-day/ |date=2014-05-14 }} Formation of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO)</ref> See [[Public holidays in Mozambique]].
* [[North Macedonia]], October 11 (1941). Marks the beginning of the [[World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia|National Liberation War of Macedonia]]. See [[Public holidays in North Macedonia]].
▲* [[Guatemala]], October 20 (1944).
* [[Algeria]], November 1 (1954). It relates to the [[Toussaint Rouge]] events that occurred on that day across [[French Algeria]] and is taken as the starting date for the Algerian War which lasted until 1962 and led to Algerian independence from France. See [[Public holidays in Algeria]].
* [[Bangladesh]], November 7 (1975). See [[National Revolution and Solidarity Day]].
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* [[Mexico]], November 20 (1910). See [[Revolution Day (Mexico)]].
* [[Tunisia]], December 17 (2010). Marks the day of the beginning of the [[Tunisian Revolution]]. See [[Public holidays in Tunisia]].
* [[Sudan]], December 19 (2018). Marks the day of the start of mass protests in the [[Sudanese Revolution]], ending with the [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état]]. See [[Public holidays in Sudan]].
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The [[Leap year|leap]] day in the [[French Republican Calendar]], in use for several years after the [[French Revolution]], added after a [[franciade]], is also known as "Revolution Day" (''Jour de la Révolution'' or ''Fête de la Révolution'' in French). See [[Sansculottides]] for details.
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* [[Republic Day]]
* [[Independence Day]]
* [[Freedom Day (disambiguation)|Freedom Day]]
* [[Liberation Day]]
== Notes ==
[[Category:National holidays]]▼
<references />
[[Category:Lists of observances]]
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