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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}}</ref> See [[Public holidays in Burkina Faso]]. |
* [[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}}</ref> See [[Public holidays in Burkina Faso]]. |
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* [[Zanzibar]], January 12 (1964). See [[Zanzibar Revolution]]. |
* [[Zanzibar]], January 12 (1964). See [[Zanzibar Revolution]]. |
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* [[Tunisia]], December 17 (2010). Combined with Revolution Day. See [[Public holidays in Tunisia]]. |
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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}}</ref> Marks the day of the beginning of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011|2011 Egyptian revolution]]. See [[Public holidays in Egypt]]. |
* [[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}}</ref> Marks the day of the beginning of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011|2011 Egyptian revolution]]. See [[Public holidays in Egypt]]. |
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* [[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]]. |
* [[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]]. |
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Revolution Day or the Day of the Revolution refers to public holidays or remembrance days in various country held in commemoration of an important event in the country's history, usually the starting point or a turning point in a revolution that led to significant political change.
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The 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 RévolutionorFête de la Révolution in French). See Sansculottides for details.
