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Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الاستقلال, romanized: ʿīd al-istiqlāli) is an event in Jordan marking its 1946 independence from the United Kingdom.. Following the Great Arab Revolt during World War I, the Ottoman Empire which included modern-day Jordan was partitioned by Britain and France, leading to the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan as a British protectorate in ...
New Year's Day: Ras Assanah al-Miladi: Closed 1 May: Labour Day: Eid el-Ommal: Closed 25 May: Independence Day: Eid al-Istiklaal: Closed 25 December: Christmas Day: Eid Al Milad Al Majeed, Al Eid Il Sagheer: Christmas in Jordan is celebrated by all denominations according to Catholic date (Orthodox date on January 7). Closed 10 Dhul Hijja
[93] [94] 25 May is now celebrated as the nation's Independence Day, a public holiday. [95] Jordan became a member of the United Nations on 14 December 1955. [96] On 15 May 1948, as part of the 1948 Palestine war, Jordan intervened along with several other Arab states. [97]
On 25 May 1946 the Transjordan became the "Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan" when the ruling 'Amir' was re-designated as 'King' by the parliament of Transjordan on the day it ratified the Treaty of London. 25 May is still celebrated as independence day in Jordan although legally the mandate for Transjordan ended on 17 June 1946 when, in ...
Independence Day: 29 June: 1976 United Kingdom Sierra Leone: Independence Day: 27 April: 1961 Singapore: National Day: 9 August: 1965 Malaysia: Proclamation of Singapore. Slovakia: Independence Day: 28 October: 1918 Austria-Hungary: Independence declaration by the Czechoslovak National Council. [74] Independence Day: 17 July: 1992 Czechoslovakia
In 2021, Jordan and Israel reached a historic agreement to open up the Jordan-Israel air corridor and allow flights that previously flew around Israel to cross over into each country’s airspace ...
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Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...