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Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an ...
Events in the year 2025 in Switzerland. Events. 1 January ... 1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 11 September - Jeûne genevois;
1 May - International Workers' Day; 9 May - Ascension Day; 20 May - Whit Monday; 30 May - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 5 September - Jeûne genevois; 15 September - Lundi du Jeûne; 25 September - Saint Nicholas of Flüe Day; 1 November - All Saints' Day; 8 December ...
As such it is treated as a national monument of Switzerland. Since 1860, the Schweizerische Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft (SGG) has organized a celebration at the site on Swiss National Day (August 1), since 1994 recognized as a public holiday. Rütli is only accessible by boat from Lake Lucerne or by foot from Seelisberg.
The decision, taken in 1891, to make 1 August the Swiss National Day is to be seen in this context, an ostentative move away from the traditional Befreiungstradition and the celebration of the deed of Tell to the purely documentary evidence of the Federal Charter of 1291.
National Day: 12 October: 1479 Castile Aragon: Celebrates Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas in 1492 that kickstarted the Spanish Empire, which was the first global empire in history. [79] Suriname: Independence Day: 25 November: 1975 Netherlands Switzerland: Swiss National Day: 1 August: 1291 Holy Roman Empire
Each country has a single national day, as a single nation cannot be formed on two separate dates; for example, the United States of America celebrates their national day on Independence Day (United States). Days like National Catfish Day, while called national days, are not officially designated, and do not celebrate nationhood.
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