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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 ...
The 26 cantons that make up Switzerland set their public holidays independently – with the exception of 1 August, [1] which is the only federal holiday. [2] Furthermore, holidays can change depending on employers, and some holidays are specific to only a certain town or village.
All examples use example date 2021-03-31 / 2021 March 31 / 31 March 2021 / March 31, 2021 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated. Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems: D – day; M – month; Y – year; Specific formats for the basic components: yy – two-digit year, e.g. 24; yyyy – four-digit ...
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13 August: 1960 [31] Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July. [15] Chad: Republic Day: 28 November: 1958 [32] Effective date when Chad became an autonomous republic in the French Community. [33] Independence Day: 11 August: 1960 Effective date of the agreement with France signed on 12 July. [15] Chile: Independence Day ...
August 1 in recent years ... 1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, ... commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
The Charter documents the Eternal Alliance of the League of the Three Forest Cantons (German: Ewiger Bund der Drei Waldstätten), the union of three cantons in what is now central Switzerland. It is dated to early August 1291, which in the 20th century inspired the date of Swiss National Day, 1 August.
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