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Canada Day, [a] formerly known as Dominion Day, [b] is the national day of Canada.A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British ...
Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan or Araw ng Kasarinlan) 12 June: 1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The Philippines achieved self-rule from the United States on 4 July 1946, and celebrated 4 July as Independence Day until 1964. [72] Republic Day: 4 July: 1946 United ...
April 12 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Archbishop of Quebec (b.1820) June 13 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, lawyer, politician and 5th Premier of Quebec (b.1840) July 14 – Louis-François Richer Laflèche, diocese of Trois-Rivières (b.1818) August 24 – Casimir Gzowski, engineer (b.1813)
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year ... Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Philippines from Spain in 1898. June 12 Commemoration (Lagos State)
The Toronto Catholic District School Board [14] also voted on May 17, 2018 to declare June 12th as Filipino Heritage Day and June as Filipino Heritage Month, across all Catholic elementary and secondary schools in Toronto. As of June 2018, there are 168 elementary schools, 31 secondary schools, and three combined (elementary and secondary) schools.
Philippine revolutionaries had declared independence from Spain on June 12, 1898, and resisted the imposition of American sovereignty. The 1899 Battle of Manila between American and Filipino forces on February 4-5, 1899 ignited the Philippine-American War , which concluded with an American victory in 1902.
Independence Day [1] (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day.
Philippine Declaration of Independence: June 12, 1898: Spain United States. 98 representatives of Dictatorial Government of the Philippines [7] (ratified on September 29, 1898, by the Malolos Congress [8]) Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina Bolivia Uruguay) Argentine Declaration of Independence: July 9, 1816: Spain ...