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1 January – New Year's Day; 28 March – Maundy Thursday; 29 March – Good Friday; 1 May – Labour Day; 7 June – Flag Day; 29 June – Feast of Saints Peter and Paul; 28–29 July – Independence Day; 30 August – Santa Rosa de Lima; 8 October – Battle of Angamos; 1 November – All Saints' Day; 8 December – Immaculate Conception
Date English name Spanish Name; January 1: New Year's Day: Año Nuevo (movable) Maundy Thursday: Jueves Santo (movable) Good Friday: Viernes Santo May 1: Labour Day: Día del Trabajo June 7: Flag Day: Día de la Bandera June 29: Saints Peter and Paul: San Pedro y San Pablo July 23: Air Force Day: Día de la Fuerza Aérea July 28-29 ...
Nahapana (Ancient Greek: Ναηαπάνα Nahapána; Kharosthi: 𐨣𐨱𐨤𐨣 Na-ha-pa-na, Nahapana; [4] Brahmi: Na-ha-pā-na, Nahapāna; [4]), was an important ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, descendant of the Indo-Scythians, in northwestern India, who ruled during the 1st or 2nd century CE.
28 July in each year commemorates the day that Peru gained its independence. General José de San Martín , known as Peru's liberator, proclaimed Peru's independence on this date. At dawn on 28 July a 21 cannon salute begins flag-raising ceremonies as Peru remembers the anniversary of its independence.
A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a national flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag. Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodies or parliaments ; however, in some countries a decree or ...
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
The parade in 2015. On July 29 every year, the Grand Military Parade of Peru celebrating the anniversary of Peru's declaration of independence from Spain in 1821 is held in Lima, the national capital, by members of the Peruvian Armed Forces and the National Police of Peru and is presided over by the President of Peru and his First Family, members of the Council of Ministers of Peru and the ...
The Viceroyalty of Peru (Spanish: Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru (Spanish: Reino del Perú), was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima.