List of national days of mourning (before 2000)

This is a list of national days of mourning before 2000. It does not include annual remembrance events.

17th century

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Portugal	1649	2	Death of Eduardo de Bragança  [ pt ]	First known national mourning declaration in history. [1] : 65
Portugal	1653	30	Death of Teodósio, Prince of Brazil	[1] : 117
Portugal	1656–1658	730	Death of King John IV of Portugal	2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [2]
Portugal	1666–1668	730	Death of Queen-consort Luisa de Guzmán	2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [3]
Portugal	1690–1691	365	Death of Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira	One year of mourning (6 months full mourning, 6 months half mourning). [4]

18th century

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Portugal	1706	365	Death of Catherine of Braganza, Queen-consort of England, Scotland and Ireland and Infanta of Portugal	[5]
Portugal	1706–1708	730	Death of King Peter II of Portugal	2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [6]
Portugal	1750–1752	730	Death of King John V of Portugal	2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [7]
Portugal	1754–1755	180	Death of Queen-consort Maria Anna of Austria	[8]
Portugal	1777–1778	365	Death of King Joseph I of Portugal	1 year of mourning (6 months full mourning, 6 months half mourning). [9] : 213
Portugal	1781	180	Death of Queen-consort Mariana Victoria of Spain	6 months of mourning (3 months full mourning, 3 months half mourning). [9] : 289
Portugal	1786–1787	365	Death of King-consort Peter III of Portugal	One year of mourning (6 months full mourning, 6 months half mourning). [10]
Portugal	1788–1789	180	Death of José, Prince of Brazil	[11]
First French Empire	1799	10	Death of first president of the United States George Washington	First national mourning declaration that was not from Portugal. [12]

19th century

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Portugal	1816–1817	365	Death of Queen Maria I of Portugal	One year of mourning (6 months full mourning, 6 months half mourning). [13]
Portugal	1826–1827	365	Death of King John VI of Portugal	[14]
Portugal	1830	180	Death of Queen-consort Carlota Joaquina of Spain	[15]
Portugal	1834–1835	180	Death of King Peter IV of Portugal	[16]
Portugal	1853–1854	180	Death of Queen Maria II of Portugal	6 months of mourning (3 months full mourning, 3 months half mourning). [17]
Italy	1861	1	Death of PM of Italy Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour	First Italian national mourning declaration. [18]
Portugal	1861–1862	180	Death of King Peter V of Portugal	6 months of mourning (3 months full mourning, 3 months half mourning). [19]
United States	1865	1	Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln	A National Day of Mourning was held on June 1. First American national mourning declaration. [20] [21]
United States	1881	1	Death of U.S. President James A. Garfield	National mourning on September 26. [22]
German Empire	1888	At least 1	Death of German Emperor William I	First German national mourning declaration. [23]
Portugal	1889–1890	90	Death of King Luís I of Portugal	3 months of mourning (1,5 month full mourning, 1,5 month half mourning). [24]
Netherlands	1890	1	Death of King William III	First Dutch national mourning declaration. [25]
Bolivia	1899	2	Death of Juan M. Fernandez De Cordova	National mourning on March 16–17. First time national mourning was declared in a country in South America. [26]
Bolivia	1899	At least 1	Death of presidential candidate Eliodoro Camacho	[27]

20th century

1900s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Bolivia	1900	1	Death of Napoleón Tejada	National mourning on October 1. [28]
United Kingdom	1901	11	Death of Queen Victoria	State funeral on February 2, 1901. Flags were hoisted to half mast for the duration of the mourning period. This was the first mourning period to be observed in the UK.[ citation needed ]
Canada		1		During the first declaration of mourning in Canada on February 2, all places of business and entertainment were closed until the hour of sunset. [29]
United States	1901	1	Assassination of U.S. President William McKinley	National mourning on September 19. [30]
Bolivia	1901	1	Death of Manuel María Saavedra	National mourning on December 21. [31]
Bolivia	1902	1	Death of deputy of Cochabamba Fabio Mariscal	National mourning on August 14. [32]
Portugal	1908	120	Victims of the Lisbon Regicide	4 months of mourning (2 months full mourning, 2 months half mourning). [33]

1910s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Portugal	1910	30	Death of British King Edward VII	15 days full mourning, 15 days half mourning. [34]
Bolivia	1910	1	Death of Feliciano Abastoflor	National mourning on August 30. [35]
Bolivia	1915	1	Death of Demetrio Gutiérrez	National mourning on September 16. [36]
Nicaragua	1917	1	Death of Francisco Baca	First time national mourning was declared in Nicaragua. [37]
Bolivia	1918	1	Death of John D. O’Rear	National mourning on July 23 with flags at half mast. [38]
Germany	1919	7	Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles	All public amusements and sports were postponed or cancelled entirely. [39]

1920s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	1921	At least 1	Death of King Peter I of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes	Mourning started on 17 August. First time national mourning was declared in Yugoslavia. [40]
Panama	1921	30	Victims of the Coto War	First time national mourning was declared in Panama. [41]
Germany	1922	At least 1	Assassination of German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau	[23]
United States	1923	1	Death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding	[42]
Portugal	1923	1	Death of Guerra Junqueiro	[43]
Soviet Union	1924	1	Death of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin	First time national mourning was announced in the Soviet Union. [44] [45]
Portugal	1924	1	Death of Teófilo Braga	[46]
Poland	1924	At least 1	Death of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson	First Polish national mourning declaration. Wilson called for an independent Polish state in his 1918 Fourteen Points statement. [47]
Portugal	1924	1	Death of Sacadura Cabral	[48]
Germany	1925	At least 5	Death of President Friedrich Ebert	[49]
Portugal	1925	1	Death of João Chagas	[50]
Germany	1929	At least 1	Death of German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann	[23]

1930s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
France	1930	1	Victims of the 1930 Southern France floods	[51]
Bolivia	1931	1	Death of Eduardo Zapcovic Lizárraga	National mourning on September 30. [52]
Lithuania	1933	At least 1	Victims of a plane crash in Germany (Modern day Poland)	Was set to land in Kaunas. Thousands of people went to the funeral. First time national mourning was declared in Lithuania. [53]
Bolivia	1933	2	Death of Daniel Sánchez Bustamante	[54]
Netherlands	1934	1	Death of former Queen consort Emma	[55]
Poland	1934	1	Assassination of Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki	Public shows, concerts, and games were suspended. [56]
Netherlands	1934	1	Death of Duke Henry, prince consort	[57]
Germany	1934	14	Death of President Paul von Hindenburg	Longest mourning period to be observed in Germany [58] [59] [60]
Yugoslavia	1934	180	Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and foreign minister Louis Barthou	The general folk mourning lasted six months, the deepest until October 25, and the deep until November 21. A number of cultural and musical events were canceled as a sign of respect. This was the longest mourning to be observed in Yugoslavia [61] [62]
France		30		Longest mourning period to be observed in France [63]
Poland	1935	3	Death of Polish statesman Józef Piłsudski	Public shows, concerts, and games were suspended. [64]
Panama	1935	8	Death of Rafael Niera	[65]
Belgium	1935	7	Death of Queen Astrid of Sweden	First time national mourning was declared in Belgium. [66]
Brazil		1		First time national mourning was declared in Brazil. [67]
Egypt	1935	1	Victims of the 1935-1936 protests in Egypt	National mourning on November 21. First time national mourning was declared in Egypt. [68]
United Kingdom	1936	8	Death of King George V	[ citation needed ]
Czechoslovakia	1937	7	Death of former President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk	Longest period of mourning observed in Czechoslovakia. [69]
Poland	1938	At least 1	Death of Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Lviv Józef Teodorowicz	[47]
Turkey	1938	3	Death of founding leader and president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	Schools and official offices across the country were closed. First time national mourning was declared in Turkey. [70]
Bolivia	1939	1	Death of Jaime Mendoza	National mourning on January 28. [71]
Holy See	1939	9	Death of Pope Pius XI	First time national mourning was declared in the Vatican City. [72]
Italy		1		On February 14, the day of the Pope's funeral declared a day of national mourning and a day off from work. Flags lowered to mid-mast on all government and public buildings. Schools, offices and theaters were closed. [73] [74]
Ireland				The Irish flag was flown at half-mast over government buildings, on other public buildings in the capital and throughout the country. Theatres were closed, dance postponed and cinemas shut down as a mark of respect. First time national mourning was declared in Ireland. [75]
Brazil	1939	3	Death of Bolivian president Germán Busch	[76]
Bolivia		At least 1		[77]
Ecuador	1939	8	Death of Ecuadorian president Aurelio Mosquera	First time national mourning was declared in Ecuador. [78]
Brazil		3		[79]
Dominican Republic	1939	3	Death of Panamanian president Juan Demóstenes Arosemena	First time national mourning was declared in the Dominican Republic. [80]
Brazil				[81]
Panama		At least 1		[82]

1940s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Paraguay	1940	1	Death of president José Félix Estigarribia	National mourning on September 10. First time national mourning was declared in Paraguay. [83]
Spain	1941	3	Death of former King of Spain Alfonso XIII	First time national mourning was declared in Spain. [84]
Italy				[85]
Free France	1942	1	Victims of the March 3 1942 Paris bombings	Only time France observed national mourning in exile. [86]
Bolivia	1942	3	Death of former president Hernando Siles	National mourning on November 24–26. [87]
Germany	1943	3	Collapse of the Battle of Stalingrad	A period of three days' national mourning was ordered, with places of entertainment closed and all wireless stations playing solemn music, yet the newspapers were forbidden black margins and no flags were to be flown at half mast. It was the final time national mourning was declared by Hitler's regime. [88] [ page needed ]
Polish government-in-exile	1943	26	Death of Polish Prime Minister-in-Exile Władysław Sikorski	It was the longest period of mourning in Poland's history. [89] [47]
Republic of China	1943	30	Death of chairman Lin Sen	First time national mourning was announced in the Republic of China. [90]
Brazil		3		[91]
San Marino	1944	3	Victims of the June 1944 San Marino bombing	First time San Marino declared a national day of mourning. [92]
Iran	1944	1	Death of former Shah of Iran Reza Shah	July 31 declared a day of national mourning. All government and business offices closed. First time Iran declared a national day of mourning. [93]
Polish government-in-exile	1944	15	Collapse of the Warsaw Uprising	[94] [47]
Nicaragua	1945	8	Death of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt	Banks and stores closed at Managua, Nicaragua, when the large flag on the U.S. Embassy building was lowered to half-mast. [95]
Mexico		3		First time national mourning was declared in Mexico. [96]
Brazil				National flags on government, state and public buildings were lowered to half-mast. On the day of the funeral, public offices were closed. [97]
Cuba				Regular radio programs were suspended and limited to Roosevelt's death and the latest information about World War 2 and all national activities were suspended for five minutes on the day of the state funeral. First time national mourning was declared in Cuba. [98]
United States		1		April 14, the day of the president's funeral was a day of national mourning. Offices, theaters, cinemas, bars were closed and sporting events and concerts were canceled. [99] [100]
Portugal	1945	3	Death of Chancellor of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler	Portugal was the only country to declare national mourning for Hitler's death. [101] [102] [103]
Brazil	1946	3	Death of mayor of Belo Horizonte Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada	[104]
Nicaragua	1946	8	Death of former president Juan Bautista Sacasa	Flags were at half mast on all buildings and barracks in the country. [105]
Chile	1946	3	Death of Chilean president Juan Antonio Ríos	First time national mourning was declared in Chile. [106]
Brazil				[107]
Venezuela				First time national mourning was declared in Venezuela. [108]
Honduras				First time national mourning was declared in Honduras. [109]
Bolivia		At least 1		[110]
Greece	1947	90	Death of King George II of Greece	First time national mourning was declared in Greece. [111]
Brazil		3		[112]
Brazil	1947	3	Death of king Christian X of Denmark	Brazil was the only country to declare national mourning for the death of Christian X. [113]
India	1948	13	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi	Entertainment events were canceled. Theaters, entertainment venues and bars were closed. Schools and public offices were closed on the day of the funeral. This was the first time that India declared a national day of mourning. [114]
Czechoslovakia	1948	7	Death of former President Edvard Beneš	[115]
Greece	1949	5	Death of Prime Minister of Greece Themistoklis Sofoulis	[116]
France	1949	1	Victims of the 1949 Landes forest fire	[117]

1950s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Brazil	1950	3	Death of president of Nicaragua Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes	[118]
China	1950	1	Death of Secretary General of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Ren Bishi	The then Funeral Committee recommended that entertainment activities be stopped on the day of the memorial service on October 30 and the flag be lowered to half mast. First time the People's Republic of China declared a national day of mourning. [119]
Brazil	1951	3	Death of Austrian president Karl Renner	[118]
Portugal	1951	15	Death of President of Portugal Óscar Carmona	National mourning lasted from April 18 to May 2 after he was buried in Lisbons Church of Santa Engrácia. [120]
Spain				[121]
Egypt		7		[121]
Mexico		3		[121]
Brazil				[122]
India		1		[123]
Uruguay				First time national mourning was declared in Uruguay. [123]
Portugal	1951	1	Death of former Queen-consort Amélie of Orléans	[124]
United Kingdom	1952	9	Death of King George VI	As the news of the King's death spread, all cinemas and theatres closed, and BBC programmes were cancelled except for news bulletins. Flags in every town were at half-mast, and sports fixtures were cancelled. On February 15, the day of the funeral was declared a public holiday. All businesses, schools and offices were closed for the day [125] [126]
Australia		1		National mourning on February 17 with flags at half mast. First time national mourning was declared in Australia. [127]
Canada				February 15 is the day of the official national mourning. Public offices and schools were closed on that day. [128]
Costa Rica				First time national mourning was declared in Costa Rica. [129]
India				[130]
New Zealand				National mourning on February 15. First time national mourning was declared in New Zealand. [127]
Argentina	1952	30	Death of First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón	Many theaters, cinemas, restaurants, and businesses were closed for days. This was the first and longest mourning period to be declared in Argentina. [131]
Netherlands	1953	1	Victims of the North Sea flood of 1953 (watersnoodramp)	[132]
Albania	1953	14	Death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin	The national flag was lowered to half mast and work was immediately suspended in all offices and schools. All theatrical, cinematic, artistic and other entertainments were canceled. First time national mourning was declared in Albania. [133]
Soviet Union		4		The television broadcast a program commemorating the deceased leader, and the radio broadcast the music of mourning. Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues were closed, concerts and sports games were cancelled. [134]
Romania				Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues closed. First time national mourning was declared in Romania. [135]
Bulgaria				Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues closed. First time national mourning was declared in Bulgaria.[ citation needed ]
China		3		National mourning on March 7–9. [136]
Poland		1		Entertainment venues were closed. [137] [47]
Czechoslovakia				Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues closed. [ citation needed ]
Hungary				Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues closed. First time national mourning was declared in Hungary.[ citation needed ]
East Germany				First time national mourning was declared in East Germany.[ citation needed ]
Czechoslovakia	1953	5	Death of President Klement Gottwald	Theater performances cancelled, entertainment venues closed, mourning music was played by radio stations. [69]
Yugoslavia	1953	5	Death of Boris Kidrič	Days of national mourning form 11 to 15 April. [138]
Bolivia	1953	9	Death of First Lady Carmela Cerruto de Paz Estenssoro	National mourning on December 7–15 with the national flag being hoisted at half mast in public offices and private buildings and the suspension of private and public activities on the day of the funeral. [139]
Uruguay	1954	2	Death of Alvaro Vargas Guillemette	National mourning on June 26–27. [140]
Costa Rica	1954	At least 1	Death of former President Julio Acosta García	[129]
Brazil	1954	8	Death of President Getúlio Vargas	After the president's suicide, an eight day long mourning was declared with flags at half-mast but a state funeral was not held. [141]
Bolivia		3		National mourning on August 25–27. Flags lowered half-mast. [142]
Argentina				[143]
Ecuador				[143]
Chile				[143]
Paraguay				[143]
Uruguay				[143]
Nicaragua				[143]
Dominican Republic				[143]
Haiti	1954	3	Victims of Hurricane Hazel	First time national mourning was declared in Haiti. [144]
Greece	1955	5	Death of Prime Minister of Greece Alexandros Papagos	[145]
Poland	1956	4	Death of former President Bolesław Bierut	Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues closed, radio stations played classical music. [146] [47]
Belgium	1956	1	Victims of the Marcinelle mining disaster	[147] [148]
Nicaragua	1956	8	Assassination of President of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza García	[149]
Philippines	1957	30	Death of President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay	First time national mourning was declared in the Commonwealth of the Philippines. [150]
Czechoslovakia	1957	5	Death of President Antonín Zápotocký	[69]
Spain	1958	10	Death of Pope Pius XII	[151]
Holy See		9		[152]
Brazil		5		[153]
Italy		3		Schools and places of entertainment were closed. [152]
Portugal				[154]
Cuba				Last time national mourning was declared in Cuba before becoming communist. [151]
Costa Rica	1959	1	Death of Rubén Odio Herrera	[129]

1960s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
East Germany	1960	3	Death of President of East Germany Wilhelm Pieck	[ citation needed ]
Cuba	1961	3	Assassination of former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba	Flags at half-mast on government and public buildings. [155]
Brazil	1961	5	Death of former president Carlos Luz	[156]
Netherlands	1962	1	Victims of the Harmelen train disaster	[157]
Netherlands	1962	1	Death of former Queen Wilhelmina	It was decided that the flags should be hung in half mast, that theater and cinema performances and sports competitions should be canceled, that in public places music should only be heard softly and that it should come from one of the Dutch radio or television channels. [158]
Costa Rica	1962	1	Death of Alfredo González Flores	[129]
Cuba	1963	3	Death of President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi	First time national mourning was declared in communist Cuba. [159]
Congo-Brazzaville				First time national mourning was declared in Congo-Brazzaville (Later renamed to the Republic of Congo). [160]
Israel		At least 2		Entertainment venues closed, cultural and entertainment events canceled. The radio played quiet and mournful music. First time national mourning was declared in Israel. [161] [162]
Argentina		1		February 24 was the day of national mourning. [160]
Spain	1963	10	Death of Pope John XXIII	[163]
Holy See		9		[164]
Philippines				[165]
Brazil		5		[166]
Italy		3		Schools and places of entertainment were closed. [167]
Paraguay				[168]
Portugal				[169]
Guatemala				National flags were at half mast at all government buildings. First time national mourning was declared in Guatemala. [170]
Congo-Brazzaville		1		[171]
Uruguay		At least 1		[172]
Yugoslavia	1963	2	Victims of the 1963 Skopje earthquake	[173]
Cuba	1963	3	Victims of Hurricane Flora	[174]
Liberia	1963	30	Assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy	First time national mourning was declared in Liberia. [175]
Portugal		At least 15		[176]
Argentina		8		[177]
Ecuador				[177]
Nicaragua				[177]
Algeria		7		First time national mourning was declared in Algeria. [175] [178]
Dahomey				Flags were at half mast and a mass was held on November 26. First time national mourning was declared in Dahomey (Later renamed to Benin). [178]
Costa Rica		5		[177] [129]
San Marino		3		Public offices and schools were closed. [179]
Greece				Flags on public buildings and ships were flown at half-mast. The national mourning ended on the evening of 25 November. Following another decision by the Prime Minister, public offices, banks, the stock exchange, and other state offices were closed. [178]
Israel				From all governmental buildings on all levels–national and local–flags flew at half-mast. Entertainment venues were closed. [180] [175]
Philippines				During this period, flags of all government buildings and installations throughout the Philippines were flown at half-mast. [181]
Indonesia				First time national mourning was declared in Indonesia. [175]
Brazil				[177]
Colombia				First time national mourning was declared in Colombia. [182]
El Salvador				First time national mourning was declared in El Salvador. [182]
Venezuela				[182]
Honduras				[182]
Guatemala				[182]
Dominican Republic				[183]
Mexico				All kinds of entertainment and social functions have been suspended, which the national flag at half-mast during the 23rd, 24th and 25 of November. [184]
Gabon				Administrative buildings and shops were closed, Flags were at half mast on public buildings and religious services were held In churches and temples. First time national mourning was declared in Gabon. [178]
South Vietnam				First time national mourning was declared in South Vietnam. [176]
United Kingdom		At least 3		[176]
Mali		At least 1		Flags were at half mast and a mass was held on November 26. First time national mourning was declared in Mali. [178]
United States		1		Federal agencies and departments were closed. Following the official announcement of President Kennedy's death, all three commercial networks suspended their regular programming and commercials for the first time in the short history of television and ran coverage on a non-stop basis for four days. Many schools, offices, place of entertainment, stores, and factories in the US have closed. The ones that were open scheduled a minute of silence. [185]
Netherlands				The flag was hung in half mast on government buildings. Municipalities and provinces were called to do the same and to give up "public entertainment" and music in the streets. [186]
Ireland				Businesses, shops and schools were closed. [187]
Peru				First time national mourning was declared in Peru. [182]
Paraguay				[183]
Uruguay				[182]
Morocco				Flags are at half-mast on all public buildings, and artistic or cultural performances were postponed. Cinemas and cabarets were also closed. First time national mourning was declared in Morocco. [178]
Congo				National mourning on November 26 with flags at half mast. [178]
Ivory Coast				First time national mourning was declared in the Ivory Coast. [178]
Togo				National mourning on November 26 with services being held in Protestant churches. First time national mourning was declared in Togo. [178]
Thailand	1963	21	Death of Prime Minister of Thailand Sarit Thanarat	First time Thailand declared a national day of mourning.[ citation needed ]
Greece	1964	90	Death of Paul of Greece	[188]
Brazil		3		[189]
Bulgaria	1964	3	Death of head of state and chairman of the presidium of the national assembly of Bulgaria Dimitar Ganev	[190]
Bhutan	1964	49	Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru	First time national mourning was declared in Bhutan. [191]
India		12		A 12-day state mourning has been ordered, national flags were lowered to half-mast on government, state and public buildings. Entertainment canceled. Government offices, public offices and businesses closed on the day of the funeral. [192]
Egypt		7		[193]
Iraq		3		National mourning on May 28-30. First time national mourning was declared in Iraq. [194]
Khmer Republic				First time national mourning was declared in Cambodia. [194]
Nepal				First time national mourning was declared in Nepal. [194]
Kuwait				First time national mourning was declared in Kuwait. [191]
Yugoslavia		2		National flags lowered on all government and public buildings and institutions. All sports and entertainment events for 2 days cancelled. [194]
Sri Lanka				National mourning on May 28. First time national mourning was declared in Sri Lanka. [194]
Uganda		1		First time national mourning was declared in Uganda. [193]
Pakistan				National mourning on May 28 with flags placed at half mast. First time national mourning was declared was declared in Pakistan, [195]
Kingdom of Sikkim				Only time national mourning was declared in Sikkim as an independent country. [191]
Malaysia				First time national mourning was declared in Malaysia. [191]
Syria		At least 1		Flags were at half mast. First time national mourning was declared in Syria. [194]
Poland	1964	4	Death of Polish head of state Aleksander Zawadzki	[196] [47]
Philippines	1964	At least 1	Death of Eulogio Rodriguez	[197]
United Kingdom	1965	3	Death of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill	[198]
Brazil				Flags were at half mast. [199]
Uruguay		At least 1		In all public buildings, barracks, fortresses, bases aeronautics and warships, the national flag was raised at half mast during the period of mourning. [200]
Romania	1965	5	Death of General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of the State Council Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej	[201]
Yugoslavia	1965	1	Victims of the 1965 Kakanj mine disaster	9 June declared a national day of mourning. [202]
Costa Rica	1965	At least 1	Victims of the Tragedy in Choluteca	[129]
Jordan	1965	7	Death of Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah	A three day period of official mourning was also declared. First time national mourning was declared in Jordan. [203]
United Arab Republic	1966	7	Death of Iraqi president Abdul Salam Arif	[204]
Algeria				[204]
Lebanon		3		First time national mourning was declared in Lebanon. [205]
Kuwait				[206]
Jordan				[206]
Guinea	1967	8	Aftermath of the 1967 Sierra Leonean coups d'état	[207]
West Germany	1967	3	Death of former Chancellor of Germany Konrad Adenauer	First time national mourning was declared in West Germany. [208]
Belgium	1967	1	Victims of the L'Innovation Department Store fire	[147] [148]
Cuba	1967	3	Death of Che Guevara	[209]
Gabon	1967	8	Death of president Léon M'ba	National mourning on November 28-December 5. [210]
Soviet Union	1968	1	Deaths of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Soviet test-pilot Vladimir Seryogin	This was the 1st time in Soviet history that a day of mourning was declared for someone who was not a head of state. [211] [44]
United States	1968	1	Assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.	First time in US history national mourning was observed for someone who was not a head of state. National mourning on April 5. [212]
United States	1968	1	Assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy	National mourning on June 9. Flags were flown at half mast on all buildings, ground and naval vessels of the Federal government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions. [213]
Israel	1969	2	Death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol	Flags across the country were brought to half mast and all places of entertainment were closed. [214]
United States	1969	1	Death of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower	National mourning on March 31. Federal agencies and departments were closed. Flags were displayed at half mast at the White House and on all buildings, grounds and naval vessels for 30 days from the day of the death. [215] [216]
Congo-Léopoldville	1969	1	Death of former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kasa-Vubu	The day of the funeral was a day of national mourning. Cinemas, shops, restaurants, factories and offices were closed. First time national mourning was declared in Congo-Léopoldville (Later renamed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo). [217] [218]
Trinidad and Tobago	1969	14	Death of President of India Zakir Husain	First time national mourning was declared in Trinidad and Tobago. [219]
India		13		Flags at half mast. [220]
United Arab Republic		7		[219]
South Yemen				First time national mourning was declared in South Yemen. [221]
Iraq		3		[219]
Sudan				First time national mourning was declared in Sudan. [219]
Libya				First time national mourning was declared in Libya. [219]
Nepal				[219]
Bhutan				[219]
Syria				[219]
Iran				[221]
Pakistan		At least 1		Flags at half mast. [222]
Kenya	1969	7	Assassination of Minister of Justice Tom Mboya	Flags at half mast. First time national mourning was declared in Kenya. [223] [224]
North Vietnam	1969	8	Death of Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh	Flags were lowered to half-mast on all public and government buildings. Radio stations played mourning music.Theaters, cinemas and other recreation places closed. First time national mourning was declared in North Vietnam. [225] [226]
Algeria		3		National flags were lowered to half mast. [227]
North Korea		1		National flags were lowered to half mast. Ban singing and dancing. First time national mourning was declared in North Korea. [228]

1970s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Yugoslavia	1970	1	Victims of the Breza coal mine disaster	15 March declared a national day of mourning. [229]
Portugal	1970	4	Death of former Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar	The national mourning days were from 27 to 30 July. Closing all public institutions on the day of the funeral, except for services which, by their nature, cannot be interrupted and suspension of public screening on the date of publication of this decree and on the day of the funeral. [230]
Brazil		3		[231]
Egypt	1970	40	Death of President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser	When the news of President Nasser's death came, all TV and radio stations interrupted their programming and broadcast Quran recitations and mourning songs. Theaters, cinemas, shops, schools and offices closed until the funeral on October 1. [232] [233]
Libya				National flags at half-mast on government, public and military buildings. 3 days of total mourning, during which all government and public institutions in the country were closed. Television and radio stations played recitations of the Quran and mourning music. [234]
Jordan				[235]
Lebanon		7		[235]
Iraq				[234]
Sudan				[234]
India		3		[236] [237]
Brazil				[238]
Cuba				[239]
Venezuela				Flags at half mast in all buildings, offices and other public dependencies. [240]
Tunisia				First time national mourning was declared in Tunisia. [235]
Iran				[241] [242]
Algeria		At least 3		On September 29, all facilities, offices and schools were closed. [237]
East Germany		1		October 1 was the day of national mourning. [243]
Yugoslavia				[239]
Somalia				First time national mourning was declared in Somalia. [244]
Mali				National mourning on September 29. [245]
Senegal	1970	8	Death of former President of France Charles de Gaulle	First time national mourning was declared in Senegal. [246]
Gabon		7		[247]
Brazil		3		Flags at half-mast on government and public buildings. [248]
Ivory Coast				[247]
Central African Republic				First time national mourning was declared in the Central African Republic. [247]
France		1		As part of the national mourning, radio and television stations abandoned their regular programs in favor of those with a solemn cast. On Thursday, the day of the funeral, cinemas, theaters, schools and public offices were closed. [249]
Chad		At least 1		First time national mourning was declared in Chad. [247]
Dahomey				[247]
Yugoslavia	1971	1	Death of Milentije Popović	10 May declared national day of mourning. [250]
Philippines	1971	30	Death of former President Carlos P. Garcia	[251]
Liberia	1971	35	Death of president William Tubman	[252]
Ireland	1972	1	Victims of the Derry massacre in Northern Ireland	[253]
Bangladesh	1972	1	Victims of Bangladesh Liberation War	First time national mourning was declared in Bangladesh.[ citation needed ]
Tanzania	1972	7	Assassination of Vice President Abeid Karume	Flags at half mast. First time national mourning was declared in Tanzania. [254]
Guinea	1972	3	Death of former President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah	First time national mourning was declared in Guinea. [255]
Nicaragua	1972	3	Victims of the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake	[256]
Costa Rica		At least 1		[129]
United States	1972	1	Death of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman	National mourning on December 28. Federal agencies and departments were closed. [257] [258]
United States	1973	1	Death of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson	National mourning on January 26. Federal agencies and departments were closed. [259] [260]
East Germany	1973	1	Death of Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht	[261]
North Vietnam	1973	1	Death of President of Chile Salvador Allende	Chilean President Allende was killed in a coup d'état. The day was declared a national day of mourning, and all entertainments were stopped. [262]
Ethiopia	1973	1	Death of Abebe Bikila	First time national mourning was declared in Ethiopia. [263] [264]
Spain	1973	3	Assassination of Prime Minister of Spain Luis Carrero Blanco	All public buildings are closed. [265]
Turkey	1973	1	Death of former president İsmet İnönü	Flags at half mast. [70]
Brazil	1974	3	Death of President of France Georges Pompidou	Flags at half-mast on government and public buildings. [266]
Senegal				[267]
Iraq				[268]
France		1		On Saturday, April 6, it was a day of national mourning. On this day, theaters, cinemas, concert halls and schools were closed. [269] [270]
Paraguay	1974	8	Death of President of Argentina Juan Perón	[271]
Uruguay		7		President Juan María Bordaberry went to the funeral. [271]
Argentina		3		Flags were at half mast with the funeral being on July 9, 1974. Upon hearing of President Peron's death, television stations broadcast programs commemorating the deceased president, and radio stations played subdued and mournful music. Almost all public events have been suspended. [272]
Brazil				[271]
Bolivia				[273]
Cuba				[271]
Spain				National mourning on July 2–4 with flags at half mast on all public buildings and warships. [274]
Yugoslavia	1974	1	Victims of the Zagreb train disaster	[275]
Ireland	1974	1	Death of President Ireland Erskine Hamilton Childers	Thursday, November 21, is the official day of national mourning. [276]
Algeria	1974	3	Death of Ahmed Medeghri	National mourning from December 11–13. [277]
Yugoslavia	1975	1	Death of Veljko Vlahović	9 March declared a national day of mourning. [278]
Saudi Arabia	1975	3	Assassination of Faisal of Saudi Arabia	Riyadh had three days of mourning during which all government activities were suspended. First time national mourning was declared in Saudi Arabia. [279]
Iraq				Flags at half mast. [280]
Brazil				[281]
Spain				Flags at half mast on all public buildings and ships of the Navy. [282]
Sudan				[283]
Taiwan	1975	30	Death of President of Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek	All entertainment venues and clubs have closed. [284]
Guatemala		3		[285]
Bangladesh	1975	1	Assassination of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	[286]
Ireland	1975	1	Death of former Taoiseach and President of Ireland Éamon de Valera	Normal programs were canceled in favor of somber funeral music and programs relating to Mr. de Valera's life. Irish television also carried special programs. [287] [288]
Spain	1975	20	Death of Caudillo of Spain Francisco Franco	Flags went to half staff on public buildings, radio and television stations broadcast religious or classical music and all theaters closed until Monday. [289] [290]
Cuba		3		The revolutionary government of Cuba ordered official mourning for three days. Since Thursday, flags have flown with half of the staff across Cuba. [291] [292]
Brazil				[293]
Nigeria	1976	7	Assassination of Head of State Murtala Muhammed	Flags were at half mast and radios were switched to funeral music. The busy traffic was also absent. [294]
Sudan		4		[295]
Uganda	1976	2	Victims of the Entebbe raid	National mourning on July 7-8 [296]
Bangladesh	1976	2	Death of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam	Parliament of India also observed a minute of silence in his honour. [297]
China	1976	7	Death of Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai	All entertainment and music activities are suspended and theaters are closed. [298]
North Korea	1976	9	Death of Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong	All entertainment, music and dancing are forbidden. Theaters and other venues are closed. [299] [300]
Sri Lanka				[300]
Tanzania				[300]
Sierra Leone				First time national mourning was declared in Sierra Leone. [300]
China		7		All entertainment and music activities are suspended and theaters are closed. [298]
Cambodia				[300]
Pakistan				[301]
Albania		3		From September 16 to 18, there was a period of national mourning, during which flags were lowered to half-mast and no recreational or sports activities took place. [300]
Venezuela				[300]
People's Republic of the Congo		1		September 13 was declared a day of national mourning. First time national mourning was declared in Communist Congo. [302]
Romania				September 18, the day of the funeral – the day of national mourning. [303]
Yugoslavia	1976	1	Victims of the 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision	12 September declared a national day of mourning. [304]
Yugoslavia	1977	1	Death of Džemal Bijedić	21 January declared a national day of mourning. [305]
Jordan	1977	7	Death of Queen Alia of Jordan	[306]
India	1977	13	Death of President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	Schools and offices closed with flags at half mast. [307] [308]
Brazil		3		[309]
People's Republic of the Congo	1977	30	Assassination of president Marien Ngouabi	National mourning from March 20 to April 18. March 21 was declared a day off work. [310]
Yugoslavia	1977	1	Death of Dušan Petrović Šane	23 July declared a national day of mourning. [311]
Cyprus	1977	3	Death of President of Cyprus and Archbishop of Cyprus Makarios III	First time national mourning was declared in Cyprus. [312] [313]
Brazil				[314]
Portugal	1977	3	Victims of the crash of TAP Air Portugal Flight 425	[315]
Qatar	1977	3	Death of former Emir Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani	First time national mourning was declared In Qatar. [316]
Kuwait	1978	40	Death of Emir Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah	[317]
Brazil		3		[318]
Guinea Bissau	1978	7	Death of prime minister Francisco Mendes	First time national mourning was declared in Guinea Bissau. [319]
Holy See	1978	9	Death of Pope Paul VI	[320]
Syria				[321]
Egypt		7		[321]
Bolivia		5		Public and private activities suspended during the funeral. [322]
Spain		3		Flags were at half mast on all buildings and navy ships. [323]
Brazil				[321]
Guatemala				The national flag was at half mast in the national palace and on all government buildings. [324]
Italy				[325]
Portugal				[326]
Zaire				First time national mourning was declared in Zaire. [327]
Lebanon				All flags at half-staff and barring all but classical music from the national radio station. [328]
Philippines		1		27 November was day of mourning with flags at half mast. [329]
Kenya	1978	30	Death of President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta	When the president's death was announced, all national flags were lowered half-mast, all shops were closed, most workplaces were closed, and workers were sent home. Public entertainment events were canceled for the duration of national mourning. [330]
Brazil		3		[331]
Holy See	1978	9	Death of Pope John Paul I	[332]
Bolivia		6		Public and private activities suspended during the funeral. [333]
Spain		3		Flags were at half mast on all public buildings and navy ships. [334]
Zaire				[335]
Lebanon				[336]
Dominican Republic		2		[337]
Algeria	1978	40	Death of President of Algeria Houari Boumédiène	Radio stations began to play mourning songs at the time of the president's death. [338] [339]
Arab League		7		[340]
Zaire		5		[341]
Brazil		3		[342]
Libya				[343]
Yugoslavia		1		29 December declared a national day of mourning. [344]
Argentina				[345]
Bangladesh	1979	3	Death of Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman	He was given a state funeral, being buried with full honours including a 19-gun salute [346]
Costa Rica	1979	At least 1	Death of former Vice President Raúl Blanco Cervantes	[129]
Yugoslavia	1979	1	Death of Đuro Pucar	15 April declared a national day of mourning. [347]
Mauritania	1979	40	Death of Prime Minister Ahmed Ould Bouceif in a plane crash	First time national mourning was declared in Mauritania. [348]
India	1979	7	Assassination of former viceroy of India Louis Mountbatten	National flags to fly at half staff and canceled all official receptions during the mourning period. [349]
Burma		3		First time national mourning was declared in Burma. [350]
Angola	1979	45	Death of first President of Angola Agostinho Neto	The Angolan government has called for a 45-day period of mourning for its lost leader, during which all festivals, cultural events and sports are to be banned. First time national mourning was declared in Angola. [351] [352]
Portugal		3		[353]
Brazil				[354]
Yugoslavia		1		17 September declared a national day of mourning. [355]
Czechoslovakia	1979	3	Death of Former President Ludvík Svoboda	[69]

1980s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Portugal	1980	3	Victims of 1980 Azores Islands earthquake	[315]
Vietnam	1980	5	Death of president Tôn Đức Thắng	[356]
Yugoslavia	1980	7	Death of President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito	Sports competitions, concerts were canceled, theaters, cinemas, places of entertainment and clubs were closed, television broadcast programs commemorating the deceased leader and the radio played funeral music [357] [358]
North Korea				[299]
Egypt				[359]
Algeria				[359]
Tanzania				[360]
Burma
Tunisia
Romania		5
Pakistan		4		The Pakistani government announced a nationwide mourning from May 5 to 8. All flags were lowered half-mast due to the death of Comrade Tito. Radio and TV stations only broadcast classical and spiritual music. [360]
Cyprus				Flags on government buildings and many homes have been lowered to mid-mast, and classical music is broadcast by radio stations. President Tito's funeral day was a day of general mourning, and no work was done on that day in Cyprus.[ citation needed ]
Ghana				[360]
Jordan		3		[359]
Brazil				[361]
India				[360]
Ba'athist Iraq
Cuba
South Yemen
Guinea
Ethiopia
Venezuela
Zambia		At least 3		Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda announced a national mourning for several days after President Tito's death. During the mourning, all cultural and entertainment events were suspended, and only classical and spiritual music was broadcast on radio and television stations. The national flag of Zambia was lowered to half mast across the country. First time national mourning was declared in Zambia. [360]
Angola		2		In Angola, a two-day national mourning was announced after the death of President Tito. Across the country, flags were lowered to mid-mast, and all cultural, sporting and other entertainment events were canceled. [360]
Guyana				First time national mourning was declared in Guyana. [360]
Costa Rica		At least 1		[129]
Sri Lanka				[360]
Seychelles
Portugal	1980	5	Deaths of Prime Minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro and Minister Adelino Amaro da Costa	On December 6, all public establishments were closed, except for services which, due to their nature, must continue to operate. [315]
Ghana	1981	7	Death of Imoru Egala	Flags at half mast. [362]
Ecuador	1981	8	Death of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera	President killed in a plane crash. [363]
Brazil		3		[364]
Costa Rica		At least 1		[129]
Poland	1981	4	Death of Primate of Poland Stefan Wyszyński	The Government declared a period of national mourning through Saturday, with flags at half-staff, theaters and movie houses closed, and subdued programming on radio and television. Last time national mourning was declared in the country as a communist nation. [47] [365]
Bangladesh	1981	40	Assassination of President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman	[366]
China	1981	1	Death of Soong Ching-ling	On the day of the funeral ceremony, which took place on June 3, the national flag was abandoned to mourning, and entertainment activities were suspended for one day. [367]
Iran	1981	5	Victims of the 1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing	President of Iran Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad-Javad Bahonar and other killed of bombing. Afterwards, the interim presidential council announced five national days of mourning. [368]
Brazil		3		[369]
Egypt	1981	40	Assassination of President Anwar Sadat	[370]
Portugal		3		[315] [371]
Brazil				[372]
Costa Rica		At least 1		[129]
Yugoslavia	1982	1	Death of Jovan Veselinov	10 February declared a national day of mourning. [373]
Gabon	1982	3	Death of national anthem creater Georges Aleka Damas	National mourning on May 5-7. [374]
UAE	1982	40	Death of King Khalid of Saudi Arabia	[375]
Qatar				[375]
Egypt		14		[376]
Saudi Arabia		3		Shops and offices closed for three days of mourning but flags were not at half mast. [376]
Ba'athist Iraq				flags were not at half mast. [375]
Brazil				[377]
Ghana	1982	1	Murder of 3 Ghanaian judges	[378]
Paraguay	1982	8	Death of former president Tomás Romero Pereira	[379]
Syria	1982	7	Death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev	[380]
Lebanon				[381]
Soviet Union		5		All sporting events were canceled through Monday, when the mourning period ended. Schools were closed on the day of the funeral and artillery salvoes were fired in major cities. The television broadcast a program commemorating the deceased leader, and the radio broadcast the music of mourning. [382]
North Korea		4		All government systems, offices, factories and schools flew flags at half-mast and all singing and dancing was banned. [299]
Laos				[299]
Cuba				[383]
Mozambique				[383]
India		3		[384]
Brazil				[385]
Vietnam				[299]
Kampuchea				[299]
Afghanistan				[299]
Nicaragua				[383]
Jordan				[381]
Czechoslovakia		1		[386]
Argentina				On November 15, the day of the funeral was declared a day of national mourning. Flags lowered half-mast. [387]
Yugoslavia				15 November declared a national day of mourning. [388]
Benin				[389]
Union of South Africa	1982	1	Victims of the 1982 Maseru massacre	Thirty South Africans were killed in the attack [390]
Botswana	1983	14	Death of vice president Lenyeletse Seretse	[391]
Guinea	1983	2	Victims of the 1983 CAAK Ilyushin Il-62 crash	[392]
Somalia	1983	3	Death of former President of Burundi Michel Micombero	[393]
United States	1983	1	Victims of the shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan	[394]
Costa Rica				[129]
Costa Rica	1983	At least 1	Death of Raúl Hess Estrada	[129]
Costa Rica	1983	At least 1	Death of former King Leopold III of Belgium	[129]
Cuba	1983	5	Cuban victims of United States invasion of Grenada	3 days of official mourning. All public places of Entertainment were closed for 2 days while flags flew at half mast and schools were closed. [395]
Syria	1984	7	Death of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov	Offices remained open but flags were at half mast. [396]
Soviet Union		4		Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues were closed. Schools were closed on the day of the funeral [397] [44]
Cuba				[398]
India		3		Canceled all official entertainment. [398]
Afghanistan				[399]
Brazil				[400]
Ba'athist Iraq				[401]
Benin				[402]
Ghana				[402]
Bulgaria		2		[403]
North Korea				[299]
People's Republic of the Congo				[402]
Zimbabwe				Flags at half mast. [404]
Costa Rica		1		[129]
Sri Lanka				February 14 has been declared a day of national mourning. National flags are flown at half-mast on government and public buildings and facilities. [405]
Czechoslovakia				[386]
Yugoslavia				Federal Executive Council declares 14 February the Day of mourning. All public institutions are ordered to lower the flag to half-mast. [406]
Guinea	1984	40	Death of President Ahmed Sékou Touré	National mourning period lasting for a 40-day period starting March 27, 1984. Flags were at half mast on all buildings and at all public areas. All forms of entertainment were suspended. [407]
Brazil		3		[408]
Ghana				[409]
Yugoslavia		1		30 March declared a national day of mourning. [410]
India	1984	12	Assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi	National mourning from October 31 to November 11. In times of mourning, flags were flown at half-mast on all government, state, and public buildings, and all entertainment and cultural events were canceled. Public offices have been closed. [411] [412]
Tanzania		7		[413]
Uganda		5		Flags at half mast. [414]
Cuba		4		[415]
Pakistan		3		[416] [417]
Brazil				[418]
Nicaragua				[415]
Vietnam				National mourning on November 2-4. National flags flown at half-mast on all government and public buildings. All entertainment suspended. [419]
Gabon				[420]
Portugal		2		[415]
Bulgaria		1		Last time national mourning was observed in Bulgaria as a communist country. [421]
Yugoslavia				3 November declared a national day of mourning. [422]
Mauritius				[423]
Soviet Union	1985	3	Death of Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko	Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were declared official days of mourning for the dead leader, entertainment venues and theaters closed, with all elementary and secondary schools closed on Wednesday, the day of the funeral. [424] [425]
India				[426]
Brazil				[427]
Ba'athist Iraq				[426]
Syria				[428]
Nicaragua				[429]
Pakistan		2		[430]
East Germany		1		[431]
Czechoslovakia				Last time national mourning was declared in the country before its dissolution. [386]
Yugoslavia				13 March declared a national day of mourning. [432]
Yugoslavia	1985	1	Victims of the 1985 Jablanica bus crash.	8 April declared a national day of mourning. [433]
Albania	1985	7	Death of Albanian leader Enver Hoxha	Flags at half mast. Cinemas, theaters and places of entertainment were closed, the radio was playing funeral music. [434]
Brazil	1985	8	Death of President-elect of Brazil Tancredo Neves	[435]
Guyana	1985	14	Death of President of Guyana Forbes Burnham	All government functions were canceled. Many stores, restaurants and theaters were closed immediately after government radio announced Burnhan's death. [436]
Brazil		3		[437]
Yugoslavia		1		11 August declared a national day of mourning. [438]
Portugal	1985	3	Victims of Moimenta-Alcafache train crash	[315]
Cuba	1986	3	Assassination of Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Palme	[439]
Nicaragua				[440]
Portugal				[440] [441]
Sweden		2		The day after the murder on March 1 and the funeral day on March 15 were days of unofficial mourning, during which flags flew at half staff around the country, church bells pealed, theatres canceled performances and television and radio stations recast their programs. [442] [443]
India		1		[440]
Argentina				[444]
Yugoslavia				15 March declared a national day of mourning. [445]
Vietnam	1986	5	Death of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Lê Duẩn	[446] [447] [448]
Cameroon	1986	1	Victims of the Lake Nyos disaster	National mourning on August 30 which was the first time national mourning was declared in the country. [449]
Brunei	1986	40	Death of former Sultan of Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddien III	Scheduled radio and television programmes were interrupted to announced the death of the former sultan. Public entertainment including that of radio and television were banned for 2 weeks. [450]
Mozambique	1986	60	Victims of the 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash	Nine passengers and one crew member survived the crash, but President Samora Machel and 33 others died, including ministers and officials of the Mozambican government. National flags are lowered to half mast on all government and public buildings. All cultural, entertainment and sports events were canceled. Radio stations played mourning and classical music. [451]
Zimbabwe		14		All competitive sporting events in Zimbabwe during the two weeks of national mourning were cancelled. [452]
Zambia				[453]
Kenya		9		[454]
Mali		7		[454]
People's Republic of the Congo		4		[455]
Nicaragua		3		[456]
Brazil				[457]
Portugal				[315]
Egypt				[454]
Burkina Faso				[454]
Senegal				[458]
Botswana				[459]
Tanzania		2		National mourning on October 28-29 [460]
Uganda		1		October 28, the day of President Samor Machel's funeral, a day of national mourning. National flags lowered to half-mast. [458]
Zaire		At least 1		[454]
Yugoslavia	1987	1	Victims of the 1987 Boljevac car-truck crash	3 February declared national day of mourning. [461]
Philippines	1987	10	Death of Senator Jose Diokno	[462]
United States	1987	1	Victims of the USS Stark incident	National mourning on May 25. [463]
India	1987	4	Death of former Prime Minister Choudhary Charan Singh	Flags were at half mast and government buildings were closed. [464]
Philippines	1987	12	Assassination of Jaime Ferrer	[465]
Ghana	1987	7	Assassination of President of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara	[466]
Senegal		At least 3		[467]
Togo				[467]
Guinea Bissau				[467]
Mali				[467]
Mauritania				[467]
Gabon				[467]
Niger	1987	30	Death of president Seyni Kountché	Flags at half mast. [468]
Taiwan	1988	30	Death of President Chiang Ching-kuo	All entertainment venues and clubs have closed. [469]
Pakistan	1988	10	Death of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	National flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast. Radio and television stations interrupted their programs and began playing mourning music. Government offices and schools were closed for three days and a 10-day mourning period was declared. [470] [471]
Egypt		7		[470]
Cuba		3		National mourning on August 19–21. Flags were at half mast on all public buildings and military establishments. [472]
Brazil				[473]
India				[474]
Jordan				Flags at half mast. [475]
Chile		1		August 19 is a day of national mourning. National flags on government and public buildings are lowered to half-mast. [476]
Yugoslavia	1988	1	Victims of the 1988 Jablanica bus crash	4 September declared a national day of mourning. [477]
Yugoslavia	1988	1	Victims of the 1988 Lapovo train disaster	12 October declared a national day of mourning. [478]
Soviet Union	1988	1	Victims of the 1988 Armenian earthquake	This was the first time in Soviet history that a day of mourning was declared for a disaster. [44]
Philippines	1988	1	Death of Joaquin Roces	[479]
Japan	1989	3	Death of Emperor of Japan Hirohito	On January 8, 9 and February 24, the day of the state funeral of Emperor Hirohito, was a day of national mourning. TV and radio stations interrupted programs to broadcast information on the death of the emperor. Places of entertainment, night clubs were closed and concerts were canceled, companies and schools were closed on the day of the state funeral. [480] [481]
India				[482]
Brazil				[483]
Portugal				[315]
Iran	1989	40	Death of Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini	As a mark of respect, Iran's government ordered all schools closed Sunday and declared 40 days of mourning and said schools would be closed for five days. [484] [485] [486]
Pakistan		10		Flags were at half mast at all government buildings and missions abroad. [487]
Syria		7		[487]
Afghanistan		3		[487]
India				Cancelled official entertainment and ordering flags flown at half-staff. [488]
Lebanon				Flags at half mast. [487]
Turkey		1		Flags at half mast. [70]
Soviet Union	1989	1	Victims of the Ufa train disaster	This was the last instance of national mourning before the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991. [489] [44]
Chad	1989	3	Victims of a plane crash in Niger	[490]
Zaire	1989	4	Death of singer Franco Luambo	[491]
Comoros	1989	40	Assassination of president Ahmed Abdallah	[492]
Yugoslavia	1989	1	Victims of the Aleksinački Rudnik mining disaster	[493]
Zimbabwe	1989	2	Victims of the 1989 Chivake river bus accident	[494]

1990s

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Romania	1990	1	Victims of the Romanian Revolution	Over 1,110 fatalities. January 12 was a day of national mourning to commemorate the victims of the revolution. [495]
Italy	1990	2	Death of former President Sandro Pertini	However there was no state funeral. [496]
Honduras	1990	1	Victims of the Happy Land fire	Most of the victims were Honduran nationals. [497]
Costa Rica	1990	At least 1	Death of former President José Figueres Ferrer	[129]
Yugoslavia	1990	1	Victims of the Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster	31 August declared a national day of mourning. last time national mourning was observed in the country before the Yugoslav wars. [498]
Nicaragua	1990	2	Death of former President of the National Assembly Carlos Núñez Téllez	[499]
Bulgaria	1990	1	Drowning of 10 service members in the river Varbitsa	[ citation needed ]
Brazil	1991	3	Death of King of Norway Olav V	[500]
Norway		At least 2		From the day King Olav died until the funeral, the King's Flag was flown at half mast and mourning ribbons were attached. All churches all over Norway rang their bells, both the day after King Olav's death and the day he was buried. All school children in Norway were gathered in auditoriums that day and watched the funeral on national television. When the funeral was going on, all traffic in Norway was stopped. Schools were closed. All shops in Norway were closed in respect between 11am and 2pm on the day of the funeral. [501]
Senegal	1991	8	Victims of a plane crash in Saudi Arabia	92 of the 98 victims were Senegalese troops. The plane reportedly crashed due to Iraq's burning of Kuwaiti oil fields [502]
India	1991	7	Assassination of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi	Closed government offices and schools. [503] [504]
Portugal	1991	1	Victims of Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor	[315]
El Salvador	1992	3	Death of Roberto D'Aubuisson	[505]
Senegal	1992	3	Victims of the 1992 Dakar explosion	[506]
Philippines	1992	At least 1	Death of former Senator Lorenzo M. Tañada	[507]
Ukraine	1992	1	Victims of a tragedy at Sukhodilska–Skhidna coal mine	Flags at half mast, No entertainment events were held and television and radio programs were switched. [508] [509]
Algeria	1992	7	Assassination of High Council of State Mohamed Boudiaf	Flags flew at half-staff and the government announced that the July 5 celebration to mark Algeria's independence from France 30 years ago had been canceled. Radio and television stations broadcast mourning programs. Cultural and entertainment events have been canceled. [510]
Germany	1992	1	Death of former Chancellor of Germany Willy Brandt	[208]
Macedonia	1993	1	Victims of the Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301	9 March declared national day of mourning. [511]
Spain	1993	7	Death of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona	Flags at half mast in all public buildings and naval ships. [512] [513]
Turkey	1993	4	Death of President of Turkey Turgut Özal	State media switched to mourning music, sports, music events were canceled and flags were lowered to half-staff. [514] [515]
Egypt		3		[ citation needed ]
Pakistan				[ citation needed ]
Zambia	1993	7	Victims of the 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash	Flags at half mast. [516]
Sri Lanka	1993	5	Assassination of President of Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa	A curfew was also introduced in connection with the murder of the president. National mourning on May 5-9. [517]
Philippines	1993	At least 1	Death of former Vice President Fernando H. Lopez	[518]
Belgium	1993	9	Death of King Baudouin of Belgium	[147] [148]
Brazil		3		[519]
Zaire		1		[520]
Russia	1993	1	Victims of the 1993 Russian coup attempt	[521]
Rwanda	1993	7	Assassination of President of Burundi Melchior Ndadaye	[522]
Ivory Coast	1993/4	30	Death of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny	[523]
Hungary	1993	1	Death of Prime Minister of Hungary József Antall	[524]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1994	1	Victims of the Markale massacres	[525]
Greece	1994	3	Death of actress, singer, politician and former Minister for Culture Melina Mercouri	First official period of mourning in the Third Hellenic Republic. [526]
Belgium	1994	1	The killing of 10 Belgian soldiers during the Rwandan Civil War	[147] [148]
Zaire	1994	8	Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira	[527]
Tanzania		3		[528]
United States	1994	1	Death of former U.S. President Richard Nixon	Federal agencies and departments were closed. [529] [530]
Brazil	1994	3	Death of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna	[531]
North Korea	1994	10	Death of North Korean President Kim Il Sung	Official mourning period. All entertainment and music activities suspended, theaters closed for the period of mourning. [532]
	1994–97	1,097		Total mourning period. [533]
Costa Rica	1994	1	Death of Benjamín Núñez Vargas	[129]
Estonia	1994	1	Victims of the Sinking of the MS Estonia	285 Estonian citizens were killed. Many schools and businesses announced they were closing for several days. Radio stations played calm and gloomy music. [534] [535] [536] [537]
Finland				10 Finnish citizens were killed. [535] [536]
Sweden				501 Swedish citizens were killed. [535] [536]
Marshall Islands	1994	7	Death of Paramount chief Kabua Kabua	[538]
India	1994	7	Death of former President Zail Singh	[539]
Costa Rica	1994	1	Death of Manuel Mora Valverde	[129]
Rwanda	1995	1	Victims of the Rwandan Genocide	[540]
India	1995	7	Death of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai	[541]
United States	1995	1	Victims of the Oklahoma City bombing	[542]
Russia	1995	1	Victims of the 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake	[543]
Russia	1995	1	Victims of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis	[544]
Bulgaria	1995	1	14 soldiers killed in a vehicle crash in Sofia	[ citation needed ]
Brazil	1995	3	Assassination of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin	[545]
Israel		2		November 5 and 6 are days of official national mourning. Theaters, cinemas and places of entertainment were closed for two days official mourning. 30 days of Jewish mourning from the day of the funeral. [546] [547] [548]
Andorra	1996	3	Death of Julià Reig Ribó	[549]
Andorra	1996	3	Death of former President of France François Mitterrand	[550]
France		1		[551]
Lesotho	1996	10	Death of king Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho	the government declared a 10 day long mourning period until he was buried on January 26. Flags were at half mast [552]
Croatia	1996	1	1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash	[553]
Tanzania	1996	3	Sinking of the MV Bukoba	[554]
India	1996	7	Death of former President Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	[555]
Greece	1996	4	Death of former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou	[556]
Ukraine	1996	1	Victims of the 1996 Kamianske tram accident	[557]
Burundi	1996	7	Victims of the 1996 Bugendana massacre	[558]
Greece	1996	3	Death of Patriarch Parthenius III of Alexandria	[556]
Andorra	1996	3	Death of Francesc Escudé i Ferrero	[559]
Russia	1996	1	Victims of the "terrorist attack against government agencies and residents" during the Battle of Grozny	[560]
Portugal	1996	2	Death of former President António de Spínola	[315]
Brazil	1996	8	Death of former President Ernesto Geisel	[545]
Russia	1996	1	Victims of the 1996 Rostov Oblast bus-train crash  [ ru ]	[561]
Guatemala	1996	3	Victims of the 1996 Guatemala stadium disaster	[562]
Costa Rica		At least 1		[129]
Russia	1996	1	Victims of the Kaspiysk apartment building bombing	[563]
Israel	1997	1	Victims of the Israeli helicopter disaster	February 6 was declared an official day of mourning. Theaters and cinemas were closed, radio stations played classical music. [564] [565]
Brazil	1997	3	Death of Mário Henrique Simonsen	[545]
Brazil	1997	3	Death of Darcy Ribeiro	[545]
China	1997	7	Death of Deng Xiaoping	All entertainment and music activities are suspended and theaters are closed. [566]
Guyana	1997	6	Death of President of Guyana Cheddi Jagan	[567] [568]
Brazil	1997	1	Death of Pio Giannotti	[545]
Costa Rica	1997	1	Death of Isaac Felipe Azofeifa	[129]
Sierra Leone	1997	1	Victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War	National mourning on June 25 [569]
Somalia	1997	1	Assassination of Dr. Ricardo Marques	June 26 was announced as a day of mourning [570]
Poland	1997	1	Victims of the 1997 Central European flood	Also known as the Millennium Flood in Poland. [47]
Venezuela	1997	3	Victims of the 1997 Cariaco earthquake	[571]
United Kingdom	1997	1	Death and state funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales	While not an official day of mourning, the Saturday of Diana's funeral brought the UK close to a standstill. Shops and banks were closed, sports events were postponed, and theatre and cinema showings were canceled. [198]
Bulgaria	1997	1	Victims of a mine accident in Bobov Dol	[ citation needed ]
Albania	1997	3	Death of Mother Teresa	[572]
India		1		[573] [572]
Namibia	1997	1	Death of Moses Garoëb	National mourning on September 26 [574]
Malawi	1997	7	Death of first President of Malawi Hastings Banda	[575]
Russia	1997	1	Victims of a mine accident in Kemerovo Oblast	[576]
India	1998	3	Death of former Prime Minister India Gulzarilal Nanda	[577]
Burundi	1998	4	Death of Defence Minister Firman Sinzoyiheba	[578]
Portugal	1998	1	Death of António Ribeiro	[315]
Brazil	1998	3	Death of Sérgio Motta	[545]
Brazil	1998	3	Death of Eduardo Magalhães	[545]
Ukraine	1998	1	Victims of a tragedy at Skochinsky coal mine	[509] [579]
Greece	1998	4	Death of Seraphim of Athens	[556]
Greece	1998	3	Death of former President of Greece and Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis	[580]
Germany	1998	1	Victims of the Eschede train disaster	[ citation needed ]
Nigeria	1998	7	Death of Head of State Nigeria Sani Abacha	[581] [582]
Brazil	1998	3	Death of Lúcio Costa	[545]
Switzerland	1998	1	Victims of the Swissair Flight 111	229 people died, including 48 Swiss citizens. September 5 was declared a day of mourning. [583]
Hungary	1999	1	Victims of the 1999 Deutschlandsberg bus crash	[524] [584]
United Arab Emirates	1999	67	Deaths of King Hussein of Jordan and Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain	Government offices closed for three days [585] [586] [587]
Jordan	1999	3	Death of King Hussein of Jordan	Shops were quickly shuttered, and school classes canceled. The government announced there would be three days of official mourning, during which all business would be halted, and then three months of customary Muslim mourning. [588]
Egypt				[589] [585]
Algeria				[590]
Oman				[591]
Syria				[592]
Yemen				[586]
Palestine				[586]
Brazil				[545]
Bangladesh		2		[593]
Kuwait				[585] [586]
Nepal				National mourning on February 9 and 10. Flags lowered half-mast. February 9 was also announced a day off from work. [594]
India		1		[595]
Uzbekistan	1999	1	Victims of the 1999 Tashkent bombings	[596]
Bahrain	1999	90	Death of Emir of Bahrain Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa	Three months of national mourning. Government offices closed for five days. [597]
Kuwait		40		[587]
Jordan		7		[587]
Algeria		3		[587]
Egypt				[587]
Libya				[587]
Oman				[587]
Palestine				[587]
Qatar				[587]
Syria				[587]
Yemen				[587]
Bangladesh		1		[598]
Russia	1999	1	Victims of the Samara police department fire  [ ru ]	[599]
Russia	1999	1	Victims of the 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing and a fire at a psychiatric hospital	[600]
Zimbabwe	1999	5	Death of Vice President Joshua Nkomo	[601]
Philippines	1999	2	Death of former Senate President Marcelo B. Fernan	[602]
Brazil	1999	3	Death of Franco Montoro	[545]
Morocco	1999	40	Death of King Hassan II of Morocco	After the king's death was announced, businesses, offices, and shops were closed across the country, and entertainment events were canceled. [603]
United Arab Emirates				The United Arab Emirates, whose leader Sheik Zayed al Nahyan was a close friend of Hassan, declared 40 days of mourning and ordered all public offices closed for three days starting Saturday. [604] [605]
Bahrain		7		Bahrain announced a seven-day mourning and ordered public offices to be closed on Saturday. [604] [605]
Mauritania				[606]
Algeria		3		[606]
Egypt				[604]
Jordan				[604]
Lebanon				[604]
Libya				[604]
Palestine				[607] [604]
Qatar				[604]
Sudan				[604]
Syria				[604]
Tunisia				[604]
Yemen				[604]
Portugal		2		[315]
Brazil	1999	3	Death of Dom Hélder Câmara	[545]
Russia	1999	1	Victims of the Russian apartment bombings	[608]
Portugal	1999	3	Death of Amália Rodrigues	[315]
Tanzania	1999	30	Death of first President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere	National flags were lowered to half-mast on all public buildings. Tanzanian state radio played funeral music while its television station ran file video of Dr Nyerere. Some businesses have already begun to close down for a period of mourning. Entertainment and cultural events canceled, all sporting activities are postponed. [609]
Rwanda		10		During this period, flags were lowered to half-mast. [610]
Mozambique		7		During this period, flags were lowered to half-mast. [611]
Zambia		4		During this period, flags were lowered to half-mast. [612]
Kenya				Flags at half mast. [613]
Gabon		2		Flags were at half mast. [614]
Armenia	1999	3	Victims of Armenian parliament shooting	Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and Speaker of Parliament Karen Demirchyan were killed in the assassination. [615]
Croatia	1999	3	Death of President of Croatia Franjo Tuđman	Theaters, cafes, cinemas and entertainment venues are closed for three days of official mourning. Television and radio broadcast quiet and festive music. Schools and offices were closed on the day of the funeral. [616] [617] [618]
Brazil	1999	3	Death of former President João Figueiredo	[619] [545]
India	1999	7	Death of former President Shankar Dayal Sharma	[620]

See also

• National day of mourning
  • List of national days of mourning (2000–2019)
  • List of national days of mourning (2020–present)
• International day of mourning, a similar concept at the international level
• European Day of Mourning, a similar concept at the EU level
• Arab League Day of Mourning, a similar concept at the Arabian level

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