Remembrance days in Slovakia

Last updated September 25, 2023

Remembrance Days in Slovakia are working days.

For Public holidays in Slovakia see National holidays in Slovakia.

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
25 March (1988)	Struggle for Human Rights Day	Deň zápasu za ľudské práva	Commemorates Candle demonstration in Bratislava
13 April (1950)	Unfairly Prosecuted Persons Day	Deň nespravodlivo stíhaných	male monasteries were dissolved and friars were interned in Communist Czechoslovakia
4 May (1919)	Anniversary of the Decease of Milan Rastislav Štefánik	Výročie úmrtia M. R. Štefánika	the Slovak co-founder of Czechoslovakia died in an aeroplane accident under unexplained circumstances
7 June (1861)	Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation	Výročie Memoranda národa slovenského
5 July (n/a*)	Foreign Slovaks Day	Deň zahraničných Slovákov	at the same time the St. Cyril and Methodius Day; Probably marks the assassination of Matúš Černák, a former minister of the WWII Slovak Republic and then leader of the Slovak exile, in Munich in 1955
17 July (1992)	Independence Day	Výročie deklarácie o zvrchovanosti SR	Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic
4 August (1863)	Matica Slovenská Day	Deň Matice Slovenskej	Matica Slovenská is a main Slovak cultural institution founded in 1863
9 September (1941)	Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of racial violence	Deň obetí holokaustu a rasového násilia	the WWII-Slovak Republic issued the Jews Code, see under Jozef Tiso
19 September (1848)	Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council	Deň 1. verejného vystúpenia SNR	the Sl. National Council – a kind of predecessor of the present-day Slovak parliament – was created on September 15, 1848 and on 19 September initiated the Slovak Volunteer Campaigns of 1848/1849 (see under Ľudovít Štúr)
6 October (1944)	Dukla Pass Victims Day	Deň obetí Dukly	The passage of this pass at the Battle of the Dukla Pass was an important step in the liberation of Czechoslovakia during WWII
27 October (1907)	Černová Tragedy Day	Deň černovskej tragédie	15 Slovaks killed and 70 injured in a shooting by policemen when protesting for their priest Andrej Hlinka in the village of Černová; this incident has called the world’s attention the attitude to the minorities in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary
28 October (1918)	Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State	Deň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátu	see under Czechoslovakia
28 October (1815)	Birth of Ľudovít Štúr Day	Deň narodenia Ľ. Štúra	the author of the present-day Slovak language standard
31 October (1517)	Reformation Day	Deň reformácie	Commemorates the day Martin Luther nailed The Ninety-Five Theses on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
30 December (1977)	Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province	Deň vyhlásenia Slovenska za samostatnú cirkevnú provinciu	Commemorates the declaration of Slovakia as a separate ecclesiastical province by Pope Paul VI.

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