Remembrance days in Slovakia


Remembrance Days in Slovakia are working days.
For Public holidays in Slovakia see National holidays in Slovakia.
DateEnglish nameLocal nameRemarks
25 March Struggle for Human Rights DayDeň zápasu za ľudské právaCommemorates Candle demonstration in Bratislava
13 April Unfairly Prosecuted Persons DayDeň nespravodlivo stíhanýchmale monasteries were dissolved and friars were interned in Communist Czechoslovakia
4 May Anniversary of the Decease of Milan Rastislav ŠtefánikVýročie úmrtia M. R. Štefánikathe Slovak co-founder of Czechoslovakia died in an aeroplane accident under unexplained circumstances
7 June Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak NationVýročie Memoranda národa slovenského
5 July Foreign Slovaks DayDeň zahraničných Slovákovat the same time the St. Cyril and Methodius Day;
17 July Independence DayVýročie deklarácie o zvrchovanosti SRAnniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic
4 August Matica Slovenská DayDeň Matice SlovenskejMatica Slovenská is a main Slovak cultural institution founded in 1863
9 September Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of racial violenceDeň obetí holokaustu a rasového násiliathe WWII-Slovak Republic issued the Jews Code, see under Jozef Tiso
19 September Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak [National Council (1848–1849)|Slovak National Council]Deň 1. verejného vystúpenia SNRthe 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
6 October Dukla Pass Victims DayDeň obetí DuklyThe passage of this pass at the Battle of the Dukla Pass was an important step in the liberation of Czechoslovakia during WWII
27 October Černová Tragedy DayDeň černovskej tragédie15 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 Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak StateDeň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátusee under Czechoslovakia
28 October Birth of Ľudovít Štúr DayDeň narodenia Ľ. Štúrathe author of the present-day Slovak language standard
31 October Reformation DayDeň reformácieCommemorates the day Martin Luther nailed The Ninety-Five Theses on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
30 December Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic ProvinceDeň vyhlásenia Slovenska za samostatnú cirkevnú provinciuCommemorates the declaration of Slovakia as a separate ecclesiastical province by Pope Paul VI.