When is Albanian Independence Day?
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Dates of Independence Day | ||
| Year | Weekday | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Saturday | November 28th |
| 2019 | Thursday | November 28th |
| 2018 | Wednesday | November 28th |
| 2017 | Tuesday | November 28th |
| 2016 | Monday | November 28th |
Duration | ||
| 1 Day | ||
Local Name | ||
| Dita e Pavarësisë | ||
Summary | ||
| The day the Declaration of Independence was adopted by Ismail Qemali in 1912 | ||
Independence Day (Albanian:Dita e Pavarësisë) is an annual public holiday in Albania on 28 November.
If the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it will be observed on the following Monday.
This is Albania's National Day.
The holidays marks the date when Albania proclaimed its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912.
It is the first day of a two day holiday period as Independence Day is always followed by Liberation Day on 29 November.
History of Albanian Independence Day
At the start of the fifteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was expanding into South Eastern Europe, invading and controlling numerous lands ruled by local kingdoms. By 1431, the Ottomans ruled most of modern day Albania.
In 1443, a local revolt was led by a deserter from the Ottomans called Skanderbeg. His heroic military campaigns to defend Albania against the might of the Ottoman Empire, meant that he became a national hero to the Albanians. It is often said that Skandberg's stand against the Ottomans may have prevented further expansion by the empire into more western regions of Europe.
Following Skanderbeg's death, Albania fell back under Ottoman control in 1479 and it remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until just before the start of the first world war.
In the late nineteenth century a wave of desire for nationhood had been sweeping across Eastern Europe and while Albania enjoyed a privileged position within the empire, it too was stirred into various uprising against Ottoman rule.
With the Ottomans having been weakened by the defeat in the Balkan Wars, an Albanian uprising of 1912 led to the proclamation of independence by Ismail Qemali, the leader of the Albanian national movement, on 28 November 1912.
Independence Day is marked by a festive parade in Tirana, the capital.
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