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Statehood Day | |
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Official name | Statehood Day |
Also called | Sretenje |
Observed by | Serbia |
Date | 15 February |
Next time | 15 February 2025 |
Frequency | annual |
Statehood Day ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дан државности, romanized: Dan državnosti), also known as the Sretenje ( Serbian Cyrillic: Сретење), is a holiday celebrated every 15 February in Serbia to commemorate the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, which evolved into the Serbian Revolution against Ottoman rule. On the same day in 1835, the first modern Serbian constitution, known as the " Sretenje Constitution" or " Candlemas Constitution".
Statehood Day is a public national holiday, and official celebrations last for two days, every 15 February.
Google Doodles commemorated Serbian National Day in 2012, [1] 2013, [2] 2014, [3] 2015, [4] 2016, [5] 2017, [6] 2018, [7] 2019, [8] 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as well as Facebook in 2016. [5]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Serbian. (February 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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Statehood Day | |
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Official name | Statehood Day |
Also called | Sretenje |
Observed by | Serbia |
Date | 15 February |
Next time | 15 February 2025 |
Frequency | annual |
Statehood Day ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дан државности, romanized: Dan državnosti), also known as the Sretenje ( Serbian Cyrillic: Сретење), is a holiday celebrated every 15 February in Serbia to commemorate the outbreak of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804, which evolved into the Serbian Revolution against Ottoman rule. On the same day in 1835, the first modern Serbian constitution, known as the " Sretenje Constitution" or " Candlemas Constitution".
Statehood Day is a public national holiday, and official celebrations last for two days, every 15 February.
Google Doodles commemorated Serbian National Day in 2012, [1] 2013, [2] 2014, [3] 2015, [4] 2016, [5] 2017, [6] 2018, [7] 2019, [8] 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as well as Facebook in 2016. [5]