Hello, Autumn! We’re looking forward to indulging in hot chocolate, warm blankets and the upcoming holidays. We’re all familiar with the number one October holiday, Halloween, but we’re rounding up all the other wonderful October holidays around the world. Here is a list for you to coordinate your own holiday festivities. Remember to shop early for Cumhuriyet Bayrami and celebrate this cultured and diverse month!
1st October
Armed Forces Day: South Korea.
Goodwill Day: Namibia.
Independence Day: Cyprus, Nigeria, Tuvalu.
National Day: Botswana.
National Day: China.
The official reception and celebration are held in the Great Hall of the People while various kinds of performances and operas are shown at all theatres.
Unification Day: Cameroon.
United Nations Day: Barbados.
2nd October
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday: India.
Independence Day: Guinea.
3rd October
Foundation Day: South Korea.
Morazan Day: Honduras.
Unity Day: Germany.
4th October
Independence Day: Lesotho.
5th October
Republic Day: Portugal.
Sports Day: Lesotho.
6th October
Armed Forces Day: Egypt.
7th October
None
8th October
Battle of Angamos: Peru.
9th October
Independence Day: Uganda.
Independence of Guayaquil Day: Ecuador.
National Dignity Day: Peru.
10th October
Kruge Day: South Africa.
Moi Day: Kenya.
National Day: Taiwan.
11th October
Beginning of Independence War: Cuba.
Revolution Day: Panama.
12th October
Columbus Day:
Belize, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Dia de La Raza: Mexico.
Discovery Day: Bahamas.
Discovery of America: Argentina.
Independence Day: Guinea.
13th October
Cession Day: Fiji.
14th October
Founders’ Day: Zaire.
15th October
Evacuation Day: Tunisia.
Independence Day: Bosnia.
16th October
None
17th October
Dessalines Day: Haiti.
18th October
Lord of the Miracles: Lima, Peru.
19th October
None
20th October
Heroes’ Day: Jamaica.
Kenyatta Day: Kenya.
Revolution Day: Guatemala.
21st October
Army Day: Honduras.
Overseas Chinese Day: Taiwan.
Revolution Day: Somalia.
22nd October
John Paul II Day: Vatican.
23rd October
Chulalongkorn Day: Thailand.
National Liberation Day: Egypt.
Revolution Day: Hungary.
24th October
Independence Day: Zambia.
Suez Victory Day: Egypt.
United Nations Day.
25th October
None
26th October
Government Day: Rwanda.
National Day: Austria.
Revolution Day: Benin.
27th October
Independence Day: Saint Vincent, Turkmenistan.
28th October
National Day: Cyprus.
National Holiday: Greece.
29th October
Cumhuriyet Bayrami: Turkey.
Commemorates the proclamation of the Republic in 1923.
National Youth Day: Liberia.
30th October
None
31st October
Chiang Kai-shek’s Birthday: Taiwan.
Halloween.
Reformation Day: Slovenia.