Independence Day (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Independence Day is a public holiday in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it is observed on March 1 each year.

Independence Day commemorates the anniversary when the referendum for independence was ended on March 1, 1992, which led the declaration of the independence the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 3, 1992.

Please note that the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has two autonomous entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, with a third unit, the Brčko District. Independent Day on March 1 is only observed in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

During the 14th century, the Ottoman Empire occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina and integrate it as a province of the Empire until 1878, when the Austro-Hungarian empire took the occupation. Following the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian empire in the Frist World War, Bosnia and Herzegovina was incorporated into the South Slav kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, which was soon named as Yugoslavia.

During World War II, the kingdom of Yugoslavia was divided by Axis forces, and Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the Nazi Germany until 1945 when World War II was over. Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a part of the Yugoslavian federation until the start of the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1990s.

On March 3, 1992, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence following a referendum for independence, which was held between February 29 and March 1, 1992. In the referendum, 99.7% of voters voted for independence.

Another autonomous entity in the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, celebrates its own Republic Day on January 9 each year.

The following is the list of Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2022 to 2026.