Statehood Day (Montenegro)

Statehood Day (Montenegrin and Serbian: Дан државности/Dan državnosti) is a holiday that occurs every year on 13 July in Montenegro to commemorate the day in 1878 on which the Berlin Congress recognized the Principality of Montenegro as the twenty-seventh independent state in the world.

The date is also celebrated to commemorate the 1941 uprising against Italian occupation.

[1] Statehood Day is not to be confused with Montenegro's Independence Day, which is held each year on 21 May in honor of the 2006 referendum that indicated that 55.5% of Montenegrins were in favor of becoming a sovereign nation.

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