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Remembrance Days (they are working days)
| Date |
English Name |
Local Name |
Remarks |
| 25 March (1988) | Struggle for Human Rights Day | Deň boja za ľudské práva | see e. g. under History of Bratislava |
| 13 April (1950) | Unfairly Prosecuted Persons Day | Deň nespravodlivo stíhaných | male monasteries were dissolved and friars were interned in Communist Czechoslovakia |
| 4 May (1919) | Anniversary of the Decease of Milan Rastislav Štefánik | Výročie úmrtia M. R. Štefánika | the Slovak co-founder of Czechoslovakia was shot down above the Bratislava airport probably by order of the then Czech politicians |
| 7 June (1861) | Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation | Výročie Memoranda národa slovenského |
| 5 July (n/a*) | Foreign Slovaks Day | Deň zahraničných Slovákov | at the same time the St. Cyril and Methodius Day; * probably the assassination of Matúš Černák, a former minister of the WWII Slovak Republic and then leader of the Slovak exile, in Munich in 1955 |
| 17 July (1992) | Independence Day | Výročie deklarácie o zvrchovanosti SR | see under History of Bratislava;literally: Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Republic |
| 4 August (1863) | Matica Slovenská Day | Deň Matice Slovenskej | the Matica, an important Slovak cultural institution, was founded |
| 9 September (1941) | Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of racial violence | Deň obetí holokaustu a rasového násilia | the WWII-Slovak Republic issued the Jews Code, see e. g. under Jozef Tiso |
| 19 September (1848) | Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council | Deň 1. verejného vystúpenia SNR | the Sl. National Council – a kind of predecessor of the present-day Slovak parliament – was created on September 15 1848 and on 19 September initiated the Slovak Volunteer Campaigns of 1848/1849 (see e.g. under Ľudovít Štúr |
| 6 October (1944) | Dukla Pass Victims Day | Deň obetí Dukly | the passage of this pass was an important step in the liberation of Czechoslovakia during WWII |
| 27 October (1907) | Černov Tragedy Day | Deň černovskej tragédie | many Slovaks killed in front of a church by Hungarians when protesting against Hungarian priests in the village of Černov; this incident has called the world’s attention to the strong Magyarisation of Slovaks in Austria-Hungary) |
| 29 October (1815) | Birth of Ľudovít Štúr Day | Deň narodenia Ľ. Štúra | the author of the present-day Slovak language standard) |
| 28 October (1918) | Day of the Creation of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State | Deň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátu | see under Czechoslovakia |
| 31 October (1517) | Reformation Day | Deň reformácie | Martin Luther nails up his famous programme in Wittenberg |
| 30 December (1977) | Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province | Deň vyhlásenia Slovenska za samostatnú cirkevnú provinciu | by pope Paul VI |