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.[2]

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  1. ^ "Službeni list NRCG, broj 1/1945". Službeni list NRCG. 1 (1945): 14. 1945-07-10 – via sluzbenilist.me.
  2. ^ ZAKON O DRŽAVNIM I DRUGIM PRAZNICIMA - Official Gazette of Montenegro Nr. 27/2007 (17.5.2007)