May Revolution Day

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commemorative day national holiday public holiday

May Revolution Day is an Argentine national holiday commemorating the 1810 uprising in Buenos Aires that marked the beginning of the country’s struggle for independence from Spanish rule.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
May Revolution	10
Día de la Revolución de Mayo	1
Revolution Day (25 May)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commemorative day ⓘ national holiday ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	May Revolution Day ⓘ surface form: Día de la Revolución de Mayo Argentine War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Revolución de Mayo
associatedWith	Cabildo Abierto of 22 May 1810 ⓘ Primera Junta de Gobierno ⓘ surface form: Primera Junta removal of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros ⓘ
belongsTo	Latin American independence commemorations ⓘ history of Argentina ⓘ
chronologicallyRelatedTo	9 July 1816 declaration of independence ⓘ Independence Day (Argentina) ⓘ
commemorates	1810 uprising in Buenos Aires ⓘ May Revolution Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: May Revolution beginning of Argentine War of Independence ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
culturalSignificance	key date in Argentine independence narrative ⓘ symbol of Argentine national identity ⓘ
dateObserved	25 May ⓘ
dayOfMonthObserved	25 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ crisis of Spanish monarchy ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	established by Argentine law as a national holiday ⓘ
locationOfOrigin	Buenos Aires ⓘ
monthObserved	May ⓘ
observedBy	Argentine citizens ⓘ Government of Argentina ⓘ surface form: Argentine government
observedIn	Argentina ⓘ
officialNameLanguage	es ⓘ
partOf	Argentine national holidays ⓘ
publicHolidayStatus	non-working day in Argentina ⓘ
relatedEvent	Argentine War of Independence ⓘ May Revolution Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: May Revolution
relatedTo	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonial rule in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
significance	commemorates formation of the Primera Junta ⓘ marks beginning of Argentina’s struggle for independence from Spain ⓘ
symbol	Argentine flag ⓘ Cabildo of Buenos Aires ⓘ
timePeriodCommemorated	1810 ⓘ
typeOfCelebration	civic holiday ⓘ
typicalActivities	cultural events ⓘ military parades ⓘ official ceremonies ⓘ political speeches ⓘ public gatherings in main squares ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

May Revolution Day → alsoKnownAs → May Revolution Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Día de la Revolución de Mayo

May Revolution Day → commemorates → May Revolution Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ