Context: An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state; more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Most countries observe their respective independence days as national holidays. Content: This dataset is a collection of information about 184 independence celebrations in countries around the world. Acknowledgements: This dataset was taken from the Wikipedia article “[List of national independence days][1]” on July 17, 2017. Inspiration: * Are there seasonal clusters of independence day celebrations? * How popular is it for an independence celebration’s name to include the name of the country? * Can you create an interactive visualization that shows when/where independence days are celebrated? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_independence_days