Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Haiti for 2023 ready to be integrated into your application.
The Caribbean country of Haiti is located on the western side of the island of Hispaniola. When Christopher Columbus discovered this island in late 1492, he thought he had found India or China. The island was named Hispaniola. On January 1, 1804, the Republic of Haiti gained independence from Spain and was established as a country. It was the first independent nation of the Caribbean and Latin America.
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Date | Weekday | Name | Notes |
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January 1st | Sunday | New Year's Day | |
January 1st | Sunday | Independence Day | |
January 2nd | Monday | Ancestry Day | Long weekend. |
January 6th | Friday | Epiphany | Long weekend. |
February 21st | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | |
February 22nd | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | |
March 20th | Monday | March Equinox | |
April 6th | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | |
April 7th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 9th | Sunday | Easter | |
May 1st | Monday | Labor and Agriculture Day | Long weekend. |
May 18th | Thursday | Flag and Universities Day | |
May 18th | Thursday | Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ | |
May 28th | Sunday | Mother's Day | |
June 8th | Thursday | Feast of Corpus Christi | |
June 21st | Wednesday | June Solstice | |
June 25th | Sunday | Father's Day | |
August 15th | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary | |
September 23rd | Saturday | September Equinox | |
October 17th | Tuesday | Dessalines Day | |
November 1st | Wednesday | All Saints' Day | |
November 2nd | Thursday | All Souls' Day | |
November 18th | Saturday | Battle of Vertières Day | |
December 5th | Tuesday | Discovery Day | |
December 22nd | Friday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Sunday | Christmas Eve | |
December 25th | Monday | Christmas Day | Long weekend. |
December 31st | Sunday | New Year's Eve |