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🇬🇦 Martyrs' Day in Gabon
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Gabon
May 6
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
How Martyrs' Day is observed in Gabon
Historical significance
Marks the failed coup against President Leon M'ba.
Public life in Gabon
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1658 The ship Hassalt arrives at the Cape with 228 enslaved people from the Gold Coast. · South Africa
- 1902 Zulu forces launch assault at Holkrantz in South Africa. · South Africa
- 1947 French troops massacre over 100 MDRM militants in Moramanga. · Madagascar
- 1966 Ambroise Noumazalay is named Prime Minister of the Congo Republic. · Republic of the Congo
- 1992 Malian government signs social pact with UNTM union. · Mali
- 1994 Nelson Mandela and the ANC confirmed winners in South Africa's first post-apartheid election. · South Africa
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Burkina Faso
Oct 31
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DRCongo
Jan 4
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Eritrea
Jun 20
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Libya
Sep 16
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Madagascar
Mar 29
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Malawi
Mar 3
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Mali
Mar 26
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Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 3
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Togo
Jun 21
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Tunisia
Apr 9
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Uganda
Jun 3