Day Guide for Monday February 16th 2026 What are the holidays on February 16th 2026?

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Holidays on February 16th 2026

International: Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year marks the start of the lunar new year, which occurs sometime between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. Also known as the Spring Festival, it is considered one of China’s most important celebrations, with each year being named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Festivities include fireworks, parades, and performances. The holiday closes with a lantern festival.

International: Fasching

Carnivals are held in some German cities to celebrate and party before the start of Lent

International: Carnival Monday

The Carnival is an annual festival held in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the days before Ash Wednesday

International: President's Day

The original version of the holiday was in commemoration of George Washington's birthday.

Argentina: Carnival Monday

The Carnival is an annual festival in Argentina held on the days before Ash Wednesday.

Brazil: Carnival

The streets of Rio de Janeiro erupt with colour and noise as Carnival ushers in the Easter period.

Regional

Canada (regional): Louis Riel Day

Honours Louis Riel, the Métis leader, who led a provisional government and led negotiations that paved the way for the province's entry into Confederation in 1870.

Regional

Canada (regional): Nova Scotia Heritage Day

The third Monday in February is a holiday in Nova Scotia to celebrate the heritage of the province

Regional

Canada (regional): Family Day

A provincial statutory holiday observed on the third Monday in February in most provinces

Gibraltar: Winter Midterm Bank Holiday

Originally known as Empire Day, this holiday marked Queen Victoria's birthday

Lithuania: Restoration of the State Day

The Act of Independence of Lithuania was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16th 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania

Mongolia: Bituun Holiday

Mongol New Year is celebrated over the first three days of the lunar year

North Korea: Birth Day of Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong-il was born on February 16th 1941 and was the leader of North Korea, from 1994 until 2011

Puerto Rico: National Heroes' Day

This public holiday celebrates several key figures from Puerto Rico's history who all had their own public holiday until 2014.

Serbia: Sovereignty Day Holiday

Second Day of holidays for Sovereignty Day of Serbia Holiday

South Korea: Korean New Year Holiday

Known as Seollal, Korean New Year is the first day of the lunar Korean calendar. It is the most important of the traditional Korean holidays

Not a Public Holiday

Trinidad and Tobago: Carnival Monday

Carnival takes place in Trinidad and Tobago on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday

Uganda: Archbishop Janani Luwum Day

A public holiday in honour of former Archbishop Janani Luwum who was killed in 1977

Vietnam: Tet Eve

Day before Tet, the most important holiday in Vietnam

Observances on February 16th 2026

Germany: Fasching

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Fasching.

Denmark: Fastelavn

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Fastelavn

Russia: Maslenitsa

An unofficial holiday, this is the Russian equivalent of Mardi Gras that takes place the week before Lent.

USA: Washington's Birthday

Washington's Birthday is an American federal holiday on the third Monday in February that began in 1796 to honor George Washington.

USA: National Almond Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Almond Day

USA: National do a Grouch a Favor Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National do a Grouch a Favor Day

International: Kyoto Protocol Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Kyoto Protocol Day.

International: National Buna Day

Celebrates a special traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony called the Buna ceremony.

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General Information for February 16th 2026
There are 19 public holidays today.
Day 47 of 2026
318 days left in 2026
Week 08 of the year
On this Day in History
1975 - Japanese singer Aikawa Nanase is born in Osaka on this day.
1956 - Indian physicist Meghnad Saha dies suddenly of a heart attack at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
1923 - Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Eyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.