__NOTOC__ A bicentennial or bicentenary is the two-hundredth

anniversary An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints ...

of a part, or the celebrations thereof. It may refer to:

Europe

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

bicentennial, commemorating the 200th anniversary of 14 July 1789 uprising, celebrated in 1989 *

Bicentennial of the Kingdom of the Netherlands From 2013 to 2015, the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrated its bicentennial. Events and publications A National Committee, appointed by the Council of Ministers in 2011, supervises the bicentennial celebrations. The Committee is chaired by polit ...

, 2013–2015

United States

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

Bicentennial, commemorating the 200th birthday of the United States' first president, celebrated in 1932 *

United States Bicentennial The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States of America as an independent republic. It was a central event ...

, the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, celebrated in 1976 *

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...

, commemorating the 200th birthday of the United States' 16th president, celebrated in 2009

Latin America

Argentina Bicentennial The Argentina Bicentennial ( es, bicentenario argentino) was a series of ceremonies, festivals, and observances celebrated on May 25, 2010, and throughout the year. They commemorated the 200th anniversary of the May Revolution, a sequence of histo ...

, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the ''Revolución de Mayo'', celebrated in 2010 *

Bicentennial of Chile The Bicentennial of Chile ( es, Bicentenario de Chile) took place on September 18, 2010. The celebration commemorates the beginning of the Independence process in Chile, with the first Government Junta of Chile on September 18, 1810, and Chile' ...

, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the independence process in Chile, with the first Government ''Junta'' of Chile established on September 18, 1810, celebrated in 2010 *

Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010 In 2010, Mexico celebrated both the 200th anniversary of its Independence and 100th anniversary of its Revolution. The entire year was proclaimed by President Felipe Calderón as "Año de la Patria", or "Year of the Nation". 16 September 1810 is ...

, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Mexican War of Independence; also, the 100th anniversary of the 1910

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...

*Uruguay Bicentennial of the

Battle of Las Piedras The Battle of Las Piedras was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. Background and development of events In 1810, the May Revolution had forced the Spanish to abandon Buenos Aires, but they held on to the B ...

, celebrated in 2011

Other

Australian Bicentenary The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1988. It marked 200 years since the arrival of the First Fleet of British convict ships at Sydney in 1788. History The bicentennial year marked Captain Arthur Phillip's arrival with the 11 ships ...

, celebrated in 1970 and 1988 *

Bicentennial of the Encyclopædia Britannica The first two pamphlets ("numbers") of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' were issued in December 1768, being sold from the printing office of its originator, Colin Macfarquhar, in Nicholson Street in Edinburgh. In 1968, several celebrations of the ...

, celebrated in 1968 * War of 1812 Bicentennial * Bicentennial of the

Founding of Modern Singapore The establishment of a British trading post in Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles led to its founding as a British colony in 1824. This event has generally been understood to mark the founding of colonial Singapore, a break from its statu ...

in 2019

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