{{Short description|Holiday in Falkland Islands}} {{Distinguish|Malvinas Day}}
{{Infobox holiday | |holiday_name = Falklands Day |type = National |longtype = National Day of Falkland Islands. |image = |caption = |observedby = Falkland Islanders |date = 14 August <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/falkland-islands/falkland-day|title=Falkland Day in Falkland Islands|website=www.timeanddate.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROVjfl0ja7YC&q=falklands+national+day+august+14&pg=PA275|title=Peoples of the Americas|date=8 August 1999|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=9780761470557|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holidayscalendar.com/countries/falkland-islands/|title=Holiday Article|publisher=}}</ref> |celebrations = |duration = 1 day |frequency = Annual |observances = |relatedto = {{flag|Falkland Islands}} }}
'''Falklands Day''' is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592, and is celebrated on 14 August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/08/19/falklands-day-celebrated-on-14-august-remembers-first-recorded-sighting-by-john-davis-in-1592|title=Falklands' Day celebrated on 14 August remembers first recorded sighting by John Davis in 1592|website=MercoPress|access-date=2017-05-31}}</ref>
It was once seen as the National Day of the Falklands, but has largely been replaced by Liberation Day which commemorates the end of the Falklands War. Falkland Day ceased be to a public holiday in 2002 when the Executive Council moved the holiday to provide for the re-introduction of Peat Cutting Day, on the first Monday in October.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fig.gov.fk/policy/index.php/component/jdownloads/finish/6-reports-and-publications/20-falkland-islands-public-holidays-2014-2017|title=Falkland Islands Public Holidays|website=Falkland Islands government|access-date=2018-03-04|archive-date=2018-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063044/http://www.fig.gov.fk/policy/index.php/component/jdownloads/finish/6-reports-and-publications/20-falkland-islands-public-holidays-2014-2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Category:Annual events in the Falkland Islands Category:August observances Category:Culture of the Falkland Islands
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