Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag)

E123308

commemorative day national holiday public holiday

Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) is a Dutch national holiday celebrated annually on May 5 to mark the end of the German occupation during World War II and to reflect on the importance of freedom and democracy.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Dutch Liberation Day	2
Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) canonical	2
Bevrijdingsdag	1
Dutch National Remembrance of the Dead ceremony	1
Liberation Day (Netherlands)	1
Liberation Day on 5 May	1
Nationale Bevrijdingsdag	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1073839 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag)
Context triple: [Liberation of the Netherlands, commemoratedBy, Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag)]

A. Prinsjesdag
Prinsjesdag is the annual Dutch state occasion on which the monarch delivers the Speech from the Throne outlining the government's plans to a joint session of parliament.
B. King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
C. Victory Day
Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh commemorating the country's decisive victory in the 1971 Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.
D. Bastille Day
Bastille Day is France’s annual national day commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille and the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
E. Heritage Day
Heritage Day is a South African public holiday that celebrates the nation’s diverse cultural heritage, traditions, and identities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag)
Target entity description: Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) is a Dutch national holiday celebrated annually on May 5 to mark the end of the German occupation during World War II and to reflect on the importance of freedom and democracy.

A. Prinsjesdag
Prinsjesdag is the annual Dutch state occasion on which the monarch delivers the Speech from the Throne outlining the government's plans to a joint session of parliament.
B. King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
C. Victory Day
Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh commemorating the country's decisive victory in the 1971 Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.
D. Bastille Day
Bastille Day is France’s annual national day commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille and the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
E. Heritage Day
Heritage Day is a South African public holiday that celebrates the nation’s diverse cultural heritage, traditions, and identities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commemorative day ⓘ national holiday ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bevrijdingsdag ⓘ linked to: Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) Dutch Liberation Day ⓘ linked to: Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag)
celebratedOn	May 5 ⓘ
celebrationIncludes	cultural events ⓘ military parades ⓘ music festivals ⓘ official ceremonies ⓘ readings about freedom and democracy ⓘ speeches ⓘ
chronology	day after Dutch Remembrance Day ⓘ
commemorates	end of German occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ end of World War II in the Netherlands ⓘ liberation of the Netherlands in World War II ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
follows	Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) ⓘ
followsDate	May 4 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasHashtag	#5mei ⓘ #bevrijdingsdag ⓘ
hasTheme	democracy ⓘ freedom ⓘ human rights ⓘ peace ⓘ
inLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
legalStatus	national holiday in the Netherlands ⓘ
legalStatusNote	day off for most workers in lustrum years historically ⓘ
mainLocation	Netherlands ⓘ
observedBy	Dutch armed forces ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of the Netherlands Dutch government ⓘ linked to: Government of the Netherlands municipalities in the Netherlands ⓘ residents of the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf	Dutch national holidays ⓘ World War II commemorations ⓘ
purpose	to mark the end of the German occupation during World War II ⓘ to promote awareness of human rights ⓘ to reflect on the importance of democracy ⓘ to reflect on the importance of freedom ⓘ
relatedTo	Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) ⓘ Victory in Europe Day ⓘ World War II in the Netherlands ⓘ linked to: Liberation of the Netherlands
significantEvent	capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands ⓘ
significantYear	1945 ⓘ
startTime	1945-05-05 ⓘ
symbol	flaming torch of freedom ⓘ

How these facts were elicited