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15 Tir 1422

Monday 15 Tir 1422 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 6 July 2043, and 28 Rajab 1465 in the Islamic calendar.

This day's Islamic date is not yet officially announced and is an astronomical estimate; it and the day's religious occasions may move by a day.

This day in four calendars

1253 (773 years ago) Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
1614 (412 years ago) Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
1777 (249 years ago) American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
1854 (172 years ago) The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
1964 (62 years ago) Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1967 (59 years ago) Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
1975 (51 years ago) The Comoros declares independence from France.

1796 (230 years ago) Nicholas I of Russia,
1907 (119 years ago) Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (died 1954)
1921 (105 years ago) Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (died 2016)
1935 (91 years ago) Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
1940 (86 years ago) Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
1946 (80 years ago) George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
1946 (80 years ago) Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 (51 years ago) 50 Cent, American rapper and actor

1415 (611 years ago) Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (born 1369)
1535 (491 years ago) Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and martyr (born 1478)
1553 (473 years ago) Edward VI, king of England and Ireland (born 1537)
1854 (172 years ago) Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (born 1789)
1893 (133 years ago) Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1850)
1962 (64 years ago) William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1971 (55 years ago) Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (born 1901)
2020 (6 years ago) Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (born 1928)