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26 Khordad 1457

Wednesday 26 Khordad 1457 in the Persian calendar is Wednesday, 15 June 2078, and 4 Sha'ban 1501 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

844 (1182 years ago) Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II.
1219 (807 years ago) Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia.
1389 (637 years ago) The Ottomans under Sultan Murad I defeat a Serb army under Lazar of Serbia in the battle of Kosovo. Both leaders are killed in the battle.
1520 (506 years ago) Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
1804 (222 years ago) New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1940 (86 years ago) World War II: Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944 (82 years ago) In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1977 (49 years ago) After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.

1843 (183 years ago) Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1907)
1914 (112 years ago) Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (died 1984)
1943 (83 years ago) Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (died 2017)
1953 (73 years ago) Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
1964 (62 years ago) Courteney Cox, American actress and producer
1969 (57 years ago) Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor
1969 (57 years ago) Oliver Kahn, German footballer and sportscaster
1992 (34 years ago) Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

1389 (637 years ago) Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (born 1319)
1849 (177 years ago) James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (born 1795)
1888 (138 years ago) Frederick III, German Emperor (born 1831)
1889 (137 years ago) Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
1938 (88 years ago) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (born 1880)
1996 (30 years ago) Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (born 1917)
2013 (13 years ago) Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
2023 (3 years ago) Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)