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1 Bahman 1476
Monday 1 Bahman 1476 in the Persian calendar is Monday, 20 January 2098, and 17 Shawwal 1521 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
- Persian1 Bahman 1476
- Gregorian20 January 2098
- Islamic17 Shawwal 1521
- Imperial1 Bahman 2656
- Day of the year307 of 365
- Left in the year58 days
- ZodiacAquarius
- YearSnake
Occasions on 1 Bahman 1476
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On this day: January 20
Events
- 1567 (459 years ago) Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
- 1785 (241 years ago) Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
- 1839 (187 years ago) In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
- 1973 (53 years ago) Amílcar Cabral, leader of the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, is assassinated in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1981 (45 years ago) Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
- 1990 (36 years ago) Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
- 2009 (17 years ago) A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
Births
- 1775 (251 years ago) André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (died 1836)
- 1873 (153 years ago) Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
- 1906 (120 years ago) Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (died 1975)
- 1920 (106 years ago) Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1993)
- 1930 (96 years ago) Buzz Aldrin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1946 (80 years ago) David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
- 1953 (73 years ago) Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (died 2019)
- 1972 (54 years ago) Nikki Haley, American accountant and politician, 116th Governor of South Carolina
Deaths
- 820 (1206 years ago) Al-Shafi'i, Arab scholar and jurist (born 767)
- 1612 (414 years ago) Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1552)
- 1875 (151 years ago) Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (born 1814)
- 1900 (126 years ago) John Ruskin, English painter and critic (born 1819)
- 1936 (90 years ago) George V of the United Kingdom,
- 1983 (43 years ago) Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (born 1933)
- 1990 (36 years ago) Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (born 1907)
- 1993 (33 years ago) Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (born 1929)