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2 Ordibehesht 1478
Tuesday 2 Ordibehesht 1478 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 21 April 2099, and 29 Muharram 1523 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
- Persian2 Ordibehesht 1478
- Gregorian21 April 2099
- Islamic29 Muharram 1523
- Imperial2 Ordibehesht 2658
- Day of the year33 of 366
- Left in the year333 days
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- YearSheep
Occasions on 2 Ordibehesht 1478
- national
- religious
- cultural
- international
- countries
- fun
On this day: April 21
Events
- 1782 (244 years ago) The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
- 1796 (230 years ago) War of the First Coalition: In the climax of the Montenotte Campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeats the army of Piedmont at the Battle of Mondovi, leading to Piedmont's surrender a week later and decisively turning the Italian campaign in France's favor.
- 1809 (217 years ago) Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
- 1918 (108 years ago) World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
- 1960 (66 years ago) Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
- 1967 (59 years ago) A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
- 1975 (51 years ago) Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
Births
- 1774 (252 years ago) Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1862)
- 1816 (210 years ago) Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1855)
- 1864 (162 years ago) Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (died 1920)
- 1882 (144 years ago) Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
- 1915 (111 years ago) Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (died 2001)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (died 2022)
- 1947 (79 years ago) Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1979 (47 years ago) James McAvoy, Scottish actor
Deaths
- 1109 (917 years ago) Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop and saint (born 1033)
- 1142 (884 years ago) Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (born 1079)
- 1699 (327 years ago) Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (born 1639)
- 1910 (116 years ago) Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani National philosopher and poet (born 1877)
- 1946 (80 years ago) John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (born 1883)
- 2016 (10 years ago) Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1958)
- 2025 (a year ago) Pope Francis,