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1 Bahman 1485
Friday 1 Bahman 1485 in the Persian calendar is Friday, 21 January 2107, and 26 Muharram 1531 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.
Friday
This day in four calendars
- Persian1 Bahman 1485
- Gregorian21 January 2107
- Islamic26 Muharram 1531
- Imperial1 Bahman 2665
- Day of the year307 of 365
- Left in the year58 days
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Occasions on 1 Bahman 1485
On this day: January 21
Events
- 1525 (501 years ago) The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- 1893 (133 years ago) The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
- 1925 (101 years ago) Albania declares itself a republic.
- 1932 (94 years ago) Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty.
- 2000 (26 years ago) Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
- 2011 (15 years ago) Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people die from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.
- 2014 (12 years ago) Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
- 2017 (9 years ago) Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, including in Portland, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
Births
- 1338 (688 years ago) Charles V of France,
- 1869 (157 years ago) Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (died 1916)
- 1905 (121 years ago) Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (died 1957)
- 1941 (85 years ago) Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
- 1949 (77 years ago) Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam
- 1953 (73 years ago) Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft (died 2018)
- 1956 (70 years ago) Geena Davis, American actress and producer
- 2005 (21 years ago) IShowSpeed, American YouTuber and online streamer
Deaths
- 1118 (908 years ago) Pope Paschal II,
- 1789 (237 years ago) Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (born 1723)
- 1793 (233 years ago) Louis XVI of France,
- 1870 (156 years ago) Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (born 1812)
- 1924 (102 years ago) Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1870)
- 1926 (100 years ago) Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
- 1938 (88 years ago) Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (born 1861)
- 1950 (76 years ago) George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903)