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26 Dey 1498
Tuesday 26 Dey 1498 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 16 January 2120, and 14 Jumada al-Thani 1544 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
- Persian26 Dey 1498
- Gregorian16 January 2120
- Islamic14 Jumada al-Thani 1544
- Imperial26 Dey 2678
- Day of the year302 of 366
- Left in the year64 days
- ZodiacCapricorn
- YearRabbit
Occasions on 26 Dey 1498
On this day: January 16
Events
- 1605 (421 years ago) The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
- 1920 (106 years ago) The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
- 1945 (81 years ago) World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
- 1979 (47 years ago) Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
- 1991 (35 years ago) Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
- 2001 (25 years ago) Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa.
- 2011 (15 years ago) Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.
- 2018 (8 years ago) Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
Births
- 1901 (125 years ago) Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba (died 1973)
- 1931 (95 years ago) Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, eighth Federal President of Germany (died 2006)
- 1932 (94 years ago) Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (died 1985)
- 1933 (93 years ago) Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic (died 2004)
- 1959 (67 years ago) Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1974 (52 years ago) Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
- 1979 (47 years ago) Aaliyah, American singer and actress (died 2001)
- 1996 (30 years ago) Jennie, South Korean singer
Deaths
- 1595 (431 years ago) Murad III, Ottoman sultan (born 1546)
- 1794 (232 years ago) Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (born 1737)
- 1942 (84 years ago) Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (born 1908)
- 1957 (69 years ago) Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (born 1867)
- 2014 (12 years ago) Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (born 1922)
- 2017 (9 years ago) Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)
- 2022 (4 years ago) Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Former Malian President (born 1945)
- 2025 (a year ago) David Lynch, American filmmaker and actor (born 1946)