Aban (, ) is the eighth month of the

Solar Hijri calendar The Solar Hijri calendar is the official calendar of Iran. It is a solar calendar, based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Each year begins on the day of the March equinox and has years of 365 or 366 days. It is sometimes also called the S ...

, the official calendar of

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and

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. Aban has 30 days. It begins in October and ends in November by the

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. Aban corresponds to the tropical astrological month of Scorpio. Aban is the second month of

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, and is followed by Azar. The name is derived from Aban, i.e. "waters".

Events

* 13 - 1190 - 1811 Independence Movement of

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, the first independence revolt in Central American lands, begins. * 19 - 1251 - Great Boston Fire of 1872 * 24 - 1268 - Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil) * 14 - 1296 - Act of 5th November * 16 - 1296 -

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* 5 - 1297 - Czechoslovak declaration of independence: Czech politicians take over

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from Austro-Hungarian government officials. * 7 - 1297 - Martin Declaration * 19 - 1297 - Armistice of 11 November 1918 officially marks the conclusion of the

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forms first Polish independent government since the

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* 20 - 1321 - Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins * 27 - 1357 - Jonestown mass suicide * 18 - 1368 - Fall of the Berlin Wall * 18 - 1384 - 2005 Amman bombings * 14 - 1394 - Bento Rodrigues dam disaster * 20 - 1399 - 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement formally ends the

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* 18-20 - 1401 - Liberation of Kherson

Deaths

* 14 - 1392 - Habibollah Asgaroladi, senior

ian politician.

Observances

* United Nations Day - 2 or 3 Aban * United States Navy Day - 5 or 6 Aban * Republic Day in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

- 6 or 7 Aban * Cyrus the Great Day - 7 Aban * Birthday of the

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and Czech Independence Day and anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia - 6 or 7 Aban *

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and Reformation Day - 9/10 Aban * Abanegan - 9 Aban (Zoroastrian holiday) *

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- 9-10 Aban *

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- 14-15 Aban * October Revolution Day (former), Day of Military Honour on the anniversary of the 1941 October Revolution Parades (current) - 16 Aban * Victory Day (Azerbaijan) - 17 Aban * Independence Day of Cambodia - 18/19 Aban * United States Marine Corps birthday - 19 or 20 Aban * Remembrance Day (Commonwealth)/ Veterans Day/ National Independence Day (Poland) - 20 or 21 Aban * Republic Proclamation Day of Brazil - 24 Aban * Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia - 26 or 27 Aban * Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple - 29/30 Aban * Remembrance Sunday (Great Britain) - Third Sunday of Aban * Volkstrauertag - Last Sunday of Aban

References

Months of the Iranian calendar {{Iran-stub