Aban (, ) is the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Aban has 30 days. It begins in 23 October and ends in 21 November in the Gregorian calendar. Aban corresponds to the tropical astrological month of Scorpio.
Aban is the second month of autumn, and is followed by Azar.
The name is derived from Aban, i.e. "waters".
Events 13 - 1190 - 1811 Independence Movement of El Salvador, 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 - October Revolution in Russia 5 - 1297 - Czechoslovak declaration of independence: Czech politicians take over Prague from Austro-Hungarian government officials. 7 - 1297 - Martin Declaration 19 - 1297 - Armistice of 11 November 1918 officially marks the conclusion of the First World War, Józef Piłsudski forms first Polish independent government since the Partitions of Poland 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 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war 18-20 - 1401 - Liberation of Kherson
Deaths 14 - 1392 - Habibollah Asgaroladi, senior Iranian politician.
Observances United Nations Day - 2 or 3 Aban United States Navy Day - 5 or 6 Aban Republic Day in Turkey - 6 or 7 Aban Cyrus the Great Day - 7 Aban Birthday of the Royal Marines and Czech Independence Day and anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia - 6 or 7 Aban Halloween and Reformation Day - 9/10 Aban Abanegan - 9 Aban (Zoroastrian holiday) All Saints' Day - 9-10 Aban Guy Fawkes Night - 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
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