Mehr (month)
| Mehr | |
|---|---|
| Native name | مهر (Persian) |
| Calendar | Solar Hijri calendar |
| Month number | 7 |
| Number of days | 30 |
| Season | Autumn |
| Gregorian equivalent | September-October |
Mehr (Persian: مهر, Persian pronunciation: [mehɾ][1]) is the seventh month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.[1] Mehr has thirty days.[1] It begins in September and ends in October by the Gregorian calendar. [citation needed]
Mehr is the first month of autumn, and is followed by Aban.[1]
It is named after the Iranian deity Mithra.
Events
[edit]- 21 Mehr - 1154 - Continental Navy established
- 29 Mehr - 1184 - Battle of Trafalgar
- 8 Mehr - 1282 - Game 1 of the 1903 World Series, the first ever in the modern Major League Baseball era, begins in Boston's Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds.
- 17 Mehr - 1290 - Wuchang (Wuhan) Uprising - Xinhai Revolution in China marks the beginning of the end of Qing imperial rule.
- 4 Mehr - 1299 - The first regular season games of the future National Football League officially begin.
- 12 - 1324 - Establishment of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
- 9 - 1328 - Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
- 8 - 1344 - 30 September coup attempt in Indonesia.
- 20 - 1350 - Celebrations of the 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire officially commence.
- 23 - 1358 - Salvadorian Civil War begins
- 11 - 1369 - German reunification
- 21 - 1370 - USS Cole bombing
- 18 - 1394 - 2015 Ankara bombings
- 9 - 1401 - Recapture of Lyman by Ukrainian forces
- 25 - 1401 - The Mahsa Amini protests commence
Deaths
[edit]- 27 - 1392 - Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian musician. [citation needed]
- 22 - 1395 - Bhumibol Adulyadej
Holidays
[edit]- Mitrakana - 1 Mehr
- Meskel - 5 or 6 Mehr
- National Day of Pancasila Sanctity and 30 September Movement Memorial Day - 8 or 9 Mehr
- Mehregan - 8 or 9 Mehr
- National Day of the People's Republic of China - 8 or 9 Mehr
- German Unity Day - 11/12 Mehr
- Feast of the Holy Rosary - 14/15 Mehr
- National Day of the Republic of China - 16 or 17 Mehr
- Columbus Day and National Day of Spain -20 or 21 Mehr
- United States Navy Birthday - 21 or 22 Mehr
- Defenders Day (Ukraine) - 22 or 23 Mehr
- Bhumibol Adulyadej Death Anniversary Memorial Day - 23-24 Mehr
- Trafalgar Day - 28 Mehr (29 in leap years)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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