Aban (month)

Aban (Persian: آبان, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːˈbɒːn]^[1]) is the eighth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan.^[1] Aban has 30 days.^[1] It begins in October and ends in November by the Gregorian calendar.^{[citation needed]} Aban corresponds to the tropical astrological month of Scorpio.

Aban
Native name	آبان (Persian) عقرب (Dari) Xezelwer / Gelarêzan (Kurdish) Обон / Ақраб (Tajik)
Calendar	Solar Hijri calendar
Month number	8
Number of days	30
Season	Autumn
Gregorian equivalent	October-November
← Mehr Azar →

Aban is the second month of autumn, and is followed by Azar.^[1]

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^{[citation needed]}.

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