Esfand
| Esfand | |
|---|---|
| Native name | اسفند (Persian) |
| Calendar | Solar Hijri calendar |
| Month number | 12 |
| Number of days | 29 (Common Years) or 30 (Leap Years) |
| Season | Winter |
| Gregorian equivalent | February-March |
Esfand (
.Esfand is the third and last month of the winter season (Zemestan), and is followed by Farvardin.[1]
Events
- 28 - 1292 - The first Stanley Cup Finals in hockey history concludes with the victory of the Toronto Hockey Club, champion team of the National Hockey Association (NHA) against the Victoria Aristocrats, champions of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA).
- 26 - 1316 - Anschluss of Austria into Germany
- 13 - 1328 - The 1951 Asian Games Opening Ceremony is held in New Delhi, India, the first in Asian Games history.
- 3 - 1366 - USSR - beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 29 - 1373 - Tokyo subway sarin attack
- 12 - 1384 - 2006 World Baseball Classic, the first edition of modern international baseball tournament, opens
- 20 - 1389 - Fukushima disaster
- 5 - 1400 - 2022 Russian invasion of Ukrainebegins
Observances
- 5 Esfand: Sepandārmazgān
- 5-6 Esfand: Defender of the Fatherland Day and National Day of Brunei
- 6-7 Esfand: Independence Day (Estonia)
- 12-13 Esfand: Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
- 15 Esfand: Arbor Day in Iran This date, which typically starts on March 5, starts Natural Recyclable Resources Week, ending on March 12.
- 17-18 Esfand: International Women's Day
- 26-27 Esfand: St. Patrick's Day
- 28-29 Esfand: Saint Joseph's Day
- Last Tuesday of Esfand: Chaharshanbe Suri
Movable observances and festivals
- Lantern Festival: Held 15 days following the Chinese New Year, date falls on first or second week of this month
- Frawardigan: Held 19-29 Esfand in normal years, and 20-30 Esfand in leap years, Zoroastrian period of remembrance of the dead
Births
Deaths
- 16 - 1391 - Hugo Chávez, was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013[citation needed]
- 17 - 1308 - William Howard Taft, Chief Justice and 27th President of the United States
- 18 - 1390 - Simin Daneshvar, Academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator[citation needed].
References
- ^ a b c d "Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary". 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
- ^ Heydari-Malayeri, M. (December 11, 2006). "A concise review of the Iranian calendar". Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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