13 Esfand · Spenta Armaiti 1419
Events on this day
- Beginning of the Great Fast (Assyrian) · Sawma Raba
Assyrian · Cultural
The Sunday seven weeks before Easter that opens the Great Fast, the Assyrian Church of the East's 50-day Lent.
- Losar (Tibetan New Year) · Losar · Day 1
Buddhist · Cultural
The Tibetan New Year, the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, celebrated for fifteen days with the main festivities on the first three.
- Women's Right to Vote · Haqq-e Ra'y-e Zanan
Iranian · Historical
Iranian women gained the right to vote and to stand for parliament by government decree (3 March 1963), after a referendum in which women voted.
Other events
Facts
- Day 349 of 1419
- 16 days left
- Zodiac sign: Pisces · Hut