Historical Events in October, Month of October Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| October 22, 1877 | The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. |
| October 25, 1616 | Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast. |
| October 18, 1775 | African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery. |
| October 26, 1597 | Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang. |
| October 21, 1861 | American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. |
| October 25, 1917 | Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia. |
| October 2, 2007 | President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. |
| October 1, 1827 | Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia. |
| October 29, 2012 | Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. |
| October 9, 1984 | The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. |
| October 18, 1797 | Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria |
| October 9, 1708 | Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. |
| October 16, 1975 | Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor. |
| October 23, 1850 | The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts. |
| October 19, 1943 | The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it. |
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