Historical Events in October, Month of October Events
Here is a list of some historical events in October. You can learn What major event happened in October?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| October 7, 1571 | The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat. |
| October 30, 758 | Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates. |
| October 15, 1529 | The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion. |
| October 20, 1941 | World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre. |
| October 9, 1900 | The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom. |
| October 24, 1901 | Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. |
| October 28, 1893 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death. |
| October 3, 2015 | Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan. |
| October 30, 1863 | Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes. |
| October 9, 1410 | The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock. |
| October 13, 1843 | In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded. |
| October 1, 2015 | The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin. |
| October 26, 2004 | Rockstar Games releases Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PlayStation 2 in North America, which sold 12 million units for the PS2, becoming the console's best-selling video game. |
| October 15, 1066 | Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. |
| October 12, 1849 | The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'. |
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