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 17, 1980 | As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican. |
| October 24, 1998 | Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies. |
| October 8, 1075 | Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia. |
| October 23, 1989 | An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, which registered a 3.5 on the Richter magnitude scale, kills 23 and injures 314. |
| October 16, 1859 | John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. |
| October 27, 1930 | Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories. |
| October 12, 539 | The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) |
| October 8, 1573 | End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War. |
| October 8, 1813 | The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria. |
| October 8, 2020 | Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.[5][6] |
| October 13, 1908 | Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there. |
| October 1, 1730 | Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan. |
| October 17, 1969 | The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. |
| October 19, 1922 | British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party. |
| October 31, 2015 | Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. |
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