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 19, 1649 | New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell. |
| October 23, 42 | Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the Battle of Philippi, with Brutus committing suicide and ending the civil war. |
| October 16, 1973 | Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| October 3, 1932 | The Kingdom of Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| October 16, 1975 | Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox. |
| October 7, 1870 | Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon. |
| October 26, 2017 | At a level crossing of the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway line, a passenger train collides with an off-road truck of the Nyland Brigade in Raseborg, Finland; four people die and 11 are injured.[10] |
| October 24, 1360 | The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. |
| October 1, 1964 | The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. |
| October 11, 1999 | Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself. |
| October 19, 1987 | The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. |
| October 17, 1534 | Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass. |
| October 21, 1944 | World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against German civilians takes place. |
| October 23, 1941 | The Holocaust: Nazi Germany prohibits Jews from emigrating, including in its occupied territories. |
| October 14, 1888 | Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene. |
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