October
October (i/ɒktˈoʊbər/ ok-TOH-bər) is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin "octo" meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.
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1839 - Events - October–December
... October 3 – In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a railway between Naples and Portici (7.4 km length) is inaugurated by H.M ... October 15 – Abd al-Kader declares a jihad against the French ...
... October 3 – In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a railway between Naples and Portici (7.4 km length) is inaugurated by H.M ... October 15 – Abd al-Kader declares a jihad against the French ...
2031 - Predicted and Scheduled Events - October
... October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus. ...
... October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus. ...
1932 - October
... October 1 – Babe Ruth makes his famous called shot in the fifth inning of game 3 of the 1932 World Series ... October 3 – Iraq becomes an independent kingdom under Faisal ... October 13– Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes lays the cornerstone for a new U.S ...
... October 1 – Babe Ruth makes his famous called shot in the fifth inning of game 3 of the 1932 World Series ... October 3 – Iraq becomes an independent kingdom under Faisal ... October 13– Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes lays the cornerstone for a new U.S ...
October Symbols
... October's birthstones are pink tourmaline and opal ... The Zodiac sign for October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards) ...
... October's birthstones are pink tourmaline and opal ... The Zodiac sign for October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards) ...
1813 - Events - October–December
... October 5 – War of 1812 – Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada William Henry Harrison defeats the British, and native leader Tecumseh is killed in battle ... October 14 – After a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, the municipality gives Simón Bolívar the title of El Libertador ... October 16–October 19 – Battle of Leipzig Napoleon is defeated ...
... October 5 – War of 1812 – Battle of the Thames in Upper Canada William Henry Harrison defeats the British, and native leader Tecumseh is killed in battle ... October 14 – After a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, the municipality gives Simón Bolívar the title of El Libertador ... October 16–October 19 – Battle of Leipzig Napoleon is defeated ...
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“The autumnal change of our woods has not yet made a deep impression on our own literature yet. October has hardly tinged our poetry.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)