Events in History
- 533 Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Vandals
- 1520 King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
- 1522 Emperor Karel I names Hernán Cortés governor of Mexico
- 1552 Khanate of Kazan is conquered by troops of Ivan Grozny
- 1581 Commissioned by Catherine de' Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine" is staged in Paris
- 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Spain, Portugal and pontifical states, after skipping 10 days after Oct 4 to sync the calendar
- 1598 Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine
- 1641 Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal
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Virgil
Temür Khan
Akbar
José Miguel Carrera
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Kenneth GalbraithWeddings in History
- 1501 Heir to the English throne Prince Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon
- 1913 Author Beatrix Potter (47) weds solicitor William Heelis at St Mary Abbots in Kensington, London
- 1927 Writer Graham Greene (23) weds Vivien Dayrell-Browning at St. Mary's Church in Hampstead, North London
Divorces in History
- 1993 Guardian Angel Lisa Evers Sliwa files for divorce from Curtis Sliwa
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
Herbert Henry Dow
Pierre Laval
Hermann Goering
Stepan Bandera
Carlo GambinoOctober in History
Hurricane on the Way? Don't Worry
A cosy assurance from a BBC weather forecaster for viewers not to worry about an impending storm has gone down as the most spectacular mis-forecast in history.
October 15, 1987
The Protestant Reformation
1517 copy of Martin Luther's 95 theses, the publication of which began the Protestant Reformation in Europe
October 15, 1517
Abraham Lincoln Grows a Beard
Abraham Lincoln left, before he received the letter from Grace Bedell, and right, shortly before he met her in 1861
October 15, 1860
The Motherland Calls
The Motherland Calls statue in Volvograd, Russia
October 15, 1967