On This Day in History for October 20
Events in History
- 1097 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch during the First Crusade
- 1528 Treaty of Gorinchem signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Duke Charles of Guelders
- 1536 King Christian III of Denmark & Norway leads reform in Catholic possessions
- 1576 Spanish troops occupy & plunder Maastricht
- 1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League
- 1600 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)
- 1603 Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
- 1634 British King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax
- More Events in History
Christopher Wren
Henry John Temple
Arthur Rimbaud
James Chadwick
Jomo Kenyatta
Kamala HarrisWeddings in History
- 1943 British Children's writer Enid Blyton marries 2nd husband surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters at City of Westminster registry office, London
- 1949 American constitutional lawyer Phyllis Stewart (25) weds attorney John Fred Schlafly, Jr.
- 1968 Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios
More Weddings in History
Charles VI
Richard Francis Burton
Herbert Hoover
Paul Dirac
Sheila Scott
Muammar GaddafiOctober in History
Women And Politics: The Passions of Palmerston
Queen Victoria had an intense dislike for her Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. But other women took a quite different view of the man dubbed ‘Lord Cupid’.
October 18, 1865
Sculptor’s Brainwave Produces Amazing Memorial
How do you commemorate Thomas Browne, one of the great thinkers of the 17th Century who was born on this day? Well, why not a giant sculpture of his brain?
October 19, 1605
The Tragedy of Aberfan
One hundred and sixteen young children died on this day when an avalanche of coal tip waste and debris thundered down a hillside and engulfed their school.
October 21, 1966
Jumping Jacques Makes First Parachute Descent
Daredevil André-Jacques Garnerin took to the sky in a hydrogen balloon on this day and after cutting himself adrift performed the first ‘parachute’ descent.
October 22, 1797