Events & Holidays In October - 10

Double Tenth Day (Taiwan)

Independence War (Beginning of) (Cuba)

Moi Day (Kenya)

National Day (Taiwan)

Party Foundation Day (North Korea)

World Mental Health Day (International)

1344  Mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362) was born on this day in history.  

1486  Charles III, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

1567  Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1599  Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea) was born on this day in history.  

1678  John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707) was born on this day in history.  

1684  Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) was born on this day in history.  

1700  On this day in history birth of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)  

1713  Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.  

0019  On this day in history julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33  

0413  Death of Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57 on this day in history.  

0680  On this day in history death of hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded  

0732  On this day in history death of abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia  

0833  Death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786) on this day in history.  

1359  Death of King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295) on this day in history.  

1616  On this day in history maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60  

1651  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77 on this day in history.