Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
122311October 25Holiday and observanceDay of the Basque Country (Basque Country)
122312October 25Holiday and observanceEarliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest celebrated on last Friday in October. (Nevada)
122313October 25Holiday and observanceEarliest day on which October Holiday can fall, while October 31 is the latest observed on last Monday in October. (Ireland)
122314October 25Holiday and observanceEarliest day on which Teacher's Day (Australia) can fall, while October 31 is the latest celebrated on last Friday in October. (Australia)
122315October 25Holiday and observanceRetrocession Day (Taiwan)
122316October 25Holiday and observanceSovereignty Day (Slovenia)
122317October 25Holiday and observanceThanksgiving Day (Grenada)
122318October 26Event306 – Martyrdom of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki.
122319October 26Event1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ruled by the Asen dynasty.
122320October 26Event1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 formally begins with the proclamation of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor at Didymoteicho.
122321October 26Event1377 – Tvrtko I is crowned the first king of Bosnia.
122322October 26Event1520 – Charles V is crowned.
122323October 26Event1597 – Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
122324October 26Event1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
122325October 26Event1689 – General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
122326October 26Event1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
122327October 26Event1775 – King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
122328October 26Event1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
122329October 26Event1811 – The Argentine government declare the freedom of expression for the press by decree.
122330October 26Event1813 – War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
122331October 26Event1825 – The Erie Canal opens: Passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
122332October 26Event1859 – The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
122333October 26Event1860 – Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
122334October 26Event1861 – The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
122335October 26Event1863 – The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London.
122336October 26Event1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
122337October 26Event1905 – Sweden accepted the independence of Norway.
122338October 26Event1909 – Itō Hirobumi, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and Resident-General of Korea, is assassinated by An Jung-geun at the Harbin train station in Manchuria.
122339October 26Event1912 – First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
122340October 26Event1917 – World War I: Battle of Caporetto Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat to the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.

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