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  On this day in history birth of mary Plantagenet,English princess (d. 1362)   

1486  On this day in history birth of charles III, Duke of Savoy   

1567  On this day in history birth of infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)   

1599  On this day in history birth of jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)   

1678  On this day in history birth of john Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Krebs, composer   

0019  Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

0413  On this day in history death of nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57   

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  On this day in history death of al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (b. 786)   

1359  On this day in history death of king Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)   

1616  Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1651  On this day in history philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77