October 1 Historical Events

The following events took place on October 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 80 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 331 BC
  Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
• 959
  Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England.
• 1553
  Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
• 1787
  Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 1791
  First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• 1795
  Belgium is conquered by France.
• 1800
  Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
• 1811
  The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans.
• 1814
  Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
• 1827
  Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
• 1829
  South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
• 1832
  Texian political delegates convened at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
• 1843
  The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
• 1854
  The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
• 1880
  John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.

• 1880
  First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
• 1887
  Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• 1890
  Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1891
  In California, Stanford University opens its doors.
• 1898
  The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
• 1903
  Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• 1905
  František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
• 1908
  Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
• 1910
  Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.
• 1918
  World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia”, capture Damascus.
• 1920
  Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as High Commissioner in Iraq.
• 1928
  The Soviet Union introduces its First five-year plan.
• 1931
  The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
• 1931
  Spain adopted women’s suffrage.
• 1936
  Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.