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 BCAlexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 959Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England.
- 1553Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
- 1787Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- 1791First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- 1795Belgium is conquered by France.
- 1800Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- 1811The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans.
- 1814Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
- 1827Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
- 1829South 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.
- 1832Texian political delegates convened at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
- 1843The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- 1854The 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.
- 1880John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
- 1880First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- 1887Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- 1890Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1891In California, Stanford University opens its doors.
- 1898The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- 1903Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- 1905František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
- 1908Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- 1910Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.
- 1918World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia”, capture Damascus.
- 1920Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as High Commissioner in Iraq.
- 1928The Soviet Union introduces its First five-year plan.
- 1931The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- 1931Spain adopted women’s suffrage.
- 1936Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
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