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Events that took place in the month of October

Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
1st2nd3rd4th5th
959 Edgar becomes King of England

1066 Harold learns of William's arrival

1263 The Battle of Largs

1386 Parliament demands reforms

1553 Mary Tudor crowned

1187 Jerusalem falls to the Muslims

1394 Richard II arrives in Ireland

1452 Richard (III) is born

1470 Edward flees to Burgundy

1492 Henry VII lands at Calais

1501 Catherine of Aragon arrives

1536 Lincolnshire Rebellion

1213 Second act of submission

1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd is executed

1357 Treaty of Berwick

1097 Comet

1553 Archbishop of York arrested

1582 The Gregorian Calendar

1285 The death of Philippe III

1497 Perkin Warbeck captured at Beaulieu

6th7th8th9th10th
877 Death of Charles the Bald

1066 Harold and his forces reach London

1164 Council of Northampton

1175 Treaty of Windsor

1191 Tower of London siege

1404 Henry is released from constraints

1421 Siege of Meaux begins

1470 Henry restored as King

1297 Edward I accepts Truce

1200 John and Isabella are crowned

1415 The march to Calais

768 Charlemagne becomes King

1192 Richard I leaves the Holy Land

1514 Marriage of Louis XII and Mary Tudor

1114 Tide fails on the Thames

11th12th13th14th15th
1066 Harold leaves London

1174 Henry II reaches a peace agreement

1303 Death of Boniface VIII

1492 Land is spotted

1428 Siege of Orléans

1459 Battle of Ludford Bridge

1492 Christopher Columbus 'discovers' America

1537 Edward VI born at Hampton Court

1066 Harold reaches Caldbec Hill

1163 Edward the Confessor moved

1229 Portsmouth fiasco

1259 Provisions of Westminster

1269 Edward the Confessor's remains moved

1269 Westminster Abbey consecrated

1278 Llywelyn marries Eleanor

1307 Knights Templar are arrested

1399 Henry IV becomes king

1428 Lincoln College, Oxford founded

1453 Prince Edward of Lancaster is born

1493 Columbus leaves the Canary Islands

1066 Battle of Hastings

1285 Alexander III remarries

1097 Anselm goes into exile

1214 John returns from France

1399 A new Prince of Wales

16th17th18th19th20th
1430 Birth of James II of Scotland

1106 St. Etheldreda's Day

1171 Henry lands at Waterford in Ireland

1346 Scots defeated at Neville's Cross

1404 Innocent VII becomes Pope

1016 Treaty between Canute and Edmund

1216 King John dies

1330 Arrest of Mortimer

1415 Henry crosses the Somme

1469 Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella

1187 Pope Urban III dies

21st22nd23rd24th25th
1096 The People's Crusaders massacred

1422 Charles VI of France dies

1520 Strait of Magellan

1536 Pilgrimage of Grace

1123 Tewkesbury Abbey consecrated

1055 Rebellion of Aelfgar of Mercia

1537 Jane Seymour dies

1154 King Stephen dies

1400 Death of Geoffrey Chaucer.

1415 The Battle of Agincourt

1462 Queen Margaret invades

26th27th28th29th30th
899 Alfred dies, Edward 'The Elder' becomes King

1206 Philippe and John reach a truce

1303 Benedict XI becomes Pope

1536 Meeting with rebels

1216 King Henry III Crowned

1307 Edward I buried at Westminster Abbey

1359 Edward III lands in Calais

1191 Longchamp expelled from England

1294 A Welsh rebellion

1300 Truce with the Scots

1340 Battle of the Salado River

1485 Henry Tudor is crowned.

1591 Pope Innocent IX

31st    
1147 Robert, Earl of Gloucester dies

1396 Richard II marries Isabella of Valois

1517 Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses

    
1st
959 Edgar becomes King of England

1066 Harold learns of William's arrival

1263 The Battle of Largs

1386 Parliament demands reforms

1553 Mary Tudor crowned

2nd
1187 Jerusalem falls to the Muslims

1394 Richard II arrives in Ireland

1452 Richard (III) is born

1470 Edward flees to Burgundy

1492 Henry VII lands at Calais

1501 Catherine of Aragon arrives

1536 Lincolnshire Rebellion

3rd
1213 Second act of submission

1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd is executed

1357 Treaty of Berwick

4th
1097 Comet

1553 Archbishop of York arrested

1582 The Gregorian Calendar

5th
1285 The death of Philippe III

1497 Perkin Warbeck captured at Beaulieu

6th
877 Death of Charles the Bald

1066 Harold and his forces reach London

1164 Council of Northampton

1175 Treaty of Windsor

1191 Tower of London siege

1404 Henry is released from constraints

1421 Siege of Meaux begins

1470 Henry restored as King

7th
1297 Edward I accepts Truce

8th
1200 John and Isabella are crowned

1415 The march to Calais

9th
768 Charlemagne becomes King

1192 Richard I leaves the Holy Land

1514 Marriage of Louis XII and Mary Tudor

10th
1114 Tide fails on the Thames

11th
1066 Harold leaves London

1174 Henry II reaches a peace agreement

1303 Death of Boniface VIII

1492 Land is spotted

12th
1428 Siege of Orléans

1459 Battle of Ludford Bridge

1492 Christopher Columbus 'discovers' America

1537 Edward VI born at Hampton Court

13th
1066 Harold reaches Caldbec Hill

1163 Edward the Confessor moved

1229 Portsmouth fiasco

1259 Provisions of Westminster

1269 Edward the Confessor's remains moved

1269 Westminster Abbey consecrated

1278 Llywelyn marries Eleanor

1307 Knights Templar are arrested

1399 Henry IV becomes king

1428 Lincoln College, Oxford founded

1453 Prince Edward of Lancaster is born

1493 Columbus leaves the Canary Islands

14th
1066 Battle of Hastings

1285 Alexander III remarries

15th
1097 Anselm goes into exile

1214 John returns from France

1399 A new Prince of Wales

16th
1430 Birth of James II of Scotland

 

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17th
1106 St. Etheldreda's Day

1171 Henry lands at Waterford in Ireland

1346 Scots defeated at Neville's Cross

1404 Innocent VII becomes Pope

18th
1016 Treaty between Canute and Edmund

19th
1216 King John dies

1330 Arrest of Mortimer

1415 Henry crosses the Somme

1469 Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella

20th
1187 Pope Urban III dies

21st
1096 The People's Crusaders massacred

1422 Charles VI of France dies

1520 Strait of Magellan

1536 Pilgrimage of Grace

22nd
23rd
1123 Tewkesbury Abbey consecrated

24th
1055 Rebellion of Aelfgar of Mercia

1537 Jane Seymour dies

25th
1154 King Stephen dies

1400 Death of Geoffrey Chaucer.

1415 The Battle of Agincourt

1462 Queen Margaret invades

26th
899 Alfred dies, Edward 'The Elder' becomes King

1206 Philippe and John reach a truce

27th
1303 Benedict XI becomes Pope

1536 Meeting with rebels

28th
1216 King Henry III Crowned

1307 Edward I buried at Westminster Abbey

1359 Edward III lands in Calais

29th
1191 Longchamp expelled from England

30th
1294 A Welsh rebellion

1300 Truce with the Scots

1340 Battle of the Salado River

1485 Henry Tudor is crowned.

1591 Pope Innocent IX

31st
1147 Robert, Earl of Gloucester dies

1396 Richard II marries Isabella of Valois

1517 Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses

 
 

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