And the next date in the calendar is....

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7 October 1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay

 

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8 October 1754 – Death of Henry Fielding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding

 

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9 October 1709 – Death of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Palmer,_1st_Duchess_of_Cleveland

 

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10 October 1678 – Birth of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell,_2nd_Duke_of_Argyll

 

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11 October 1797 – Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camperdown

 

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12 October 1872 – Birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams

 

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13 October 1566 – Birth of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_1st_Earl_of_Cork

 

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14 October 1712 – Birth of George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grenville

 

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15 October 1881 – Birth of P G Wodehouse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse

 

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16 October 1813 – The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig

 

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17 October 1660 – Nine regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regicides_of_Charles_I

 

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18 October 1744 – Death of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

 

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October 19, 1216 - Death, @ Newark-on-Trent, of King John of England. Succeeded by his 9 year old son, Henry III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England

 

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October 20, 1632 - Birth of Sir Christopher Wren, architect of St Paul's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wren

 

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21 October 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve. It signals almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain's navy unchallenged until the 20th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar

 

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22 October 1877 - An explosion at William Dixon's Blantyre Colliery in the town of Blantyre, Scotland kills 207 miners. The accident left 92 widows and 250 fatherless children. The cause of the disaster is thought to have been a firedamp ignited by a naked flame. A memorial is now situated in High Blantyre Cross (pictured below):

 

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October 23, 1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf - Considered to be the largest naval battle in history



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf

 

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24 October 1882 – Birth of Dame Sybil Thorndike, CH, DBE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Thorndike

 

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25 October 1154 – Death of King Stephen of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_King_of_England

 

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26 October 1685 – Birth of Domenico Scarlatti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Scarlatti