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What Happened In October 1697 In History

Year 1697 October Holidays in History

  • 1st » Public holidays in South Korea or Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
  • 1st » Christian feast day:
  • 1st » Abai (martyr) named Abai (Syrian Orthodox Church)
  • 1st » Saint Bavo known as Bavo of Ghent
  • 1st » Edward James (martyr) or Blessed Edward James
  • 1st » Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 1st » Saint Remigius e.g Remigius
  • 1st » Thérèse of Lisieux
  • 1st » Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)
  • 1st » October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 1st » Public holidays in Azerbaijan named Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
  • 1st » Earliest day on which World Habitat Day can fall, while October 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of October. (International observances e.g International)
  • 1st » Independence Day (Cyprus), celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
  • 1st » Independence Day (Nigeria), celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
  • 1st » Independence Day (Palau), celebrates the independence of Palau from the UN Trust Territory status in 1994.
  • 1st » Independence Day (Tuvalu), celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
  • 1st » International Day of Older Persons
  • 1st » Public holidays in Indonesia known as Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)
  • 1st » Public holidays in Cameroon e.g Unification Day (Cameroon)
  • 2nd » Batik Day (Indonesia)
  • 2nd » Christian feast day:
  • 2nd » Feast of the Guardian Angels
  • 2nd » Leodegar
  • 2nd » October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 2nd » Gandhi Jayanti (India)
  • 2nd » International Day of Non-Violence (International observance or International)
  • 2nd » Independence Day (Guinea), celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958
  • 3rd » Christian Calendar of saints called feast day:
  • 3rd » Abd-al-Masih (martyr) named Abd-al-Masih
  • 3rd » Two Ewalds called Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair
  • 3rd » Théodore Guérin
  • 3rd » George Bell (bishop) e.g George Bell and John Raleigh Mott, Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 3rd » October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 3rd » German Unity Day (National Day of Germany)
  • 3rd » Iraq British Mandate and Kingdom e.g National Day (Iraq), celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932.
  • 3rd » Gaecheonjeol or National Foundation Day or 'Gaecheonjeol' (South Korea)
  • 3rd » 3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)
  • 4th » Christian feast day:
  • 4th » Saint Amun named Amun
  • 4th » Francis of Assisi
  • 4th » Saint Petronius of Bologna
  • 4th » October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 4th » Cinnamon Roll Day or 'kanelbullens dag' (Sweden)
  • 4th » Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
  • 4th » Independence Day (Lesotho), celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
  • 4th » The beginning of World Space Week (International observance named International)
  • 5th » Armed Forces Day Indonesia called Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)
  • 5th » Christian feast day:
  • 5th » Faustina Kowalska
  • 5th » Francis Xavier Seelos named Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 5th » Bartolo Longo known as Blessed Bartolo Longo
  • 5th » Thraseas
  • 5th » Hor and Susia (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria called Coptic Church)
  • 5th » Saint Placidus e.g Placid and Saint Maurus e.g Maurus
  • 5th » Placidus (martyr)
  • 5th » October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 5th » Constitution Day (Vanuatu)
  • 5th » International Day of No Prostitution (International observance named International)
  • 5th » One of the three Lapis manalis named Mundus patet (Roman Empire)
  • 5th » Republic Day (Portugal)
  • 6th » Armed Forces Day Montenegro or Armed Forces Day (Montenegro)
  • 6th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 6th » Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
  • 6th » Bruno of Cologne
  • 6th » St Faith or Faith
  • 6th » Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus
  • 6th » Pardulphus
  • 6th » Sagar of Laodicea
  • 6th » William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Miles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 6th » October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 6th » Public holidays in Turkmenistan named Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
  • 6th » Remembrance days in Slovakia named Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
  • 6th » German-American Day (United States)
  • 6th » Public holidays in Hungary named Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
  • 6th » Yom Kippur War commemoration, and its related observance:
  • 6th » Armed Forces Day Egypt named Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
  • 7th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 7th » Justina of Padua (former)
  • 7th » Osgyth
  • 7th » Our Lady of the Rosary
  • 7th » Pope Mark
  • 7th » Sergius and Bacchus
  • 7th » Henry Muhlenberg (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 7th » October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 8th » Indian Air Force e.g Air Force Day (India)
  • 8th » Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
  • 8th » Palatias and Laurentia
  • 8th » Saint Pelagia or Pelagia (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 8th » Che Guevara in popular culture .22Saint Ernesto.22 in Bolivia known as San Ernesto, Che Guevera as a saint. (Bolivian campesinos)
  • 8th » William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 8th » October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 8th » Earliest day on which Columbus Day United States observance named Columbus Day can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Monday of October (United States)
  • 8th » Earliest day on which International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second Wednesday of October (Hawaii)
  • 8th » Earliest day on which the first day of Fire Prevention Week can fall, while October 14 is the latest; observed on the second week of October. (United States and Canada)
  • 8th » Independence Day (Croatia) known as Independence Day, celebrates the official separation of Croatia from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia known as Yugoslavia in 1991.
  • 9th » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
  • 9th » Denis
  • 9th » Dionysius the Areopagite
  • 9th » Saint Ghislain or Ghislain
  • 9th » John Henry Newman
  • 9th » John Leonardi
  • 9th » Louis Bertrand (saint) known as Luis Beltran
  • 9th » Robert Grosseteste(Anglican)
  • 9th » Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 9th » October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 9th » Hangul Day (South Korea)
  • 9th » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962.
  • 9th » Public holidays in Ecuador called Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Guayaquil)
  • 9th » Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)
  • 9th » National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
  • 9th » Takayama Festival e.g Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Gifu or Takayama)
  • 10th » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
  • 10th » Saint Cerbonius or Cerbonius
  • 10th » Paulinus of York (in England)
  • 10th » Viktor of Xanten
  • 10th » Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 10th » October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 10th » Thomas Traherne (commemoration, Anglicanism)
  • 10th » Arbor Day (Poland)
  • 10th » Double Ten Day (The National Day of Taiwan), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
  • 10th » Fiji Week named Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970
  • 10th » Flag days in Finland known as Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
  • 10th » Public holidays in North Korea named Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
  • 10th » Tau Epsilon Phi Founders Day (International observance called International)
  • 10th » International observance October named World Day Against Death Penalty (International observances e.g International)
  • 11th » Christian Calendar of saints e.g feast days:
  • 11th » Alexander Sauli
  • 11th » Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 11th » Æthelburh of Barking
  • 11th » Cainnech of Aghaboe
  • 11th » Gummarus
  • 11th » James the Deacon (Calendar of saints (Church of England) e.g Church of England)
  • 11th » Lommán of Trim
  • 11th » Archbishop Nectarius of Constantinople or Nectarius of Constantinople
  • 11th » Philip the Evangelist
  • 11th » Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 11th » October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 11th » General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
  • 11th » International Day of the Girl Child (International)
  • 11th » National Coming Out Day (multinational, including United Kingdom, Switzerland, and United States among others)
  • 11th » Michelmas Old Michaelmas Day called Old Michelmas Day (Celts known as Celtic)
  • 12th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 12th » Heribert of Cologne (private feast day)
  • 12th » Wilfrid named Wilfrid of Ripon
  • 12th » Edith Cavell, Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
  • 12th » October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 12th » Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus named Columbus-related observances:
  • 12th » Columbus Day (United States)
  • 12th » Piomingo Day (Chickasaw Nation)
  • 12th » Public holidays in Mexico named Descubrimiento de América (Mexico)
  • 12th » Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
  • 12th » Día de la Raza, "Day of the Race" (Latin America)
  • 12th » Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
  • 12th » Día de las Américas, "Day of the Americas" (Uruguay)
  • 12th » Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
  • 12th » Discovery Day (the Bahamas)
  • 12th » Freethought Day (United States)
  • 12th » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
  • 13th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 13th » Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar
  • 13th » Edward the Confessor (translation)
  • 13th » Gerald of Aurillac
  • 13th » Our Lady of Fátima
  • 13th » Theophilus of Antioch
  • 13th » October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 13th » Fontanalia, in honor of Fontus. (Roman Empire)
  • 13th » Public holidays in Thailand e.g National Police Day (Thailand)
  • 14th » Christian Calendar of Saints named Feast Day:
  • 14th » Angadrisma
  • 14th » Fortunatus of Todi
  • 14th » Joseph Schereschewsky (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 14th » Pope Callistus I
  • 14th » October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 14th » Day of the Svetitskhoveli e.g Cathedral of Living Pillar (Georgian Orthodox Church)
  • 14th » Julius Nyerere or Nyerere Day (Tanzania)
  • 14th » Public holidays in Yemen named Second Revolution Day (Yemen)
  • 15th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 15th » Teresa of Ávila called Saint Teresa of Ávila (Doctor of Church)
  • 15th » Hedwig of Silesia or Saint Hedwig of Silesia
  • 15th » Thecla of Kitzingen or Saint Thecla of Kitzingen
  • 15th » October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 15th » Arbor Day e.g National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)
  • 15th » The Equirria or 'October equus', sacrifice of a horse to Mars (god) called Mars. (Roman Empire)
  • 15th » Global Handwashing Day (International observance known as International)
  • 15th » Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (Canada and the United States)
  • 15th » Earliest day on which Sweetest Day can fall, while October 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in October. (Great Lakes region (North America) known as Great Lakes Region)
  • 17th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 17th » Andrew of Crete (martyr) known as Andrew of Crete
  • 17th » Catervus
  • 17th » Ignatius of Antioch
  • 17th » Marguerite Marie Alacoque (formerly)
  • 17th » Saint Regulus e.g Rule of Andrew
  • 17th » Richard Gwyn (martyr) named Richard Gwyn
  • 17th » October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 17th » Public holidays in Haiti e.g Dessalines Day (Haiti)
  • 17th » International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (International observance or International)
  • 17th » Loyalty Day (Argentina) == Organizations ==
  • 18th » Alaska Day (Alaska)
  • 18th » Persons day or Persons Day (Canada)
  • 18th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 18th » Justus of Beauvais
  • 18th » Luke the Evangelist
  • 18th » October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 19th » Armilustrium (Roman Empire)
  • 19th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 19th » Aaron (Saint) known as Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria named Coptic Church)
  • 19th » Frithuswith or Frideswide
  • 19th » Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and North American Martyrs called Companions
  • 19th » Paul of the Cross
  • 19th » Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
  • 19th » William Carey (missionary) or William Carey (Episcopal Church (United States) or Episcopal Church)
  • 19th » October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 20th » Christian Calendar of saints or feast days:
  • 20th » Acca of Hexham
  • 20th » Artemius
  • 20th » Caprasius of Agen
  • 20th » Irene of Tomar
  • 20th » October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 20th » Jomo Kenyatta called Kenyatta Day (Kenya, until 2010)
  • 20th » Revolution Day, one of the two Días Patrios (Guatemala) or Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
  • 20th » World Osteoporosis Day (International observances e.g international)
  • 21st » Apple Day (United Kingdom)
  • 21st » Christian Feast Day:
  • 21st » Hilarion
  • 21st » John of Bridlington
  • 21st » Saint Leticia e.g Leticia
  • 21st » Tuda of Lindisfarne e.g Tuda
  • 21st » Saint Ursula known as Ursula
  • 21st » Nachos International Day of the Nacho known as International Day of the Nacho (Mexico and USA)
  • 21st » Holidays in Taiwan named Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)
  • 22nd » Christian Calendar of Saints named Feast Day:
  • 22nd » Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • 22nd » Abercius of Hieropolis
  • 22nd » Bertharius
  • 22nd » Donatus of Fiesole
  • 22nd » John Paul II
  • 22nd » Mary Salome
  • 22nd » Nunilo and Alodia
  • 22nd » October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 22nd » Earliest day on which Labour day New Zealand known as Labour Day can fall, while October 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in October (New Zealand)
  • 22nd » Earliest day on which Make a Difference Day Make A Difference Day or Make a Difference Day can fall, while October 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Saturday in October (United States)
  • 22nd » Spiritual New Year, in Eckankar
  • 22nd » Gustav Fechner or Fechner Day, celebrated by psychophysics called Psychophysicists
  • 22nd » International Stuttering Awareness Day (International observances or International)
  • 22nd » Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto)
  • 23rd » Christian Feast Day:
  • 23rd » Boethius known as Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
  • 23rd » James the Just (Lutheran/Episcopal Church)
  • 23rd » John of Capistrano named Giovanni da Capistrano
  • 23rd » Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople named Ignatius of Constantinople
  • 23rd » Severin of Cologne
  • 23rd » October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 23rd » Public holidays in Thailand called Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
  • 23rd » Public holidays in the Republic of Macedonia e.g Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia)
  • 23rd » Mole Day (Chemists)
  • 24th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 24th » Anthony Mary Claret
  • 24th » October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 24th » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964.
  • 24th » Public holidays in Egypt known as Suez Day (Egypt)
  • 24th » United Nations Day, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations called 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International observance called International)
  • 24th » World Development Information Day (International observance e.g International)
  • 25th » Armed Forces Day Romania e.g Armed Forces Day (Romania)
  • 25th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 25th » Thaddeus McCarthy e.g Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy
  • 25th » Saints Chrysanthus and Daria known as Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity)
  • 25th » Crispin called Crispin and Crispinian
  • 25th » Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
  • 25th » Gaudentius of Brescia
  • 25th » Minias of Florence
  • 25th » October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 25th » Constitution Day (Lithuania)
  • 25th » National Day known as Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country (autonomous community) known as Basque Country)
  • 25th » Earliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Nevada)
  • 25th » Republic Day (Kazakhstan)
  • 25th » Retrocession Day (Holidays in Taiwan or Taiwan)
  • 26th » Angam Day (Holidays in Nauru called Nauru)
  • 26th » Public holidays in Benin e.g Armed Forces Day (Benin)
  • 26th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 26th » Alfred the Great
  • 26th » Cedd
  • 26th » Cuthbert of Canterbury
  • 26th » Demetrius of Thessaloniki
  • 26th » Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 26th » Saint Quadragesimus or Quadragesimus
  • 26th » Witta of Büraburg
  • 26th » Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
  • 26th » Culture of Austria Public holidays e.g National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
  • 27th » Remembrance days in Slovakia e.g Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
  • 27th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 27th » Abbán
  • 27th » Kaleb of Axum named Elesbaan
  • 27th » Frumentius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 27th » October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 27th » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979.
  • 27th » Independence Day (Turkmenistan) known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991.
  • 27th » Navy Day, first organized to be on this day. (United States)
  • 28th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 28th » Abdias of Babylon
  • 28th » Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • 28th » Eadsige
  • 28th » Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 28th » Saint Faro called Faro
  • 28th » Godwin of Stavelot
  • 28th » Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • 28th » Jude the Apostle (Western Christianity)
  • 28th » Lord of Miracles (Lima)
  • 28th » Simon the Zealot (Western Christianity)
  • 28th » October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 28th » Remembrance days in Slovakia known as Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
  • 28th » International Animation Day (ASIFA)
  • 28th » Ohi Day named Ochi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greeks e.g Greek communities)
  • 28th » 1891 Mino-Owari earthquake called Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
  • 29th » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
  • 29th » Abraham of Rostov
  • 29th » Douai Martyrs
  • 29th » Gaetano Errico
  • 29th » James Hannington (Anglicanism)
  • 29th » Narcissus of Jerusalem (Roman Catholic Church)
  • 29th » October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 29th » Public holidays in Cambodia known as Coronation Day (Cambodia)
  • 30th » Remembrance days in Slovakia or Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
  • 30th » Christian Feast Day:
  • 30th » Alphonsus Rodriguez or Alonso Rodríguez
  • 30th » Saint Herbert e.g Herbert
  • 30th » Marcellus of Tangier
  • 30th » Saturninus of Cagliari
  • 30th » Serapion of Antioch
  • 30th » John Wycliffe (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 30th » October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 30th » Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
  • 30th » Orthopaedic nursing called International Orthopaedic Nurses Day
  • 30th » Mischief Night (United States)
  • 31st » Christian Feast Day:
  • 31st » Abaidas (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria known as Coptic Church)
  • 31st » St. Quentin called Quentin
  • 31st » Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)
  • 31st » Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • 31st » October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • 31st » Earliest day on which Public holidays in Finland e.g All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden)
  • 31st » Eve of Winter, the eve of the first day of winter in the Northern hemisphere (see November 1):
  • 31st » Allantide (Cornwall)
  • 31st » Halloween (Republic of Ireland e.g Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and Halloween around the world called other places)
  • 31st » Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaelic calendar e.g Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)

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