October 1899 Day Of The Week - 1899 October Calendar Month View

About Month of October Calendar

October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.

October symbols: The birthstones of Octoberare the tourmaline and opal. Its birth flower is the calendula. The zodiac signs for the month of October are Libra (until October 22) or Scorpio (October 23 onwards). October Star Stones: Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22). Planetary Stone: Sapphire; Lucky Charms: Opal, Sardonyx, Chrysolite; birthstone: pink Tourmaline, Opal. Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21). Planetary Stone: Garnet, Ruby; Lucky Charms: Aquamarine, Beryl. October Mystical birthstone is Jasper. October Ayurvedic Birthstone is Opal.

Day of Week 11th » Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the South African Republic e.g Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
11th » The Western League (U.S. baseball) or Western League is renamed the American League.

1st » Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
5th » George, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1963)
9th » Bruce Catton, American historian and author (d. 1978)
11th » Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
19th » Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
26th » Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
29th » Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
29th » Akim Tamiroff, Russian-American actor (d. 1972)

28th » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American inventor, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
30th » William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)