October 31st (896) was a Wednesday. It's the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 61 days left to the end of the year.
October 31st Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Abaidas (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria known as Coptic Church)
» St. Quentin called Quentin
» Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)
» Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church (USA))
» October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» 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)
» Eve of Winter, the eve of the first day of winter in the Northern hemisphere (see November 1):
» Allantide (Cornwall)
» Halloween (Republic of Ireland e.g Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and Halloween around the world called other places)
» 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)