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Month October 1879 Calendar

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.

Historical Events for October, 1879

  • Day of Week 7th » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance (1879) or Dual Alliance.
  • Day of Week 8th » War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario named Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
  • Day of Week 22nd » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

Famous Birthdays on October in 1879

  • 2nd » Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
  • 3rd » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
  • 5th » Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
  • 7th » Joe Hill, American poet and activist (d. 1915)
  • 9th » Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
  • 11th » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher (d. 1944)
  • 13th » Edward Hennig, American gymnast (d. 1960)
  • 15th » Jane Darwell, American actress (d. 1967)
  • 24th » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
  • 28th » Channing H. Cox, American politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)
  • 29th » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)
  • 29th » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, List of Chancellors of Germany or Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)

Famous Deaths for October 1879

  • 8th » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
  • 28th » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
  • 31st » Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803)
  • 31st » Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)

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