Events for October 2021

October in History

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Nelson victorious at the Battle of Trafalgar

21st October 1805

In one of the most decisive battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar fought off the coast of Spain. At… Read more...

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WWI: First aerial combat resulting in a kill

5th October 1914

On October 5th 1914, French pilot Louis Quenault opened fire on a German aircraft with a machine gun. Quenault reported history's first air to air kill. Read more...

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End of the Battle of Loos

13th October 1915

The final attempted British offensive for Hohenzollern Redoubt fails, marking the end of the Battle of Loos. Read more...

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Battle of Agincourt

25th October 1415

On St Crispin's Day, 25 October 1415, Henry V's small English force routed the French in the most famous clash of the Hundred Years' War. On a battlefield east of the tiny village of Agincourt… Read more...

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Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test

3rd October 1942

On this day in 1942, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun’s brainchild, the V-2 missile, is fired successfully from Peenemunde, as island off Germany’s Baltic coast. It traveled 118 miles. It proved extraordinarily deadly in… Read more...

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End of the Siege of Jerusalem

2nd October 1187

The Siege of Jerusalem took place from 20th September to 2nd October 1187. It resulted in the recapture of Jerusalem by Saladin and the near total collapse of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. This provoked the… Read more...

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