| 82 | BC | Sulla issues the first "Proscription List" |
| 0 | | Feast of St. Hubert, Patron of Hunters, and that of St. Martin de Porres Velázquez, Patron of Vietnam, Mississippi, and Peruvian Naval Aviators |
| 361 | | Flavius Claudius Julianus, better known as "Julian the Apostate, became sole Emperor (Nov 3, 361-Jun 6, 363) -- Learn More |
| 1354 | | Battle of Modon/Sapienza: Venetian fleet defeats the Genovese off the Pelopnessos |
| 1394 | | Charles VI expels the Jews from France |
| 1468 | | Sack of Liège by troops of Charles "the Rash" of Burgundy |
| 1492 | | Peace of Etaples: Kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor of England end three years' of war |
| 1755 | | Massachusetts authorized bounties for Indian scalps: £30 for Warriors, £20 for women & boys |
| 1762 | | Spain acquires Louisiana from France (returns it in 1800) |
| 1783 | | The Continental Army is mustered out of service, Rocky Hill, NJ |
| 1812 | | Battle of Vyazma/Fiordoroivskoy: Russians defeat the French |
| 1813 | | Battle of Tallasahatchee: US troops & Tennessee militiamen under Brig Gen John Coffee defeat Creek Red Stick warriors |
| 1814 | | Congress commended Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown and the Northern Army for “gallantry and good conduct in the successive battles of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie” -- Learn More |
| 1839 | | First Opium War: British frigates engage several Chinese junks |
| 1853 | | USS 'Constitution' seizes the slaver 'H.N. Gambrill' |
| 1860 | | Neapolitan Royalists retire from the Garigliano towards Mola |
| 1863 | | Battle of Grand Coteau, Ga. |
| 1867 | | Battle of Mentana: French & Papal troops defeat Garibalidi's Red Shirts, attempting to add Rome to newly united Italy |
| 1918 | | the U.S. 332nd Infantry Regiment joined the Italian offensive at Vittorio Veneto -- Learn More |
| 1935 | | George II is restored to the Greek throne (1922-1924, deposed; 1935-1947) |
| 1942 | | Guadalcanal: Marines clear Japanese from Point Cruz. |
| 1944 | | Japan initiated its "balloon bomb" offensive against the United States -- Learn More |
| 1954 | | 'Godzilla' was released in Japan |
| 1957 | | USSR launches Sputnik 2 with the dog Laika, the first animal in orbit |
| 1970 | | Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile (1970-1973, kia or assassinated) |
| 1979 | | Teheran: Iranians storm the US embassy to take 63 hostages, initiating decades of acrimony and hostility |
| 1979 | | Kluxers and Neo-Nazis murdered five anti-KKK protesters and wounded seven more at Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 1984 | | Three days of anti-Sikh rioting begin in India, 3,000 die |
| 1988 | | Neo-Nazis break Geraldo Rivera's nose, on the air |
| 39 | | Marcus Annaeus Lucanus - Lucan, poet of the Roman Civil War ("Bellum Civile"), d. AD 65 |
| 1500 | | Benvenuto Cellini, goldsmith, sculptor, painter, soldier, musician, author, rake, d. 1571 -- Learn More |
| 1604 | | Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1618-22), |
| 1718 | | John Montague, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, naval officer, culinary innovator, d. 1792 |
| 1793 | | Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas", d. 1836 |
| 1801 | | Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, guidebook author, who helped millions of tourists and invaders find their way around, d. 1859 |
| 1816 | | Jubal A. Early, Lt Gen, C.S.A., the only commander whom R. E. Lee openly sacked, d. 1894 |
| 1818 | | Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1891 |
| 1826 | | Jasper Adalmorn Maltby, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1867 |
| 1833 | | Edward Dorr Tracy, Brig Gen, C.S.A., d. 1863 |
| 1844 | | Ottoman Sultan Mohammed V Resjad (1909-18) |
| 1852 | | Mutsuhito, the Meiji - 122nd Emperor of Japan (1867-1912) |
| 1901 | | André Malraux, airman, resistance fighter, novelist, radical, d. 1976 |
| 1901 | | King Leopold III of Belgium (1934-1951), collaborator, d. 1983 |
| 1912 | | Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, Dictator/President of Paraguay (1954-1989), d. 2006 |
| 1954 | | Kevin P Chilton, USAF, Astronaut |
| 361 | | Roman Emperor Constantius II (337-361), at 44 |
| 644 | | Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph(635-644), assassinated at c. 55-60, in Medina, by the Persian slave "Pirouz Nahavandi" |
| 1254 | | Emperor of Nicaea St. John III Ducas Vatatzes (1222-1254), at c.60 |
| 1428 | | Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, at c. 40, of wounds from fragments of a door shattered by a cannonball on Oct 23rd during the siege of Orleans, having the dubious honor being the first English gentleman to die by gunfire |
| 1493 | | Antonio Malvizzi, Patrician of Bologna, assassinated |
| 1639 | | Martin de Porres Velázquez, 59, Peruvian Dominican Lay Brother, later canonized, the first know mixed race saint |
| 1873 | | Chief Kintpuash - "Captain Jack" of the Modoc, c. 35, hanged for the murder of Maj. Gen. Canby and the Rev. Eleazar Thomas |
| 1926 | | Annie Oakley, sharpshooter, 66 |
| 1970 | | King Peter II Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia (1934-1945), 47, in exile in the US |
| 1996 | | Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 75, President/Strongman of the Central African Republic (1966-1976), Emperor Bokassa I of Central Africa (1976-1979), deposed |
| 1998 | | Robert Kane (born Robert Kahn), 83, creator of "Batman" |