October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and

Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...

s. Its length is 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

s, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of

autumn Autumn, also known as fall (especially in US & Canada), is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southern Hemisphe ...

in parts of the

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...

, and spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

Symbols

October's

birthstone A birthstone is a gemstone that represents a person's birth period, usually the month or zodiac sign. Birthstones are often worn as jewelry or a pendant necklace. History of birthstones Western custom The first-century historian Josephus bel ...

s are the

tourmaline Tourmaline ( ) is a crystalline silicate mineral, silicate mineral group in which boron is chemical compound, compounded with chemical element, elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. This gemstone comes in a ...

and

opal Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silicon dioxide, silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3% to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6% and 10%. Due to the amorphous (chemical) physical structure, it is classified as a ...

. Its birth flower is the

calendula ''Calendula'' () is a genus of about 15–20 species''Calendula''.
Flora of China.

. The

zodiac The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south celestial latitude of the ecliptic – the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. Within this zodiac ...

signs are Libra (until October 22) and Scorpio (from October 23 onward).. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.

Observances

''This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.''

Non-Gregorian: dates

(All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.) *

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List of observances set by the Chinese calendar The traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of harvests or prayer offerings. The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), which is also celebrated in overseas ethnic Chinese communities (for example in ...

* List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar * List of observances set by the Islamic calendar * List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar

Month-long

Black History Month Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the Af ...

in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

*In

Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

tradition, October is the Month of the Holy Rosary. * Breast Cancer Awareness Month * Health Literacy Month * International Walk to School Month * Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month * Rett Syndrome Awareness Month * World Blindness Awareness Month * World Menopause Month * Vegetarian Awareness Month

United States

The last two to three weeks in October (and, occasionally, the first week of November) are normally the only time of the year during which all of the "Big Four" major professional sports leagues in the U.S. and Canada schedule games; the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

begins its preseason and about two weeks later starts the regular season, the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

is in the first month of its regular season, the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

is about halfway through its regular season, and

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

is in its postseason with the League Championship Series and

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best- ...

. Days on which all four leagues play are colloquially known as a sports equinox. *American Archives Month *National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month * National Arts & Humanities Month *National Bullying Prevention Month * National Cyber Security Awareness Month * National Domestic Violence Awareness Month * Filipino American History Month * Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month * Polish American Heritage Month * National Work and Family Month

= United States, health-related

= * American Pharmacist Month *Celebrating All of October Dwarfism/Little People/Short Stature/Skeletal Dysplasia Awareness *Dwarfism/Little People Awareness Month *Eczema Awareness Month * National Dental Hygiene Month * National Healthy Lung Month * National

Infertility In biology, infertility is the inability of a male and female organism to Sexual reproduction, reproduce. It is usually not the natural state of a healthy organism that has reached sexual maturity, so children who have not undergone puberty, whi ...

Awareness Month * Liver Awareness Month * National Lupus Erythematosus Awareness Month * National

Physical Therapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

Month * National Spina Bifida Awareness Month * Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month (United States)

= United States, culinary

= * National Pizza Month * National Popcorn Poppin' Month * National Pork Month * National Seafood Month

Movable dates

* Oktoberfest celebrations (varies globally based on area) * Astronomy Day: October 1 * World Cerebral Palsy Day: October 6 * World College Radio Day: October 7 * Earth Science Week: October 9–15 *See also Movable Western Christian observances *See also

Movable Eastern Christian observances This is a chronological list of moveable Eastern Christian observances. Most of these are calculated by the date of Easter, Pascha. It includes secular observances which are calculated by religious observances. ''This list does not necessarily im ...

First Sunday

Daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (Daylight saving time in the United States, United States and Daylight saving time in Canada, Canada), or summer time (British Summer Time, United Kingdom, ...

begins (

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

) *

Father's Day Father's Day is a day set aside for honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. "Father's Day" complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day and, in som ...

(

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

) * Grandparents Day (

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

) *

Teachers' Day Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers. It may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community tone in education. This is the primary reason why countries ce ...

(

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

)

First Monday

* Child Health Day (

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

) * Children's Day (

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

) *

Labour Day Labour Day is an annual day of celebration of the labour movement and its labor rights, achievements. It has its origins in the trade union, labour union movement, specifically the Eight-hour day movement, eight-hour day movement, which advoca ...

(

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal States and territories of Australia, territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated within the territory, an ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

) * Peat Cutting Monday (

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...

) *

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Germany. It is also observed in the Australian territory ...

(

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

) * World Architecture Day * World Habitat Day

First Tuesday

* National Night Out (

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

and

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

)

First Wednesday

* Children's Day (

)

)

Second Sunday

* National Grandparents Day (

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

)

Second Monday

* Columbus Day (

) ** Indigenous Peoples' Day (Parts of the United States) ** Native American Day (

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

) * Fraternal Day (

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

) * Health and Sports Day (

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

) * Mother's Day (

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

) * Norfolk Island Agricultural Show Day (

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island ( , ; ) is an States and territories of Australia, external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head, New South Wales, Evans Head and a ...

) * Thanksgiving (Canada) * National Day (

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

)

Second Tuesday

* Ada Lovelace Day

Second Wednesday

* Policy Statement of Belgian Parliament (

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

)

Wednesday of second full week in October

* National Fossil Day (

)

Second Thursday

* World Sight Day

Second Friday

Arbor Day Arbor Day (or Arbour Day in some countries) is a Secularity, secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date v ...

(

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

) *

World Egg Day The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk of a "plu ...

Second Saturday

* International Migratory Bird Day (

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, Central and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

, and the

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

) * Home Movie Day (

International observance Lists of holidays by various categorizations. Religious holidays Abrahamic holidays (Middle Eastern) Christian holidays *Christmas (Nativity of Jesus, Nativity of Jesus Christ, the beginning of Christmastide) *Solemnity of Mary, Mother ...

) * National Tree Planting Day (

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

)

Week of October 10

* Fiji Week (

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

)

Second Week of October

Fire Prevention Week Fire Prevention Week is a nationally observed week in the United States and Canada from the Sunday to Saturday in which October 9 falls. In the United States, the first Presidential Proclamation of the week was made in 1925 by Calvin Coolidge. ...

(

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

) ** Fire Service Recognition Day (

), last day of Fire Prevention Week:

Third Sunday

* Teacher's Day (

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

) * Mother's Day (

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

)

Third Monday

* Heroes' Day (

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

) * Mother's Day (

) * Nanomonestotse ( Native American communities) * Boss's Day (United States, Canada, Lithuania and Romania)

Third Thursday

* International Credit Union Day

Third Saturday

* Sweetest Day (

)

Fourth Monday

(

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

)

Fourth Wednesday

* Children's Day (

)

Fourth Friday

* Global Champagne Day

Fourth Saturday

* Children's Day (

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

) * Make a Difference Day (

)

Week of Fourth Wednesday

* Children's Week (

)

Last Monday

* October Holiday (

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

)

Last Friday

* National Bandanna Day (

) * Nevada Day (

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

) (though the state was actually admitted on October 31, 1864) * Teacher's Day (

) (If the last Friday is on October 31, this holiday is moved to November 7)

Last Sunday

European Summer Time Summer time in Europe is the variation of standard clock time that is applied in most European countries (apart from Iceland, Belarus, Turkey and Russia) in the period between spring and autumn, during which clocks are advanced by one hour from t ...

ends * Grandparents Day (

) * Székely Autonomy Day (

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

)

Fixed

* October 1 ** Armed Forces Day (South Korea) ** Children's Day (

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

) ** Day of Prosecutors (

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

) **Continuance of German-American Heritage Months, which runs from September 15 – October 15 (

) **Continuance of National Hispanic Heritage Month which runs from September 15 – October 15 (

), ** Ground Forces Day (

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

) ** Independence Day (Cyprus) ** Independence Day (Nigeria) ** Independence Day (Palau) ** Independence Day (Tuvalu) **

International Coffee Day International Coffee Day (1 October) is an occasion that is used to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events now occurring in places around the world. The first official date was 3 October 2015, as agreed by then International C ...

** International Day of Older Persons ** International Music Day ** Lincolnshire Day (

) ** National Day of the People's Republic of China (

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

) ** Pancasila Sanctity Day (

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

) ** Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan) ** Unification Day (Cameroon) ** World Vegetarian Day * October 2 ** Batik Day (

) ** Feast of the Guardian Angels *** National Grandparents Day (

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

) **

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ...

's birthday-related observances: *** Gandhi Jayanti (

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

) *** International Day of Non-Violence *** World Day for Farmed Animals ** Independence Day (Guinea) * October 3 ** Gaecheonjeol (

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

) ** German Unity Day (

) ** National Day (Iraq) ** Morazán Day (

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

) * October 4 ** Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi ** Cinnamon Roll Day (

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

) ** Day of Peace and Reconciliation (

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

) ** Independence Day (Lesotho) ** World Animal Day **The beginning of World Space Week (October 4–10) * October 5 ** Armed Forces Day (

) ** Constitution Day (Vanuatu) **

Engineer's Day Engineer's Day is observed in several countries on various dates of the year. Country-wise list See also *UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development References External links

* *{{cite web, url=http://calendar.ut.ac.ir/, ...

(

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

) ** International Day of No Prostitution ** Republic Day (Portugal) ** Teachers' Day (Pakistan) ** Teachers' Day (Russia) ** World Teachers' Day * October 6 ** Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

) ** Dukla Pass Victims Day (

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

) ** German-American Day (

) ** Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

) ** National Noodle Day (

) **

(

) **

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S ...

commemorations: *** Armed Forces Day (Egypt) *** Tishreen Liberation Day (

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

) * October 7 **

Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary (), also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Titles of Mary, Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October ...

** International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day **

(

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

) *

October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...

** Air Force Day (

) **

(

) ** National Independence Day (

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

) ** Navy Day (

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

) * October 9 ** Hangul Day (South Korea) ** Independence Day (Uganda) ** Independence of Guayaquil (Ecuador) ** Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway) ** National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania) ** Takayama Autumn Festival ( Takayama, Japan) ** World Post Day ** Valencian Community Day (Spain) * October 10 **

(

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

) ** Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam) ** Double Ten Day (Taiwan) ** Fiji Day (Fiji) ** Finnish Literature Day (Finland) ** Independence Day (Cuba) ** Party Foundation Day (North Korea) ** World Mental Health Day * October 11 ** General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States) ** International Day of the Girl Child ** International Newspaper Carrier Day ** National Coming Out Day (multinational, including United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland among others) ** Old Michaelmas Day ( Celtic) ** Revolution Day (North Macedonia) * October 12 ** Children's Day (

) **Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (''see also

''): *** Columbus Day (United States, Honduras) *** Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain) *** Día de la Raza (

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

) *** Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

) *** Día de las Américas (

Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...

) *** Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

) *** Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, "Day of respect for cultural diversity" (

) ** Discovery Day (

The Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

) ** Feast for Life of

Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley ( ; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the pr ...

, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (

Thelema Thelema () is a Western esotericism, Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and a new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial ma ...

) ** Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain) ** Freethought Day ** Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

from Spain in 1968. ** UN Spanish Language Day (

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

) * October 13 ** Azerbaijani Railway Day (

) ** Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 ( Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan) ** International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction ** National Police Day (Thailand) ** Paramedics' Day (Poland) ** Rwagasore Day (

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

) * October 14 ** World Standards Day * October 15 ** Breast Health Day (Europe) ** Evacuation Day (Tunisia) ** Global Handwashing Day ** King Father's Commemoration Day (Cambodia) ** National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States) ** Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (United States and Canada) ** Spirit Day (

) **

(Brazil) ** White Cane Safety Day (United States) * October 16 ** World Food Day ** Pope John Paul II Day (Poland) ** World Anaesthesia Day * October 17 ** Dessalines Day (

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

) ** International Day for the Eradication of Poverty ** Loyalty Day (Argentina) * October 18 ** Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist ** Alaska Day (

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

, United States) ** Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan) ** Necktie Day (Croatia) ** Persons Day (Canada) ** World Menopause Day * October 19 ** Constitution Day ( Niue) ** Mother Teresa Day (

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

) * October 20 **

(Czech Republic) ** Heroes' Day (Kenya) ** Revolution Day (Guatemala) ** Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam) ** World Osteoporosis Day ** World Statistics Day * October 21 ** Apple Day (United Kingdom) ** Armed Forces Day (Honduras) ** Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt) ** Indian Police Commemoration Day (India) ** International Day of the Nacho ** National Nurses' Day (Thailand) ** Ndadaye Day (Burundi) ** Overseas Chinese Day (Taiwan) ** Trafalgar Day (the

British Empire The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...

in the 19th and early 20th century) * October 22 ** Fechner Day (

) ** International Caps Lock Day ** International Stuttering Awareness Day **

Jidai Matsuri The is a traditional Japanese festival (also called matsuri) held annually on October 22 in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Kyoto's three major festivals, with the other two being the '' Aoi Matsuri'', held annually on May 15, and the '' Gion Matsu ...

(

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

) ** National Santri Day (

) ** Wombat Day (

) * October 23 ** Aviator's Day (Brazil) ** Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) ** Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (North Macedonia) **

Liberation Day Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the original creation of statehood. It commemorates the end of an occupation ...

(Libya) ** Mole Day (

) ** National Day (Hungary) ** Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia) * October 24 ** Azad Kashmir Day (Pakistan) ** Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia) **

Food Day Food Day in the United States is celebrated annually on October 24 and often throughout the month. The celebration was started in 1975 by the CSPI, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in an attempt to create an event similar to Earth D ...

(United States) ** Independence Day (Zambia) ** Suez Day (Egypt) ** United Nations Day (

) ** World Development Information Day ** World Polio Day * October 25 ** Armed Forces Day (Romania) ** Constitution Day (Lithuania) ** Customs Officer's Day (Russia) ** Day of the Basque Country ( Basque Country) ** Retrocession Day (Taiwan) ** Sovereignty Day (Slovenia) ** Thanksgiving Day (Grenada) ** The Hallowing of Nestorius ( Nestorian Christianity) * October 26 ** Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir) ** Angam Day ( Nauru) ** Armed Forces Day (Benin) ** Intersex Awareness Day (

) ** National Day (

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

) * October 27 ** Black Cat Appreciation Day (

) ** Černová Tragedy Day (

) ** Flag Day (Greece) ** Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) ** Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13) ** World Day for Audiovisual Heritage * October 28 ** Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State (Czech Republic and Slovakia) ** International Animation Day ** Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus) ** Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (

Gifu Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...

, Japan) ** Youth Pledge Day (Indonesia) * October 29 ** Coronation Day (Cambodia) ** Cyrus the Great Day (Iran) ** National Cat Day (United States) ** Republic Day (Turkey) ** World Stroke Day * October 30 ** Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia) ** Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions ( former Soviet republics, except Ukraine) ** Indonesian Banknote Day (Indonesia) ** International Orthopaedic Nurses Day ** Mischief Night (United States and Canada) *** Beggars Night (certain regions of the United States) *** Devil's Night (

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

, United States) ** Thevar Jayanthi ( Thevar community, India) * October 31 **Start of Allhallowtide October 31 – November 6 **The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (

) ** Día de la Canción Criolla (

) **Eve of Winter, the eve of the first day of winter in the Northern hemisphere: *** Allantide (

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

) ***

Halloween Halloween, or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve), is a celebration geography of Halloween, observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christianity, Western Christian f ...

( English-speaking countries, also in other locations) *** Hop-tu-Naa (

Isle of Man The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...

) ***

Samhain Samhain ( , , , ) or () is a Gaels, Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "Celtic calendar#Medieval Irish and Welsh calendars, darker half" of the year.Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, Ó hÓ ...

in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (

Gaels The Gaels ( ; ; ; ) are an Insular Celts, Insular Celtic ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. They are associated with the Goidelic languages, Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising ...

Welsh people The Welsh () are an ethnic group and nation native to Wales who share a common ancestry, History of Wales, history and Culture of Wales, culture. Wales is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. The majority of people living in Wa ...

and Neopagan

Wheel of the Year The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by a range of Modern paganism, modern pagans, marking the year's chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them. Modern pagan observances are ...

) ** Girl Scouts Founders Day (

) ** King Father's Birthday (

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

) ** National Unity Day (

) ** Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Evangelical Churches and Lutheran Churches) ** Saci day (

) ** World Savings Day ** Statehood Day

, United States

Miscellaneous

* Eric Whitacre composed a piece based on this month, titled ''October''. *

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

wrote a story personifying the month, titled "October in the Chair", for his 2006 collection '' Fragile Things''. *

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...

published a collection of short stories titled '' The October Country'' in 1955. * The song ''October doth before us go'' celebrates the progression of spring (from the perspective of the Southern Hemisphere).

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