331 BCE
Battle of Gaugamela
Battle · Middle East
On this day
1,280 events in the atlas are dated to 1 October, from 331 BCE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
331 BCE
Battle · Middle East
1800
Treaty · Europe
1990
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1990 – 1993
1991
Event · South America
2017
Attack · North America
2022
Natural disaster · Southeast Asia
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