1097
Siege of Antioch
Siege · Middle East · 1097 – 1098
On this day
20 October
418 events in the atlas are dated to 20 October, from 706 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 418 events
- 706 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1541
Algiers expedition
Siege · North Africa
1827
Battle of Navarino
Battle · Europe
1962
Sino-Indian War
War · East Asia
1972
Constitution of Pakistan
Event · South Asia
2015
Hurricane Patricia
Natural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 events- 1097Siege of AntiochSiege · Middle East · 1097 – 1098
- 131420 October 1314 Imperial electionElection · Europe
- 1465Battle of MontenakenBattle · Europe
- 1469Founding of BogdanaFounding · Europe
- 706 CEConstruction of Sangoku Daiichisan Arakura Fuji Sengen ShrineConstruction · East Asia
- 1426Defeat of Wang Anlao's relief armyBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1433Accession of Lê Thái TôngPolitical · Southeast Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 36 events- 1541Algiers expeditionSiege · North Africa
- 1728Copenhagen Fire of 1728Event · Europe
- 16871687 Lima earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 1548Founding of La PazFounding · South America
- 1794Battle of Saint-RaphaëlBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 16541654 Menorca (Minorca) earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1587Battle of CoutrasBattle · Europe
- 1735Battle of ClausenBattle · Europe
- 1782Battle of Cape SpartelBattle · Europe
- 1653Battle of BordeauxBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 40 events- 1827Battle of NavarinoBattle · Europe
- 1818Treaty of 1818Treaty · Europe
- 1860October DiplomaEvent · Europe
- 1822Congress of VeronaPolitical · Europe
- 1899Battle of Talana HillBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1888Founding of LanúsFounding · South America
- 1886Founding of TrelewFounding · South America
- 1888Construction of ZappeionConstruction · Europe
- 1897Fall of Kingdom of BaguirmiCollapse · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1846solar eclipse of October 20, 1846Event
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 205 events- 1962Sino-Indian WarWar · East Asia
- 1972Constitution of PakistanEvent · South Asia
- 1962Sino-Indian border disputeEvent · East Asia
- 1944Philippines campaign of 1944–1945War · Southeast Asia · 1944 – 1945
- 1944Guatemalan RevolutionRebellion · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1941Kragujevac massacreAttack · Europe
- 1986Aeroflot Flight 6502Accident · Europe
- 19771977 Convair CV-300 crashAccident · North America
- 1941First Battle of KharkovBattle · Europe
- 19911991 Uttarkashi earthquakeNatural disaster · South Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 130 events- 2015Hurricane PatriciaNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 2011killing of Muammar GaddafiNatural disaster · North Africa
- 20242024 Moldovan European Union membership constitutional referendumElection · Europe
- 20192019 Bolivian general electionElection · South America
- 20192019 Bolivian protestsProtest · South America
- 2020Lekki Tollgate massacreAttack · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2012wedding of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Countess Stéphanie de LannoyEvent · Europe
- 2025Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaPolitical · East Asia
- 2018Hurricane WillaNatural disaster
- 2025Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788Accident · East Asia
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.