1517
Protestant Reformation
Event · 1517 – 1648
On this day
31 October
352 events in the atlas are dated to 31 October, from 1076 to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 352 events
- 1076 – 2025
The best known
From every age and part of the world1813
Battle of Hanau
Battle · Europe
1984
assassination of Indira Gandhi
Political · South Asia
1999
EgyptAir Flight 990
Accident · North America
2015
Metrojet Flight 9268
Attack · North Africa
2020
Hurricane Eta
Natural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 8 events- 13411341 Jusanko earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1353Founding of OlsztynFounding · Europe
- 1402Founding of Vatra MoldovițeiFounding · Europe
- 10761076 Guangdong tsunamiNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1425Battle of Kamenice nad LipouBattle · Europe
- 1477Battle of LucinicoBattle · Europe
- 1196Construction of Hachiman Asami ShrineConstruction · East Asia
- 1426Wang Tong takes command at Đông QuanPolitical · Southeast Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 21 events- 1517Protestant ReformationEvent · 1517 – 1648
- 1503October 1503 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1784Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and CrișanRebellion · Europe
- 15661566 eruption of KirishimayamaNatural disaster · East Asia
- 17201720 Tainan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 16621662 Tontokoro earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1693Founding of PiscatawayFounding · North America
- 1693Founding of MiddletownFounding · North America
- 1532All Saints' Day flood (1532)Event · Europe
- 1693Founding of Freehold TownshipFounding · North America
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 41 events- 1814Battle of NalapaniBattle · South Asia
- 1813Battle of HanauBattle · Europe
- 1864Founding of NevadaFounding · North America
- 1805Franco-Swedish WarWar · Europe · 1805 – 1810
- 1884Chichibu IncidentRebellion · East Asia
- 1812Battle of AslanduzBattle · Middle East
- 1861Convention of LondonEvent · Europe
- 1880Swiss constitutional referendum, 1880Election · Europe
- 18311831 Bristol riotsProtest · Europe
- 1877Construction of Ponte de D. Maria PiaConstruction · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 163 events- 1984assassination of Indira GandhiPolitical · South Asia
- 1952Ivy MikeEvent
- 19841984 anti-Sikh riotsAttack · South Asia
- 1999EgyptAir Flight 990Accident · North America
- 2000Singapore Airlines Flight 006Accident · East Asia
- 19991999 Ukrainian presidential electionElection · Europe
- 1918Aster RevolutionRebellion
- 1979Flight 2605 by Western AirlinesAccident · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1917Battle of BeershebaBattle · Middle East
- 1997Tropical Storm LindaEvent
The 21st century
since 2001 · 119 events- 2015Metrojet Flight 9268Attack · North Africa
- 2020Hurricane EtaNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20132013–14 Thai political crisisProtest · Southeast Asia
- 20142014 Virgin Galactic crashAccident · North America
- 20172017 Lower Manhattan attackAttack · North America
- 202331 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp airstrikeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 20102010 Baghdad church attackAttack · Middle East
- 2021October 2021 Tokyo attackEvent · East Asia
- 2025Typhoon KalmaegiEvent · Southeast Asia
- 2025APEC South Korea 2025Political · 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.