OCTOBER 



433S 



OCTOBER 



OCTOBER CALENDAR 



Birthdays 



1. James Lawrence, 1781. 



3. George Bancroft. 1800. 



4. Rutherford B. Hayes, 1822. 



nathan I-M wards. 1703. 



10 Brock, 1769. 

 Jenny Lind, 1820. 



7. John" White Alexander, 1856. 



8. Edmund Clarence Stedman, 1833. 

 John Hay, 1838. 



9. Cervantes, 1547. 

 Winfleld Scott Schley, 1839. 



10. Benjamin West, 1738. 

 12. Jonathan Trumbull, 1710. 

 George W. Cable. 1844. 



Iward Blake, 1833. 

 U. William Penn, 1644. 



ir>. Vergil. 70 B. c. 



16. Noah Webster, 1768. 



18. Helen Hunt J:ickson, 1831. 



19. James Henry Leigh Hunt. 17M. 



20. Christopher Wren, 16:;:.'. 



21. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 

 Samuel F. Smith, 1808. 

 Will Carleton, 1845. 



22. Franz Liszt, 1811. 



23. Adlai E. Stevenson, 1835. 



26. Moltke, Count von, 1800. 



27. Theodore Roosevelt, 1858. 



28. Desiderius Erasmus, 1466. 



29. Thomas F. Bayard, 1828. 



30. Gertrude Atherton, 1858. 



31. John Keats, 1795. 



Events 



1. New government buildings at Quebec dynamited, 1885. 



2. John Andre put to death as a spy, 1780. 



3. Chinese senate opened, 1910. 



4. Battle of Germantown, 1777. 



5. Costa Rica discovered by Columbus, 1502. 

 Defeat of British at Thames River, Canada, 1813. 



Marquis of Lome appointed Governor-General of Canada, 1878. 



6. Tripoli occupied by Italian marines, 1911. 

 Austro-German forces invaded Serbia, 1915. 



7. Battle of Lepanto, 1571. 



8. Chicago fire broke out, 1871. 

 Montenegro declared war on Turkey, 1912. 



9. Alaska transferred to United States by Russia, 1867. 

 Germans occupied Antwerp, 1914. 



10. Battle of Tours, 732. 



11. Invasion of Rumania by Germans begun, 1916. 



12. Columbus discovered first land in New World, 141)2. 

 Ghent captured by Germans, 1914. 



BIT Isaac Brock killed in battle, 1812. 



Belgian government moved to Havre, France, 1914. 

 14. Czar of Russia and emperor of Japan signed treaty of peace, 1905. 



Allies occupied Ypres, 1914. 



/.ar of Russia prohibited sale of alcohol forever, 1914. 

 !;. Marie Antoinette executed. 1793. 



John Brown made his raid on Harper's Ferry, 1859. 



17. Hurgoyne surrendered at Saratoga, 1777. 



18. Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1469. 



John Brown captured at Harper's Ferry by Robert E. Lee, 1859. 



19. Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, 1781. 



20. King otto of Greece abdicated, 1862. 



21. First joint Parliament of England and Scotland met, 1707. 

 Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. 



22. Brazil declared itself independent of Portugal, 1822. 



24. Bulgarians occupied Uskub, 1915. 



25. Battle of Agincourt, 1415. 



Battle of B -ilaklava the "Charge of the Light Brigade," 1854. 



26. Sweden recognized independence of Norway, 1905. 



27. Balkan allies began siege of Adrianople, 1912. 



28. Culia discovered by Columbus, 1 I'.il.'. 

 Statue of Liberty dedicated, 1886. 



29. Turkey began war on Russia, 1914. 



30. World's Columbian Exposition closed, 1893. 



31. Luther's theses nailed to church door at Wittenberg, 1517. 



ada admitted to the Union, 1864. 



Whittier's Corn Kong 



Frost 



Leaf-Coloring 



Song Sparrow 



Crow 



Aster 



For Study 



Bulbs 



Wordsworth's Kitten and 



the Falling Leaves 

 Millet, The Gleaners 

 Nuts 



Squirrel 



Jackson, October's Bright 



Blue Weather 

 Harvest Moon 



