^B{^#!16!25 October^N! Feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, Saints Fronto and George, The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Saints Chrysanthus and Daria, St Richard Gwyn, and St Gaudentius of Brescia.
^B{1415^B} The English army, led by King Henry V, defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt, during the Hundred Years' War. ^B{1839^B} ^I{Bradshaw's Railway Guide^I}, the world's first railroad timetable, was published in Manchester. ^B{1854^B} Lord Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. ^B{1900^B} The Transvaal, a region in South Africa which is rich in minerals, especially gold, was annexed by the British. ^B{1961^B} The British satirical magazine ^I{Private Eye^I} was first published. ^B{1971^B} Taiwan was expelled from the UN to allow the admission of the People's Republic of China. ^B{1983^B} Over 2,000 US troops invaded Grenada.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Thomas Babington Macaulay, English historian and essayist, ^B{1800^B}; Johann Strauss the Younger, Austrian composer, ^B{1825^B}; Georges Bizet, French composer, ^B{1838^B}; Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist, ^B{1881^B}; Richard Evelyn Byrd, US aviator and explorer, ^B{1888^B}; Abel Gance, French film director, ^B{1889^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet, ^B{1400^B}; Giorgione, Italian painter, ^B{1510^B}; Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and inventor of the barometer, ^B{1647^B}; King George II, ^B{1760^B}; Frank Norris, US novelist, ^B{1902^B}; Frederick Rolfe, English writer, ^B{1913^B}; Vincent Price, US film actor, ^B{1993^B}.
