What is October 5?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[610]] &ndash; Coronation of Emperor [[Heraclius]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[1143]] &ndash; King [[Alfonso VII of Leon]] recognises [[Portugal]] as a kingdom. * [[1450]] &ndash; [[Judaism|Jews]] are expelled from Lower [[Bavaria]] by order of [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]]. * [[1502]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] names [[Costa Rica]]. * [[1550]] &ndash; The city of [[Concepcion]], [[Chile]] is founded. * [[1582]] &ndash; This day does not exist in [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]], as the [[Gregorian calendar]] is introduced. In those countries, [[October 4]] is followed by [[October 15]]. * [[1665]] &ndash; The [[University of Kiel]] is founded. * [[1762]] &ndash; [[Great Britain|British]] troops occupy [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Woman|Women]] in [[Paris]] march to [[Versailles]] in the March on Versailles to confront [[Louis XVI of France]] about his intention to hold on to the system of [[feudalism]]. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Christianity]] is removed as the official state [[religion]] of [[France]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Thames]] is fought in [[Canada]], in which American forces defeat British ones. * [[1857]] &ndash; The city of [[Anaheim, California]] is founded. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[Calcutta]], [[India]], is almost completely destroyed by a [[cyclone]], killing 60,000 people. * [[1869]] &ndash; In [[weather]], the Saxby [[Gale]] devastates the [[Bay of Fundy]] along the [[Sea|maritime]] [[province]]s of Eastern [[Canada]]. * [[1877]] &ndash; [[Chief Joseph]] surrenders his [[Nez Perce]] band to US General [[Nelson A. Miles]]. * [[1895]] &ndash; The first individual time trial for [[Cycling|cyclists]] takes place in [[London]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1903]] &ndash; [[Samuel Griffith]] becomes the first Chief Justice of [[Australia]]. * [[1905]] &ndash; [[Wright brothers|Wilbur Wright]] pilots the Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 [[mile]]s