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* '''05 October''' - Official '''[[Holidays in Westarctica]]''' become codified by law. ''(2020)''
* '''October''' - The British fleet lays off '''[[Esopus Island]]''' during the Revolutionary War. ''(1777)''
* '''19 October''' - The '''[[Westarctican Royal Guards]]''' are created. ''(2017)''
* '''2 October''' - Future King of England, '''[[Richard III]]''' is born. ''(1542)''
* '''19 October''' - '''[[Westarctica]]''' receives 501c(3) tax exempt status from the IRS. ''(2018)''
* '''2 October''' - Author and occultist '''[[Arthur Edward Waite]]''' is born. ''(1857)''
* '''21 October''' - '''[[Peter I Island]]''' was first sighted by Russian explorer [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]]. ''(1821)''
* '''2 October''' - '''[[Jack Parsons]]''', American chemist, [[occultist]], and engineer is born. ''(1914)''
* '''21 - 25 October''' - Delegations from [[Westarctica]] and [[Republic of Molossia|Molossia]] join the [[Kingdom of Shiloh]] for the '''[[Summit Upon the Seas]]'''. ''(2018)''
* '''4 October''' - The '''[[Gregorian calendar]]''' is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. ''(1582)''
* '''25 October''' - Polar explorer and [[U.S. Navy]] officer, '''[[Richard E. Byrd|Rear Admiral Richard Byrd]]''' <small>''(pictured)''</small> is born. ''(1888)''
* '''4 October''' - Ritual magician '''[[Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers]]''' is first initiated into a Masonic lodge. ''(1877)''
* '''25 October''' - In recognition of his part in ending the [[Siple War]], '''[[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis]]''' is given the title Prince of [[Siple Island|Siple]]. ''(2012)''
* '''7 October''' - The reference date for the origin of the [[Judaism|Hebrew]] calendar. ''(3761BC)''
* '''27 October''' - A story on [[Westarctica]] is published in '''''[[Westarctica in the Media|Conde Nast Traveler]]'''''. ''(2016)''
* '''9 October''' - '''[[Reginald Scot]]''', author of ''[[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]]'', dies. ''(1599)''
* '''29 October''' - The Realm of [[Colony of Calsahara|Calsahara]] becomes a Colony of Westarctica after '''[[Invasion of Calsahara|being liberated]]''' by the [[Westarctican Royal Guards]]. ''(2017)''
* '''11 October''' - An exorcism for the nuns of Loudun begins during the trail of '''[[Urbain Grandier]]'''. ''(1632)''
* '''30 October''' - [[Consul-General of the Achaean Territory|Consul-General Travis]] writes the '''[[Claimant Letter]]''' declaring his intention to establish the [[Achaean Territory of Antarctica]] in [[Marie Byrd Land]]. ''(2001)''
* '''12 October''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' are ended. ''(1692)''
* '''12 October''' - Author and occultist '''[[Aleister Crowley]]''' is born. ''(1875)''
* '''13 October''' - Hundreds of the '''[[Knights Templar]]''' in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to [[heresy]]. ''(1307)''
* '''15 October''' - George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London, received the "From Hell" letter allegedly from '''[[Jack the Ripper]]'''. ''(1888)''
* '''26 October''' - Author and astrologer '''[[Sybil Leek]]''' dies. ''(1982)''
* '''27 October''' - [[Constantine I|Emperor Constantine]] is said to have received his famous '''[[Vision of the Cross]]'''. ''(312)''
* '''27 October''' - Condemned as a [[heresy|heretic]], '''[[Michael Servetus]]''' is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. ''(1553)''
* '''29 October''' - The first trial for '''[[witchcraft]]''' in Paris results in the death of three people. ''(1390)''
* '''29 October''' - Occultist and author '''[[Anton Szandor LaVey]]''' dies. ''(1997)''
* '''31 October''' - '''[[Peter Stumpp]]''', the Werewolf of Bedburg, is [[death by burning|burned]] along with his mistress and daughter. ''(1589)''
* '''31 October''' - '''[[Thiess of Kaltenbrun]]''', the Livonian Werewolf, is condemned to be flogged for [[heresy]]. ''(1692)''
* '''31 October''' - The holiday '''[[Halloween]]''' is celebrated in many countries.

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