History Events on October 09

Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.

#Guayaquil

The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.

#Goyang_Geumjeong_Cave_massacre

Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.

#Hoover_Dam

Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

#Battle_of_Lesnaya

Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.

#Dublin_and_Kingstown_Railway

The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

#Black_Sox_Scandal

The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.

#Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse

Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.

#Hobart

HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.

#HMS_Lutine_(1779)

The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

#Cook_Islands

Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

#Zhengding_Missionary_Murder

Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.

#Ioannis_Kapodistrias

Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.

#War_of_the_Fourth_Coalition

The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.

#Hangul

In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.

#Vajont_Dam

The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.

#Universal_Postal_Union

North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.

#2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test

An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

#Wuchang_Uprising

Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.

#Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1942

The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.

#Prague_astronomical_clock

Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.

#Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico

James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.

#James_I_of_Aragon

Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.

#Roger_Williams

Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.

#1740_Batavia_massacre

The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.

#SS_Volturno_(1906)

War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.

#HMS_Detroit_(1812)

Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.

#Binh_Tai_Massacre

Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.

#Slavery_in_the_British_and_French_Caribbean

Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.

#Raid_on_Berlin

American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.

#Battle_of_Santa_Rosa_Island

A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.

#Panama

The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.

#Yale_University

Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.

#Uganda

The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.

#Khmer_Republic

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

#Arakan_Rohingya_Salvation_Army

World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

#Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)

Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

#Carloman_I

Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.

#Malala_Yousafzai

Turkey begins its northern Syria Rojava offensive.

#2019_Turkish_offensive_into_north-eastern_Syria

Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.

#Slavery_in_Latin_America

Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.

#Restauration_(ship)

Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.

Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.

An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.

South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.

President Francois Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.

In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".

A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.

Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.

A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.

Supernova 1604 is sighted, the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.

Troops of the Portuguese Empire are defeated on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.