1383 – The 1383-85 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder begins after King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne
1575 – Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico)
1708 – Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
1799 – Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition
1895 – In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop, crosses more than 30 meters of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse
1963 – BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board.
1981 – The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins.
2000 – German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher wins Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, his 4th straight race victory to finish season; 3rd, and 1st of 5 straight F1 World Drivers Championships; wins by 19 points from Mika Häkkinen
2008 – Google Play is launched, the official app store for the Android operating system
2010 – 57th National Film Awards (India): “Kutty Srank” wins the Golden Lotus