War · October 16, 1813

Battle of Leipzig

Name: Battle of Leipzig
Start: 1813-10-16
Location: Leipzig

213 years ago · Leipzig

213th anniversary

The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony.

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The 214th anniversary falls on October 16, 2027.

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1927–2015

Günter Grass

Günter Wilhelm Grass (German:; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland).

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1886–1973

David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion ( ben GOOR-ee-ən; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel.

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1888–1953

Eugene O'Neill

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Sr. (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright.

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b. 1997

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka (Japanese pronunciation:; born October 16, 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.

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1925

Locarno Treaties

The Locarno Treaties, known collectively as the Locarno Pact, were seven post–World War I agreements negotiated amongst Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia in late 1925.

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Politics

1934

Long March

The Long March (Chinese: 长征; pinyin: Chángzhēng; lit. 'Long Expedition') was a military retreat by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese Red Army from advancing Kuomintang (KMT) National Revolutionary Army during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and October 1935.

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Politics

1973

1973 oil crisis

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately…

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2020

Murder of Samuel Paty

On 16 October 2020, Samuel Paty (French:), a French secondary school teacher, was attacked and killed in Éragny, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France, by an Islamic terrorist.

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