John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (, Iōannēs VIII Palaiologos, 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448 ), was the penultimate reigning Byzantine Emperor, ruling from 1425 to 1448.

Alesso Baldovinetti ( 14 October 1425 – 29 August 1499 ) was an Italian early Renaissance painter.

Ralph Neville died in October 1425, bequeathing the wardship of Richard to his widow, Joan Beaufort.

1364 – 21 October 1425 ), was an English nobleman of the House of Neville.

Neville died on 21 October 1425, and a fine alabaster tomb was erected to his memory in St. Mary's Staindrop Church, near Raby Castle, where his effigy in armour between his two wives remains the finest sepulchral monument in the north of England.

* Empress Xiao Gong Zhang ( 孝恭章皇后 ), family name Sun ( 孫 ) ( died September / October 1462 ), daughter of Sun Zouzhong ( 孫鄒忠 ), initially created an Imperial Concubine ( 嬪 ) in 1417, elevated to the rank of Noble Consort ( 貴妃 ) upon the Xuande Emperor's accession in 1425, created empress in 1428 after the deposition of Empress Gong Rang Zhang, became Empress Dowager ( 皇太后 ) upon the accession of her son, created Empress Dowager Shang Sheng ( 上聖皇太后 ) in December 1449, created Empress Dowager Sheng Lie Ci Shou ( 聖烈慈壽皇太后 ), mother of the Zhengtong Emperor and Princess Changde

The earl died on 21 October 1425, and a fine alabaster tomb was erected to his memory in Staindrop church close by Raby Castle.

On 14 October 1942, 511 squadron was formed from No. 1425 Flight at RAF Lyneham.

In October 1425 Duke Humphrey landed a mercenary army in Flanders that laid waste the land to the gates of Brussels.

On 10 October 1371, he married Marie Chamaillart, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine ( d. Argentan 18 November 1425 ).

In the meantime, Jaqueline's army had defeated a Burgundian force of city militia at the Battle of Alphen on 22 October 1425.

Kalem operated in these Southern California locations until October 1913 when they took over the Essanay Studios property at 1425 Fleming Street ( now, Hoover Street ) in east Hollywood.

He had been in London for several weeks when he wrote to Shakespeare on October 25.

Sturley on November 4 answered a letter from Quiney written on October 25 which imported, wrote Sturley, `` that our countriman Mr. Wm. Shak. would procure us monei: which I will like of as I shall heare when, wheare & howe: and I prai let not go that occasion if it mai sort to ani indifferent condicions.

The rebels may try to seize what is left of the October harvest when the floods recede and the monsoon ends in November.

Mr. Richard Preston, executive director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, in his remarks to the Governors Conference on Industrial Development at Providence on October 8, 1960, warned against the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such as schools when he said: `` If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if this is the basic approach, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''.

In October 2009, when visiting Yerevan, the World Bank ’ s managing director, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, warned that Armenia will not reach a higher level of development unless its leadership changes the " oligopolistic " structure of the national economy, bolsters the rule of law and shows " zero tolerance " towards corruption.

The case was legally resolved on October 19, 1973 when U. S. District Judge Earl R. Larson held the ENIAC patent invalid, ruling that the ENIAC derived many basic ideas from the Atanasoff – Berry Computer.

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".

A classic use of an abatis was found at the Battle of the Chateauguay, 26 October 1813, when approximately 1, 300 Canadian voltigeurs, under the command of Charles-Michel de Salaberry, defeated an American corps of approximately 2, 300 men.

He remained in the hospital until October 1985 when his wife finally was allowed to travel to the United States.

In late October 1938, when he was living in a rented room in the home of a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Poland.

The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers between 15 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, to 29 September 1918, when the Armistice of Thessalonica was signed.

Like the festival of Samhain, opposite Beltane on 31 October, Beltane was also a time when the Otherworld was seen as particularly close at hand.

As a result, reports of the battle did not reach Britain until Capel arrived in Mutine on 2 October, entering the Admiralty at 11: 15 and personally delivering the news to Lord Spencer, who collapsed unconscious when he heard the report.

Another occurred in issue 2674, dated 16 October 1993, when the whole comic was now printed in full colour, along with some new strips such as The Numskulls, which had been moved from The Beezer.

" In October 2007 when Bob Jones III, as " a private citizen ," endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for president, Stephen Jones made it clear that he wished " to stay out of politics " and that neither he nor the university had endorsed anyone.

The First Balkan War broke out when the League attacked the Ottoman Empire on 8 October 1912 and was ended seven months later by the Treaty of London.

Consequently no actions could be taken when the Serbs acceded to the Austrian ultimatum of 18 October and withdrew from Albania.

The " Florida Keys for Katrina Relief " had originally been set for October 23, 2005, when Hurricane Wilma barreled through the Florida Keys on October 24, causing flooding and economic mayhem.

Chaplin recalled: " I had a disquieting feeling of sinking back into a depressing commonplaceness ", and was therefore " elated " when a new tour began in October.

After several efforts, Spanish troops from Peru took advantage of the internecine strife to reconquer Chile in 1814, when they reasserted control by winning the Battle of Rancagua on October 12.

The rainy season occurs from May to October, when it is subject to tropical storms and hurricanes.

In October 1993, Comoros joined the League of Arab States, after having been rejected when it applied for membership initially in 1977.

Sir Ralph Abercromby ( sometimes spelt Abercrombie ) ( 7 October 1734 – 28 March 1801 ) was a Scottish soldier and politician.

* Ralph Rose, three-time Olympic champion and six-time medalist in throwing events, died of typhoid on October 16, 1913 at age 28.

* October 3 – " Shot Heard ' Round the World ": One of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history occurs when the New York Giants ' Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning off of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games.

* October 14 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer

* October 16 – Ralph Rose, American athlete ( b. 1885 )

* October 23 – Award-winning composer and Hollywood songwriter Ralph Rainger (" Thanks for the Memory ") is among 12 people killed in the mid-air collision between an American Airlines DC-3 airliner and a U. S. Army bomber near Palm Springs, California.

* October 23 – Ralph Rainger, American composer and Hollywood songwriter ( b. 1901 )

* October 10 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete ( b. 1910 )

* October 12 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, British composer ( d. 1958 )

* October – Ralph Lane, English explorer ( b. 1530 )

* October 27 – Ralph Winwood, English politician ( b. c. 1563 )

* October 28 – Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention.

* October 7 – Sir Ralph Abercromby, British general ( d. 1801 )

* October 24 – Ralph the Timid is defeated by the Welsh.

The historical speech itself is depicted in the 2000 film Thirteen Days with Michael Fairman playing Stevenson, as well as partially depicted in the 1974 television play The Missiles of October by Ralph Bellamy.

The following day on October 8, Slovik informed his company commander, Captain Ralph Grotte, that he was " too scared " to serve in a front-line rifle company and asked to be reassigned to a rear area unit.

* Elizabeth Percy ( c. 1395 – 26 October 1436 ), who married firstly John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford, slain at the Siege of Meaux on 13 March 1422, by whom she had issue, and secondly Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland ( d. 3 November 1484 ), by whom she had a son, Sir John Neville.

The wardship of such an orphan was therefore a valuable gift of the crown, and in October 1417 this was granted to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, with the young Richard under the guardianship of Sir Robert Waterton.

Ralph Bakshi ( born October 29, 1938 ) is an American director of animated and live-action films.

Ralph Bakshi was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine ( now Israel ), as a Krymchak Jew.

On 6 October 1799, a Franco-Dutch army under Guillaume Brune defeated an Anglo-Russian army under Ralph Abercromby and the Duke of York in the Battle of Castricum.

The orchestra received some notoriety with the world premiere of Bill McGlaughlin's Remembering Icarus, a tribute to local radio pioneer Ralph Willis Goddard, was performed by the LCSO on October 1, 2005.

Plaque commemorating spot where Ralph Johnstone's plane landed after setting altitude record of 8, 471 feet on October 27, 1910 at Artist Lake on NY 25.

* Mathisen, Ralph W., " Avitus ( 9 / 10 July 455 – 17 / 18 October 456 )", De Imperatoribus Romanis