He was the second President of the Continental Congress from October 22, 1774, until Peyton Randolph was able to resume his duties briefly beginning on May 10, 1775.

Peyton Randolph ( September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775 ) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia.

They were to be disappointed: in late 1775, the king rejected Congress's second petition, issued a Proclamation of Rebellion, and announced before Parliament on October 26 that he was considering " friendly offers of foreign assistance " to suppress the rebellion.

* October 31 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral ( b. 1775 )

* October 17 – Laura Secord, Canadian patriot ( b. 1775 )

* March 27 – The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six United States Navy vessels ( in 1797 the first three frigates, USS United States, USS Constellation and USS Constitution go into service ), not to be confused with October 13, 1775 which is observed as the Navy's Birthday.

* October 8 – François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer ( b. 1775 )

* October 23 – Empress Xiaoyichun of China ( d. 1775 )

On October 26, 1774 the First Continental Congress adjourned but agreed to reconvene in May 1775 if Parliament still did not address their grievances.

The fort opens around May 10, the anniversary of the 1775 capture, every year, closing in late October.

The expedition got under way in October 1775 and arrived at Mission San Gabriel in January 1776, the colonists having suffered greatly from the winter weather en route. Juan Bautista de Anza, from a portrait in oil by Fray Orsi in 1774

One of the best known of the Alta California missions ( and one of the few missions to have actually been founded twice — others being Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission La Purísima Concepción )— the site was originally consecrated on October 30, 1775, by Father Fermín Lasuén, but was quickly abandoned due to unrest among the indigenous population in San Diego.

The grounds were consecrated by Father Fermín Lasuén of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo on October 30, 1775 ( the last day of the octave after the feast of San Juan Capistrano ), near an Indian settlement named Sajavit ; thus, La Misión de San Juan Capistrano de Sajavit was founded.

Tampere was founded as a market place on the banks of the Tammerkoski channel in 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden and four years later, 1 October 1779, Tampere was granted full city rights.

# Maria Anna of Savoy ( 17 December 1757 – 11 October 1824 ) married Prince Benedetto of Savoy in 1775, no issue.

The Navy bombarded Falmouth ( now Portland, Maine ) on October 18, 1775.

As a result, the assembly elected him in October 1775 to become one of their delegates to the Second Continental Congress.

Each year in early October, Barbourville hosts the Daniel Boone Festival commemorating the American pioneer Daniel Boone who explored the area in 1775.

Benedict Arnold and his troops passed through the area on October 19, 1775 on their way up the North Branch of the Dead River to fight in the ill-fated Battle of Quebec.

Isaac Pearson was elected several times to the state assembly, served on the General Committee of Correspondence appointed by the Provincial Assembly July 21, 1774 and first Committee of Safety October 1775.

Giuseppe Baini ( October 21, 1775 – May 21, 1844 ) was an Italian priest, music critic, and composer of church music.

*, was a schooner acquired in October 1775 and captured by the Royal Navy in December the same year

Undaunted by this defeat, King Hsinbyushin tried again to conquer Siam, and in October 1775 the greatest Burmese invasion in the Thonburi period began under Maha Thiha Thura, known in Thai history as Azaewunky.

On 11 October 1775, General Gage sailed for England, and Howe took over as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in America.

He went north of the Pyrenees in October 1130 to protect the Val d ' Aran.

Initially his mother was reluctant to let him commit to an insecure football career, so he began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer ; however he went on to turn professional in October 1954.

Showalter's arrival produced, or coincided with, a turnaround ; the Birds went 34 – 24 in August, September and October.

He managed to beat Eversharp to market in late 1945 ; the first ballpoint pens went on sale at Gimbels department store in New York City on 29 October 1945 for US $ 9. 75 each.

Unfortunately, the bats went cold in October, as manager Jim Riggleman's club batted. 183 and scored only four runs en route to being swept by Atlanta.

Despite being well out of playoff contention the Cubs went 24 – 13 under Quade, the best record in baseball during that 37 game stretch and was hired as manager on October 19.

The monthly unemployment rate remained at about 6 and 8 percent from December 2007 until September 2008, however, it went up to about 9 percent in October and dropped again in November 2008 to 8 percent.

On 10 October 2010 geocachers around the world held events and went caching to commemorate 10 years of geocaching.

In late September or early October 1737 Telemann took an extended leave from Hamburg and went to Paris.

When he returned to the Netherlands in October 1979, his band had begun to fall apart, and soon his popularity went downhill.

In October 2003, he released his second Christmas album, Harry for the Holidays, which went gold and reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Nehru went to Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1907 and graduated with an honours degree in natural science in 1910.

The prize was announced on 22 October 1964 ; on 14 October, Sartre had written a letter to the Nobel Institute, asking to be removed from the list of nominees, and warning that he would not accept the prize if awarded, but the letter went unread ; on 23 October, Le Figaro published a statement by Sartre explaining his refusal.

He went on to be a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in October 1908.

* Classics Illustrated No. 112, The Adventures of Kit Carson ( October 1953 ), is based on John C. Abbott's 1873 book ; the comic book went through nine printings between 1953 and 1969.

The film was later released on DVD in October 2004, and quickly went out of print the following year.

The end came with a federal court decision in United States v. Motion Picture Patents Co. on October 1, 1915, which ruled that the MPPC's acts went " far beyond what was necessary to protect the use of patents or the monopoly which went with them " and was therefore an illegal restraint of trade under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Five years later, Mr. T reappeared as a special referee for a Hogan-Ric Flair match, in October 1994, at WCW's Halloween Havoc, and then went on to wrestle again, defeating Kevin Sullivan at that year's Starrcade.

On October 1, he found another group of islands where he went ashore for eight days, exchanged gifts with natives and took on water.

In October, 17 team members were part of a party of about 90 that went out on a pleasure cruise on local Lake Minnetonka.

Cook went ashore on Tuesday 11 October 1774, and is said to have been impressed with the tall straight trees and New Zealand flax plants, which, although not related to the Northern Hemisphere flax plants after which they are named, produce fibres of economic importance.