The first royalty whom Mama ever waited on in the White House was Queen Marie of Rumania, who came to a State dinner given in her honor on October 21, 1926.

The wedding was celebrated at Torgau, the palace of the Queen of Poland, on 14 October 1711.

Queen Marie Antoinette on the way to the guillotine on 16 October 1793 ( drawing by Jacques-Louis David ).

On-site work began in January 1876 and was complete by the end of October 1877: the bridge was ceremonially opened by King Luis I and Queen Maria Pia, after whom the bridge was named, on 4 November.

Inaugurated in August 1888 by Queen Victoria, the first council meeting was held within the chambers in October 1889.

Monarchy of the Netherlands | Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands with the Rutte cabinet in October 2010.

He was knighted by HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 10 October 2007

On 4 March 1590, as a chaplain of Queen Elizabeth I, he preached before her an outspoken sermon and, in October that year, gave his introductory lecture at St Paul's, undertaking to comment on the first four chapters of the Book of Genesis.

On 13 October 1928 at Hvidøre near Copenhagen, in a house she had once shared with her sister Queen Alexandra, Maria died at the age of 80, having outlived four of her six children.

* At the Queen Elizabeth Hall ( Clear Records 1989, live album recorded on October 1, 1986.

* Neil Shister, " Queen for a Day ... a skeptical look at the modern wedding ritual " from Boston Review, October / November 1998

* October 16 – HMS Queen Elizabeth launched at Portsmouth Dockyard as the first oil-fired battleship.

* October 2 – The British cruiser Curaçao collides with the liner Queen Mary off the coast of Donegal and sinks ; 338 drown.

* October 8 – Empress Myeongseong ( Queen Min ), last Korean empress ( b. 1851 ), assassinated

* October 24 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Consort of Spain ( d. 1969 )

* October 3 – Elizabeth of Valois, Queen of Philip II of Spain ( b. 1545 )

* October 30 – Queen Isabella I of Spain prohibits violence against native tribes.

* May 1 – The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London is opened by Queen Victoria ( it runs until October 18 ).

* October 14 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen and regent of Denmark ( b. 1557 )

* October 16 – Marie Antoinette, Queen of France ( executed ) ( b. 1755 )

* October 24 – Jane Seymour, Third Queen of Henry VIII of England ( complications of childbirth ) ( b. c. 1508 )

* October 7 – Queen Dowager Insu, Mother of King Seongjong of Joseon Dynasty

* October 5 – Christine de Pizan writes letter to Queen Isabeau urging her to intervene in political struggle between dukes of Burgundy and Orleans.

* October 1 – Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem

* October 8 – Jelena of Zadar, Queen of Croatia

In October 1995 and 1997, the Paris Opera staged by Graham Vick, under the baton of Jeffrey Tate starring Marie McLaughlin as Jenny, Felicity Palmer ( 1995 ) and Kathryn Harries ( 1997 ) as Begbick, Kim Begley ( 1995 ) and Peter Straka ( 1997 ) as Jimmy.

Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine, 16 October 1793

In October 2011, the new Premier Barry O ' Farrell announced that the Governor, now Marie Bashir, had agreed with O ' Farrell's offer to move back into Government House: " A lot of people believe the Governor should live at Government House.

Marie Antoinette, would follow him to the guillotine on 16 October.

Joachim Frederick's second marriage, on 23 October 1603, was to Eleanor of Prussia, born 12 August 1583, daughter of Albert Frederick and Marie Eleonore of Cleves.

Their children were Marie ( 1198 – 15 October in 1224 ) and Philippe Hurepel ( 1200 – 1234 ), Count of Clermont and eventually, by marriage, Count of Boulogne.

Between October 1911 and May 1912, Rilke stayed at the Castle Duino, near Trieste, home of Princess Marie of Thurn und Taxis.

* October 6 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( b. 1829 )

* October 15 – Marie Tempest, English stage & film actress ( b. 1864 )

* October 13 – Marie Osmond, American singer

* October 9 – Marie Doro, American stage & silent film actress ( b. 1882 )

* October 24 – Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia ( b. 1853 )

* October 7 – Marie Lloyd, English singer ( b. 1870 )

* October 19 – Marie Thérèse Charlotte ( b. 1778 )

* October 6 – Marie de Gournay, French writer ( d. 1645 )

* October 9 – Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French Jesuit missionary ( b. 1718 )

* October 25 – Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, empress of Paul I of Russia ( d. 1828 )

The Belgian premiere took place at La Monnaie on 25 October 1900 using Ferrier's French translation with Marie Thiérry as Mimì, Léon David as Rodolfo, Eugène-Charles Badiali as Marcello, sets by Pierre Devis, Armand Lynen, and Albert Dubosq, and Philippe Flon conducting.

François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (; 26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996 )

His paternal grandparents were Jean Bernadotte ( Pau, 29 September 1683 – Pau, 3 October 1760 ) and wife ( m. Pau, 1 May 1707 ) Marie du Pucheu dite de La Place ( Pau, 6 February 1686 – Pau, 5 October 1773 ), daughter of Jacques du Pucheu dit de La Place and wife Françoise de Labasseur.

Their maternal grandparents were Jean de Saint-Vincent ( Boëil-Bezing, c. 1690 – Boëil-Bezing, 21 May 1762 ) and wife ( m. Assat, 30 May 1719 ) Marie d ' Abbadie de Sireix ( Sireix, 25 March 1694 – Boëil-Bezing, 16 October 1752 ), daughter of Doumengé Habas d ' Arrens and wife Marie d ' Abbadie, Lay Abbess of Sireix.