Highlighted Events from October

Tue 23 Oct 1917

John Boyd Dunlop Scottish inventor of the pneumatic rubber tire died.

Fri 19 Oct 1342

Edward III lands at Brest with English forces to seize part of Brittany.

Mon 11 Oct 1649

Massacre at Wexford when the town falls to Cromwell

Fri 13 Oct 1713

Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.