Important days in October 2023: October is the tenth month in the Gregorian calendar. Every month has significant events that are celebrated globally. Likewise, October consists of many such events including Gandhi Jayanti (India), World Animal day, World mental health day, International girl child day, and many more. Check out the full post below in order to check the list of complete events.
Important days in October 2023
Dates | Events |
October 1
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Teacher’s Day (Uzbekistan)
World Vegetarian Day Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan) Armed Forces Day (South Korea) Independence Day (Cyprus, Nigeria, Palau, Tuvalu) Children’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka) Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom) International Day of Older Persons Ground Forces Day (Russia) Unification Day (Cameroon) International Music Day Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia) |
October 2
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International Day of Non-Violence
World Day for Farmed Animals National Grandparents Day (Italy) Feast of the Guardian Angels Batik Day (Indonesia) Independence Day (Guinea) |
October 3
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Morazan Day (Honduras)
German Unity Day (Germany) Gaecheonjeol (South Korea) National Day (Iraq) World Habitat Day |
October 4
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Independence Day (Lesotho)
Maha Navami Beginning of World Space Week Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden) Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique) |
October 5
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Republic Day (Portugal)
Armed Forces Day (Indonesia) Teachers’ Day (Pakistan, Russia) Vijaya Dashami International Day of No Prostitution Constitution Day (Vanuatu) Engineer’s Day (Bolivia) |
October 6
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Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
German-American Day (US) Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia) Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan) Teachers’ Day (Sri Lanka) National Noodle Day (US) Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria) Armed Forces Day (Egypt) |
October 7
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International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
Our Lady of the Rosary Teachers’ Day (Laos) World Smile Day |
October 8
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National Independence Day (Croatia) Navy Day (Peru)
Arbor Day (Namibia) |
October 9
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Eid-e-Milad
National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania) Takayama Autumn Festival (Japan) Independence of Guayaquil (Ecuador) Hangul Day (South Korea) Valencian Community Day (Spain) Leif Erikson Day (US, Iceland, Norway) Independence Day (Uganda) |
October 10
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Party Foundation Day (North Korea) Double Ten Day (Taiwan)
Fiji Day (Fiji) Arbor Day (Poland) Finnish Literature Day (Finland) Independence Day (Cuba) Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam) |
October 11
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Revolution Day (Republic of Macedonia)
National Coming Out Day (multinational) General Pulaski Memorial Day (US) Old Michaelmas Day (Celtic) International Newspaper Carrier Day |
October 12
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UN Spanish Language Day
Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea) Freethought Day Children’s Day (Brazil) Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity (Argentina) Day of Indigenous Resistance (Venezuela) Columbus Day (Honduras) Fiesta Nacional de Espana (Spain) Armed Forces Day (Spain) Day of the Cultures (Costa Rica) Dia de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay) Dia de las Americas (Belize) Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley (Thelema) Discovery Day (The Bahamas, Colombia) |
October 13
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Rwagasore Day (Burundi)
Doi taikomatsuri (Japan) National Police Day (Thailand) Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan) Paramedics’ Day (Poland) World Sight Day |
October 14 | World Egg day |
October 15
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Spirit Day
Breast Health Day (Europe) Teachers’ Day (Brazil) King Father’s Commemoration Day (Cambodia) Evacuation Day (Tunisia) White Cane Safety Day (US) Global Handwashing Day Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (US and Canada) National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (US) |
October 16 | World Food day |
October 17
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Loyalty Day (Argentina)
Dessalines Day (Haiti) Digital Society Day (India) |
October 18
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World Menopause Day
Independence Day (Azerbaijan) Persons Day (Canada) Alaska Day (US) Necktie Day (Croatia) |
October 19 | Mother Teresa Day (Albania) Constitution Day (Niue) |
October 20
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World Statistics Day
Arbor Day (Czech Republic) Revolution Day (Guatemala) Vietnamese Women’s Day (Vietnam) Heroes’ Day (Kenya) |
October 21
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National Nurses’ Day (Thailand) Trafalgar Day
Apple Day (United Kingdom) Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt) Overseas Chinese Day (Taiwan) Armed Forces Day (Honduras) International Day of the Nacho Ndadaye Day (Burundi) |
October 22
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Fechner Day
Jidai Matsuri (Japan) International Caps Lock Day Wombat Day (Australia) National Santri Day (Indonesia) |
October 23
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Liberation Day (Libya)
Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of Macedonia) Aviator’s Day (Brazil) Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia) Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand) Mole Day, National Day (Hungary) |
October 24
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United Nations Day
Food Day (US) Independence Day (Zambia) Azad Kashmir Day (Pakistan) Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia) World Development Information Day Suez Day (Egypt) |
October 25
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Diwali
Customs Officer’s Day (Russia) Retrocession Day (Taiwan) Thanksgiving Day (Grenada) Sovereignty Day (Slovenia) Armed Forces Day (Romania) The Hallowing of Nestorius (Nestorian Christianity) Constitution Day (Lithuania) Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country) |
October 26
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Intersex Awareness Day
National Day (Austria) Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir) Armed Forces Day (Benin) Angam Day (Nauru) |
October 27
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Flag Day (Greece)
Cernova Tragedy Day (Slovakia) Independence Day (Turkmenistan) Black Cat Appreciation Day (United Kingdom) Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) |
October 28
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Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Youth Pledge Day (Indonesia) International Animation Day Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus) Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture, Japan) |
October 29
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National Cat Day (US)
Republic Day (Turkey) Coronation Day (Cambodia) Cyrus the Great Day (Iran) |
October 30
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Thevar Jayanthi (India)
Devil’s Night (Michigan, US) Indonesian Banknote Day (Indonesia) Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia) Mischief Night (US and Canada) Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine) Beggars Night (US) |
October 31
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Saci day (Brazil)
King Father’s Birthday (Cambodia) Start of Allhallowtide Allantide (United Kingdom) Girl Scouts Founders Day (US) Halloween The first day of the Day of the Dead (Mexico) Nevada Statehood Day (US, Dia de la Cancion Criolla (Peru) Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Evangelical Churches and Lutheran Churches) World Savings Day |
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Important days in October 2023 FAQs
Question: Why is Gandhi Jayanti celebrated?
Ans. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (father of nation) It is observed on 2nd October every year.
Question: What is the reason behind world mental health day?
Ans. It is observed every year to raise awareness regarding the mental health of the people, people dealing with depression, anxiety, and other such mental health issues. It is observed on 10th October in many countries.
Question: On which day Air force day is celebrated in India?
Ans. It is observed on 8th October every year.