October 5 in History

44 events 610 – 2021

October 5 spans 44 recorded events across recorded history — from 610 – 2021. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Windows 11 is released to the general public.

2021 — Windows 11 is released to the general public

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Windows 11 was released on October 5, 2021, as the successor to Windows 10, which was released in 2015.

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The Windows Server counterpart, Windows Server 2025, was released in 2024, three years after Windows 11.

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Windows 11 is the first major version of Windows without a corresponding mobile edition, following the end of support for Windows 10 Mobile.

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As of October 14, 2025, Windows 11 is the only fully supported consumer-oriented version of Windows.

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Microsoft's Windows NT operating system has been the foundation for Windows 11, which is available as a free upgrade for devices running Windows 10 that meet its system requirements.


Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641
Heraclius was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas.
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610
King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840
Louis the Pious, also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position that he held until his death except from November 833 to March 834, when he was deposed.
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816
The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
8th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church (869–870 AD)
The Fourth Council of Constantinople was the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church held in Constantinople from 5 October 869, to 28 February 870. It was poorly attended, the first session by only 12 bishops and the number of bishops later never exceeded 103. In contrast, the pro-Photian council of 879–80 was attended by 383 bishops. The Council met in ten sessions from October 869 to February 870 and issued 27 canons.
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869
With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1143 recognition of Portugal's independence from León
The Treaty of Zamora was a diplomatic meeting held on 4–5 October 1143 between Afonso Henriques, then styled Infante of Portugal, and his cousin Alfonso VII of León, King of León and Castile. It took place at the Cathedral of Zamora in the presence of the papal legate, Cardinal Guido de Vico.
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1143
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450 to 1479
Louis IX was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt.
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1450
Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
Venetian Servite friar, historian, statesman and scientist (1552–1623)
Paolo Sarpi, O.S.M. was an Italian Servite friar and Catholic priest who was a notable historian, scientist, canon lawyer, polymath and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict (1605–1607) and its war (1615–1617) with Austria over the Uskok pirates. His writings, frankly polemical and highly critical of the Catholic Church and its Scholastic tradition, "inspired both Hobbes and Edward Gibbon in their own historical debunkings of priestcraft." Sarpi's major work, the History of the Council of Trent (1619), was published in London in 1619; other works: a History of Ecclesiastical Benefices, History of the Interdict and his Supplement to the History of the Uskoks, appeared posthumously. Organized around single topics, they are early examples of the genre of the historical monograph.
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1607
French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
1789 event during the French Revolution
The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the Black March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were nearly rioting over the high price of bread. The unrest quickly became intertwined with the activities of revolutionaries seeking liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France. The market women and their allies ultimately grew into a crowd of thousands. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched on the Palace of Versailles. The crowd besieged the palace and, in a dramatic and violent confrontation, they successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis XVI. The very next day, the crowd forced the king and his family to return with them to Paris. Over the next few weeks, most of the French assembly also relocated to the capital.
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1789
War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
1812–1815 conflict in North America
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the United States Congress on 17 February 1815.
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1813
The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
Category 2 Atlantic hurricane
The Saxby Gale was a tropical cyclone which struck eastern Canada's Bay of Fundy region on the night of October 4–5, 1869. The storm was named for Lieutenant Stephen Martin Saxby, a naval instructor who, based on his astronomical studies, had predicted extremely high tides in the North Atlantic Ocean on October 1, 1869, which would produce storm surges in the event of a storm.
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1869
The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St.
Anthony Falls.
The Eastman tunnel, also called the Hennepin Island tunnel, was a 2,000-foot-long (600 m) underground passage in Saint Anthony, Minnesota, dug beneath the Mississippi River riverbed between 1868 and 1869 to create a tailrace so water-powered business could be located upstream of Saint Anthony Falls on Nicollet Island. The tunnel ran downstream from Nicollet Island, beneath Hennepin Island, and exited below Saint Anthony Falls.
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1869
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20 people 1987 – 2006
Jacob Tremblay
Jacob Tremblay
Canadian actor
Jacob Tremblay is a Canadian actor. He became known for his role as a child born in captivity in Room (2015), for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and became the youngest nominee for…
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2006
Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar
Indian cricketer
Washington Sundar is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for the India national team as an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin. He represents Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat…
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1999
Exequiel Palacios
Exequiel Palacios
Argentine footballer
Exequiel Alejandro Palacios is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentina national team.
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1998
Michael Hoecht
Canadian American football player
Michael Hoecht is a Canadian professional football defensive end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Brown Bears.
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1997
Jewell Loyd
Jewell Loyd
American basketball player
Jewell Loyd is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed the "Gold Mamba", she played college basketball at Notre Dame and was…
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1993
Wakamotoharu Minato
Wakamotoharu Minato
Japanese sumo wrestler
Wakamotoharu Minato is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima. He wrestles for the Arashio stable, where he is a stable mate of his brothers Wakatakakage and Wakatakamoto. His highest rank to date has…
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1993
Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen
Danish racing driver
Kevin Jan Magnussen, also known simply as K-Mag, is a Danish racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for WRT and the IMSA SportsCar Championship for RLL as a factory driver for BMW. Magnussen…
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1992
Cody Zeller
Cody Zeller
American basketball player
Cody Allen Zeller is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played high school basketball at Washington High School in…
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1992
Pär Lindholm
Pär Lindholm
Swedish ice hockey player
Pär Lindholm is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
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1991
Tornike Shengelia
Tornike Shengelia
Georgian basketball player
Tornike "Toko" Shengelia is a Georgian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Shengelia also represents the senior Georgian national team. He earned an All-EuroLeague First…
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1991
Nathan Peats
Nathan Peats
Australian rugby league player
Nathan Peats is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker for Tugun Seahawks in the Gold Coast Rugby League.
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1990
Kelsey Adrian
Canadian basketball player
Kelsey Alexa Adrian is a Canadian female professional basketball player.
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1989
Marcel Baude
German footballer
Marcel Baude is a German footballer who plays as a right-back.
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1989
Ify Ibekwe
American basketball player
Ifunanya Debbie "Ify" Ibekwe is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for the Virtus Eirene Ragusa and the Nigeria women's national team.
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1989
Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce
American football player
Travis Michael Kelce is an American professional football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft and later won…
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1989
Benny Howell
Benny Howell
English cricketer
Benny Alexander Cameron Howell is an English first-class cricketer. Howell is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast for Nottinghamshire.
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1988
Bahar Kızıl
Bahar Kızıl
German singer-songwriter
Bahar Kizil is a German singer and songwriter of Turkish descent, best known as one of the founding members of the girl group Monrose, which won the fifth season of the German version of Popstars.
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1988
Maja Salvador
Maja Salvador
Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
Maja Ross Andres Salvador-Ortega is a Filipino actress, singer and television personality. Known for portraying strong female leads in revenge dramas in film and television, she has been described as one of the best…
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1988
Dillon Francis
Dillon Francis
American DJ and record producer
Dillon Hart Francis, known professionally as DJ Hanzel, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He played a key role in popularizing moombahton and later developed its heavier variants, moombahcore and EDM trap.
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1987
Michael Grabner
Michael Grabner
Austrian ice hockey player
Michael-René Grabner is an Austrian former professional ice hockey player. Grabner grew up playing for the local team in Villach, EC VSV. He moved to North America at the age of 17 and joined the Spokane Chiefs of the…
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1987
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20 people 2011 – 2024
Robert Coover
Robert Coover
American novelist (born 1932)
Robert Lowell Coover was an American novelist, short story writer, and T. B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction. He became…
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2024
Eberhard van der Laan
Eberhard van der Laan
Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (born 1955)
Eberhard Edzard van der Laan was a Dutch politician who served as Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration from 2008 to 2010 and Mayor of Amsterdam from 2010 until his death in 2017. He was a member of the…
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2017
Brock Yates
American journalist and author (born 1933)
Brock Yates was a prominent American journalist, TV commentator, TV reporter, screenwriter, and author. He was the longtime executive editor at Car and Driver magazine—and contributed to The Washington Post, Playboy,…
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2016
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (born 1950)
Chantal Anne Akerman was a Belgian filmmaker, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York (2011–2015).
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2015
Joker Arroyo
Joker Arroyo
Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1927)
Ceferino "Joker" Paz Arroyo Jr. was a Filipino statesman and key figure in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos. He was a Congressman for Makati from 1992 to 2001 and Senator from…
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2015
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
American philosopher, author, and activist (born 1915)
Grace Lee Boggs was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya in the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1960s…
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2015
Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Swedish author and playwright (born 1948)
Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays…
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2015
David Chavchavadze
David Chavchavadze
English-American CIA officer and author (born 1924)
David Chavchavadze was a British-born American author and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer of Georgian-Russian origin.
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2014
Andrea de Cesaris
Andrea de Cesaris
Italian racing driver (born 1959)
Andrea de Cesaris was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1994.
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2014
Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder
Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930)
Geoffrey Lamont Holder was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, before his film career began in 1957 with an…
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2014
Yuri Lyubimov
Yuri Lyubimov
Russian actor and director (born 1917)
Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one of the leading names in the Russian theatre…
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2014
Ruth R. Benerito
Ruth R. Benerito
American chemist and academic (born 1916)
Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito was an American physical chemist and inventor known for her impactful work related to the textile industry. She notably contributed to the development of wash-and-wear cotton fabrics using a…
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2013
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani
Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
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2013
Yakkun Sakurazuka
Yakkun Sakurazuka
Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1976)
Yasuo Saitō , also known by the stage name Yakkun Sakurazuka , was a Japanese comedian, singer, and voice actor.
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2013
Keith Campbell
English biologist and academic (born 1954)
Keith Henry Stockman Campbell was a British biologist who was a member of the team at Roslin Institute that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary…
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2012
Vojin Dimitrijević
Vojin Dimitrijević
Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (born 1932)
Vojin Dimitrijević was a law professor, public intellectual, and a prominent Serbian human rights activist and international law expert.
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2012
James W. Holley III
James W. Holley III
American dentist and politician (born 1926)
James W. Holley III was an American politician and dental surgeon. Holley became the first Black mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, and ultimately the city's longest serving mayor, although both his mayoral terms ended with…
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2012
Edvard Mirzoyan
Edvard Mirzoyan
Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (born 1921)
Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoyan was an Armenian composer.
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2012
Claude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau
French director and screenwriter (born 1925)
Claude Pinoteau was a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87. His sister was the actress Arlette Merry, and his…
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2012
Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell
American academic and scholar (born 1930)
Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist. Bell first worked for the U.S. Justice Department, then the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he supervised over 300 school…
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2011
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What happened on October 5?

A featured event on this date is 2021: Windows 11 is released to the general public. This page also lists 44 events from other years on the same day.

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October 5 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

Who was born on October 5?

Notable birthdays on this date include Jacob Tremblay, Washington Sundar, Exequiel Palacios.

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Notable deaths on this date include Robert Coover, Eberhard van der Laan, Brock Yates.

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What happened on October 5 in history?

On October 5, one notable event in history was 2021: Windows 11 is released to the general public..

This date currently highlights 44 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 610 – 2021.

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