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27 October

625: Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

710: Saracen invasion of Sardinia

939: Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England

1275: Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam
28 October

969: Byzantine troops occupy Antioch (in modern Syria)

1061: Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus & Pope Honorius II

1420: Beijing is declared the capital of the Ming dynasty under the Yongle Emperor

1422: Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France

1449: Christian I is crowned King of Denmark in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, establishing the House of Oldenburg (still rules the Danish throne today)

1467: Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars
29 October

539 BC: King Cyrus "the Great" of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home

1268: Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily
30 October

637: Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge

701: John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope
31 October

445 BC: Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 9:1, NLTse).

802: Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
1 November

835: All Saints Day made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV throughout Frankish Kingdom

996: First recorded use of modern name for Austria in the 'Ostarrîchi Document'
2 November

676: Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II

1327: King Alfonso IV of Aragon crowned
3 November

644: Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Muslim caliph, is killed in Medina by Lu'lu, an enslaved Persian captive

1394: Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
4 November

922: Richarius becomes bishop of Luik

1333: Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
5 November

1228: Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China

1414: Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
6 November

1153: Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)

1528: Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas
7 November

680: 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens

921: Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other
8 November

392: Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion

911: Duke Conrad I chosen as King of East Francia
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9 November

694: Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Muslims/sentenced to slavery

1282: Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragon
10 November

911: Conrad I of Germany Conrad the Younger elected as King of East Francia

1444: Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders
11 November

887: Parliament in Tribur: King Charles III resigns
12 November

295: Origin of Era of Ascension

764: Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
13 November

833: Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, performs public act of penance at the Church of Saint Medard in Soissons

866: Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
14 November

1380: King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12