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October, 1740 - Jamie is flogged at Ft. William (Virgins)

October 18-20, 1743 - Witch trial at Cranesmuir; Jamie learns the truth about Claire (OUTLANDER)

October 26, 1760 - Following King George II's funeral, Lord John receives a dachshund puppy from Stephan von Namtzen.

October 1, 1768 - The Incident of the Snake in the Privy (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

Late October 1770 - The Gathering; Roger and Bree are married (FIERY CROSS)

October 1772 - Ian comes back from the Kahnyen'kehaka (FIERY CROSS)

October 9, 1773 - Claire is abducted, and raped several days later (ABOSAA)

October, 1773 - Jamie and the others rescue Claire from her abductors; Jamie kills Arvin Hodgepile; Roger kills Harley Boble (ABOSAA)

October, 1776 - William travels to Quebec, accompanied by Denys Randall-Isaacs (ECHO)

October 7, 1777 - Jamie shoots William's hat off his head during a battle at Saratoga; General Simon Fraser is mortally wounded (ECHO)

October 17, 1777 - William is among the British troops who surrender at Saratoga (ECHO)

October, 1778 - Dottie learns she is pregnant (MOHB)

October 9, 1779 - Roger acts as a battlefield chaplain during the Battle of Savannah.

October 7, 1780 - Jamie is badly injured during the Battle of Kings Mountain and nearly dies.

October 20, 1918 - Claire is born (OUTLANDER)

October 31, 1941 - Roger's father's plane goes down near a stone circle in Northumbria (ECHO, "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows")

October, 1980 - Bree and Roger and Jemmy and Mandy are living at Lallybroch (too many events to list here) (ECHO)

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