Editing October 31 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1822]] &ndash; Emperor [[Agustín de Iturbide]] attempts to dissolve the Congress of the [[First Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]].
*[[1837]] – Approximately 300 [[Muscogee]] die in the [[Steamboat Monmouth disaster|steamboat ''Monmouth'' disaster]] on the [[Trail of Tears]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howland |first=S. A. |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011212872 |title=Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States. |date=1846 |publisher=W. Lazell |location=Worcester |pages=97–98 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[New Zealand Wars]] resume as [[British Empire|British]] forces in New Zealand led by General [[Duncan Cameron (British Army officer)|Duncan Cameron]] begin their [[Invasion of the Waikato]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Nevada]] is admitted as the 36th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rocha |first1=Guy |title=Did the Union need Nevada's votes and silver to win the war? Separating fact from fiction |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/life/2021/10/18/nevadas-push-statehood-fact-vs-fiction-civil-war/8507333002/ |work=Reno Gazette Journal |date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; The strongest earthquake in the Midwestern United States since 1812 [[1895 Charleston earthquake|strikes near Charleston, Missouri]], causing damage and killing at least two.<ref name="Martin19">{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=Stacey S. |last2=Hough |first2=Susan E. |title=Where was the 31 October 1895 Charleston, Missouri, Earthquake? |journal=[[Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America]] |date=2019 |volume=109 |issue=4 |pages=1479–1497|doi=10.1785/0120180328 |bibcode=2019BuSSA.109.1479M |s2cid=182215021 }}</ref>