On this day

On this day

The Battle of Navarino was fought

20 October 1827

On October 8 (20) 1827 in Bay of Navarino in the Ionian Sea was fought the naval battle between the allied naval forces of Russia, Britain and France and the combined Ottoman and Egyptian navy.

Birth of Russian publisher Florentiy Feodorovich Pavlenkov

20 October 1839

8 (20) October 1839 in Tambov Province into a noble family was born Florentiy F. Pavlenkov, Russian educator and publisher who had published over 750 books including a series of "Life of Remarkable Persons" (200 biographies), and Encyclopaedia.