Famous Birthdays Oct 26 Duke Friedrich of Saxony, 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1498-1510), born in Torgau, Germany (d. 1510) Born in 1473 Famous Deaths Oct 10 Giorgio da Sebenico, Venetian sculptor and architect (Cathedral of St James in Šibenik) Oct 16 Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies 1472 History by Year 1474 What Happened in 1473 Theory That Put The World To RightsFebruary 19, 1473