Historical Events
- Oct 27 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva
Famous Deaths
- Oct 7 Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer, dies at about 53
- Oct 16 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
- Oct 19 Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies
- Oct 27 Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian physician, burnt at stake for heresy at Champel near Geneva
- Oct 30 Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning