Famous Birthdays Oct 4 Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman, born in Nagyvárad, Principality of Transylvania (d. 1637) Oct 21 Wolfgang Schonsleder, German composer (Missa super Laudate), born in Munich, Duchy of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1651) Born in 1570 Famous Deaths Oct 1 Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520) Oct 14 Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43 Oct 16 Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered Oct 18 Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (b. 1517) Oct 20 João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) Sep 1570 History by Year Nov 1570 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning