Historical Events
Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots
Oct 14 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 9 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer, poet and mayor of Hoorn, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1651)
- Oct 9 Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1632)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 17 Philip Sidney, English Elizabethan era poet (Arcadia) and soldier, dies in battle at 32
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning