Famous Birthdays Oct 18 Lasse Lucidor [Lars Johnstown], Swedish poet, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1674) Oct 31 Meindert Hobbema, Dutch landscape painter, baptized in Amsterdam (d. 1709) Born in 1638 Famous Deaths Oct 17 Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 Sep 1638 History by Year Nov 1638 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning