Famous Birthdays Oct 3 Johannes Voet, Dutch lawyer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1713) Born in 1647 Famous Deaths Oct 8 Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer, dies at 85 Oct 25 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), dies at 39 Sep 1647 History by Year Nov 1647 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning