Historical Events
History of Mathematics
Oct 31 John Wallis, newly appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford University, gives his Inaugural lecture
Famous Weddings
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman, dies at 73
- Oct 16 Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried at 28
- Oct 24 Ferdinand van Boisschot, Dutch diplomat, jurist and Chancellor of Brabant (1625-49), dies at 79
- Oct 28 Blanche Arundell, English noblewoman (led defense of Wardour Castle during English Civil War), dies at 65 or 66 [1]
