Historical Events
Early Yacht Race
Oct 1 Yachting begins in England as King Charles II beats his brother James, Duke of York in a yacht race from Greenwich to Gravesend
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Oct 4 Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy poet, and nun, dies on her 36th birthday
- Oct 6 Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru
- Oct 26 Johann Baltasar Schupp, German poet, historian and vicar, dies at 51
- Oct 28 Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
- Oct 30 Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter known for his still lifes of fish and game pieces, dies at 74
- Oct 31 Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Albanian born Ottoman great vizier (established Köprülü dynasty of statesmen), dies at 85 or 86
