Historical Events
- Oct 27 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Warsaw
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 8 Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar, born in Casdemiro, Spain (d. 1764)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 10 Sebastian Knupfer, German composer, dies at 43
- Oct 18 Nathaniel Bacon, British-born American colonist (leader of 1676 rebellion against Virginian government), dies of dysentery at 29
- Oct 20 Christopher Gibbons, British composer, dies at 61
- Oct 25 Justus Georgius Schottel [Schottelius], German linguist and poet, dies at 64
- Oct 28 Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
- Oct 30 Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies
