Historical Events Meal Tub Plot Oct 23 Meal Tub Plot against James Duke of York (future James II of England) King of England, Scotland and Ireland James II Famous Birthdays Oct 16 Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer, born in Louňovice, Lands of the Bohemian Crown (d. 1745) Oct 18 Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem Witch Trials (d. 1716) Oct 20 Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, Grand Chancellor of Prussia, born in Heidelberg (d. 1755) Born in 1679 Famous Deaths Oct 12 William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) Oct 24 Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66 Oct 26 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist, dies at 58 Sep 1679 History by Year Nov 1679 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
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