Historical Events
- Oct 19 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland
Penn Acquires Delaware
Oct 26 William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
- Oct 27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn
- Oct 29 William Penn lands at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 29 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French Jesuit priest and historian, born in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, Kingdom of France (d. 1761) [some sources cite birth as Oct 24]
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
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