Historical Events
Massachusetts Bay Charter Revoked
Oct 23 English King Charles II revokes the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter due to repeated violations of the charter’s terms including trading with other countries and running an illegal mint
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 5 Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1712)
- Oct 10 Jean-Antoine Watteau, French Rococo painter (fêtes galantes), born in Valenciennes, France (d. 1721)
- Oct 19 Johann Christoph Frauenholtz, Alsatian composer, baptized in Ahorn, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1754)
- Oct 26 Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal, born in Löwitz, Pomerania (d. 1757)
Famous Deaths
Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)
Oct 1 French poet and dramatist (El Cid, Horace), dies at 42
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning