Historical Events
- Oct 22 Scilly Naval Disaster: shipwreck of four Royal navy warships and loss of 1400 men during a storm off the Scilly Isles - will prompt 1714 British Act of Parliament competition to find longitude at sea
Famous Weddings
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oct 17 German composer Johann Sebastian Bach marries for the 1st time his cousin Maria Barbara Bach
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning