Famous Birthdays Oct 17 Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792) Oct 20 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer, pioneering statistician and economist, born in Elbing, Prussia (d. 1772) Oct 26 Joaquín Martínez de Oxinagas, composer, born in Bilbao, Basque Country (d. 1789) Born in 1719 Famous Deaths Oct 14 Arnold Houbraken, Dutch painter and writer, dies at 59 Sep 1719 History by Year Nov 1719 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning