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What Happened in October 1723

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Famous Birthdays

  • Oct 4 Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist, born in Vienna (d. 1798)
  • Oct 15 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, German composer (Canticum Zacharia), and priest, baptized in Augsburg, Bavaria (d. 1772)
Born in 1723

Famous Deaths

  • Oct 10 William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)
  • Oct 31 Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81

Famous People by Cause of Death

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