Historical Events
Last Drapier Letter
Oct 13 Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters
- Oct 15 Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old Catholic church in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tamerlano
Oct 31 George Frideric Handel's opera "Tamerlano" premieres at the King's Theatre in London
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Oct 2 François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (Quatre dialogues sur l'immortalité de l'âme), dies at on his 80th birthday
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning