Oct 5 Chevalier d'Éon [Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont], French spy, diplomat, and transvestite, born in Tonnerre, France (d. 1810)
Oct 7 Caesar Rodney, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence, born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1784) [1]
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning