Historical Events
- Oct 12 William IV Prince of Orange installed as Stadtholder of Gelderland
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 16 (Pieter) Pierre van Maldere, Flemish violinist and composer, born in Brussels, Southern Low Countries (now Belgium), (d. 1768)
- Oct 17 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French opera composer (La belle Arsène), born in Fauquembergues, France (d. 1817)
- Oct 22 Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (naturalist on James Cook's second Pacific voyage), born in Dirschau (Tczew), Royal Prussia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1798)
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
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