Historical Events
- Oct 12 Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Richard Stockton, American attorney and signer of Declaration of Independence, born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1781)
- Oct 14 Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1812)
- Oct 17 Ernestus Weinrauch, German composer (Cain and Abel), organist, and Benedictine priest, born in Donauwörth, Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1793)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 12 Frederik IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1699-1730), dies at 59
- Oct 15 Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac, French explorer and trader in New France (founder of Detroit and Governor of Louisiana 1710-16), dies at 71
- Oct 23 Anne Oldfield, English actress (The Maiden Queen), dies from cervical cancer at 47
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