Famous Birthdays
- Oct 7 Ralph Abercromby, British general (commanded of British forces in West Indies, North Holland and Egypt), born at Menstrie Castle, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (d. 1801)
- Oct 14 Francis Lightfoot Lee, American advocate for independence (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Stratford Hall Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony (d. 1797)
- Oct 17 Grigori Orlov, Russian military officer and favorite of Catherine the Great (helped her overthrow Peter III), born in Bezhetsky Uyezd, Russia (d. 1783) [NS]
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