Historical Events
- Oct 20 Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 16 Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of Prussia (d. 1805)
- Oct 20 Hendrik van Stralen, Dutch politician, Secretary of Interior of the Netherlands (d. 1822)
- Oct 21 David Moritz Michael, Moravian conductor and composer, (Die Wasserfahrt -The Water Journey), born in Kühnhausen, Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1827)
- Oct 28 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)
- Oct 30 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright (The Rivals, The School for Scandal) and Whig MP, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1816)
Assassination
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