Historical Events
- Oct 31 Earthquake in Safed, Palestine kills hundreds
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 4 Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (Du calcul des derivations), born in Mutzig, France (d. 1803)
- Oct 13 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian, old-Frisian), born in Wirdum, Netherlands (d. 1832)
- Oct 20 Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
- Oct 25 Maria Feodorovna of Russia, second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia, born in Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1828)
William Grenville (1759-1834)
Oct 25 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1806-07), born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England
Georges Danton (1759-1794)
Oct 26 French politician and revolutionary (1st president of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution), born in Arcis-sur-Aube, France
