Historical Events
Cook Arrives in Cape Town
Oct 30 Captain James Cook arrives with ship HMS Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 4 François-Louis Perne, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1832)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
Oct 21 English romantic poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), born in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England
- Oct 25 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Bruxelles, Belgium (d. 1849)
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning