Historical Events
- Oct 4 Fort Wilson Riot takes place
Blake Enters Royal Academy
Oct 8 English engraver and poet William Blake begins study at the Royal Academy, Old Somerset House, London
Siege of Savannah
Oct 9 Siege of Savannah (Georgia) during American Revolutionary War: Continental Army General Casimir Pulaski is wounded by grapeshot (a type of cluster munition), dies two days later
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 10 Antoine Philippe Vischer, comte de Celles, Belgian-French politician, born in Brussels (d. 1841)
Famous Deaths
Casimir Pulaski (1747-1779)
Oct 11 Polish military leader, known as "the father of American cavalry', dies of battle wounds at 34
- Oct 28 Raphael Weiss, German composer and priest, dies at 66
