Historical Events
- Oct 2 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London
- Oct 13 "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas
- Oct 13 Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington
- Oct 29 Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 3 Cipriani Potter, British pianist and composer, born in London (d. 1871)
- Oct 3 Francisco Morazán, 2nd President of The Federal Republic of Central America, born in Tegucigalpa, Guatemala, New Spain (d. 1842)
- Oct 5 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer, born in Warrington, England (d. 1844)
- Oct 12 Christian Gmelin, German chemist, born in Tübingen, Germany (d. 1860)
- Oct 13 Moritz Hauptmann, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1868)
- Oct 20 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, German composer and flutist, born in Münster (d. 1852)
- Oct 20 Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, British army officer (Opium Wars, Sepoy-uprising), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1863)
Famous Deaths
George Mason (1725-1792)
Oct 7 American statesman (advocated for the Bill of Rights), dies of natural causes at 66
