Historical Events
- Oct 31 Cornishman Sir Humphry Davy patents miner's safety lamp
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 11 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1881)
- Oct 12 William J. Hardee, U.S. Army officer (Confederate Army), born in Camden County, Georgia (d. 1873)
- Oct 13 Jules Quicherat, French historian and archaeologist, born in Paris (d. 1882)
- Oct 16 Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (d. 1905)
- Oct 17 Emanuel Geibel, German poet and playwright (Gedichte), born in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck (d. 1884)
- Oct 23 João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
- Oct 24 John Edwards, American politician (US Representative Arkansas) Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1894)
- Oct 25 Ernesto Camillo Sivori, Italian violinist and composer, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1894)
- Oct 25 Philipp Fahrbach the Elder, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1885)
- Oct 29 Dan Emmett, American composer, born in Mount Vernon, Ohio (d. 1904)
- Oct 29 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician and author of Slovak language, born in Uhrovec, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
- Oct 31 Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (theory of functions), born in Ostenfelde, Germany (d. 1897)
