Historical Events
- Oct 8 Jack Broughton designed padded gloves first used in a competitive boxing match between 2 unnamed English boxers at Aix-la-Chapelle in France
- Oct 9 Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya
- Oct 19 US Government and Chickasaw Indians sign a treaty
- Oct 20 49th parallel forms as border between US & Canada
- Oct 20 US and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country
Mendelssohn's 1st Concert
Oct 24 Felix Mendelssohn, aged 9, performs his first public concert in Berlin, Germany
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 4 Francesco Crispi, Italian statesman, born in Ribera, Italy (d. 1901)
- Oct 6 Joseph Rummel, German pianist, and composer, born in Wiesbaden, Hesse, The German Confederation (d. 1880)
- Oct 8 John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician, born in Sevier County, Tennessee (d. 1905)
- Oct 15 Irvin McDowell, American Major General (Union Army), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1885)
- Oct 15 Johann Gungl, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Zsambék, Austrian Empire (d. 1883) (alternatively born March 5 1828)
- Oct 18 Edward Otho Cresap Ord, American engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1883)
- Oct 22 Leconte de Lisle, French poet and writer, born in Saint-Paul, Réunion, France (d. 1894)
- Oct 25 Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian and author (In the Forests) [NS=Nov 6], born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire (d. 1883)
- Oct 26 Stefano Golinelli, Italian pianist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1891)
Famous Deaths
Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
Oct 28 2nd US First Lady (1797-1801), dies of typhoid fever at 73
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning