Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 2 Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1877-79), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1895)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893)
Oct 4 19th US President (Republican: 1877-81), born in Delaware, Ohio
- Oct 5 Hans Hampel, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1884)
- Oct 9 George Sykes, American Major General (Union Army), born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1880)
- Oct 12 Joseph Haydn Potter, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Concord, New Hampshire (d. 1892)
- Oct 13 Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, born in Erfurt, Germany (d. 1896)
- Oct 15 Alfred Meissner, Austrian poet (Ziska), born in Teplice, Czech Republic (d. 1885)
- Oct 20 Mansfield Lovell, American Major General in Confederate Army (Commander when New Orleans fell), born in the Dictrict of Columbia (d. 1884)
- Oct 29 Joost Gerard Kist, Dutch lawyer and president of High Council (1885-97), born in Zoelen, Netherlands (d. 1897)
- Oct 29 Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
Famous Weddings
Victor Hugo
Oct 12 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" author Victor Hugo (20) weds Adele Fourcher
Famous Deaths
- Oct 13 Antonio Canova, Italian Neoclassical sculptor (The Three Graces), dies at 64
- Oct 16 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98
- Oct 27 Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer and publisher, dies at 55
- Oct 29 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch minister of War, dies at 61
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning