Historical Events
Weber Visits Beethoven
- Oct 12 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
Famous Birthdays
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893)
Oct 9 American-Canadian anti-slavery campaigner, suffragist and 1st African American newspaper publisher ("The Provincial Freeman"), born in Wilmington, Delaware [1]
- Oct 13 Immanuel Faisst, German composer, born in Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1894)
- Oct 20 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School Days), born in Uffington (d. 1896)
- Oct 21 Emilio Arrieta, Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (Marina), born in Puente la Reina, Spain (d. 1894)
- Oct 26 Karl Weinhold, German sociologist (founder of Journal of the Association of Folklore), born in Dzierżoniów, Poland (d. 1901)
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning