Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Caroline Harrison, 1st lady of the U.S. (1889-1892), wife of Benjamin Harrison, born in Oxford, Ohio (d. 1892)
- Oct 1 Henry Clay Work, American composer, born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1884)
- Oct 2 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (Primitive Culture), born in London (d. 1917)
- Oct 2 Julius von Sachs, German botanist and naturalist, born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1897)
- Oct 4 William Griggs, English inventor (photo chromo lithography), born in Woburn, Bedfordshire (d. 1911)
- Oct 10 Theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (d. 1866)
- Oct 12 Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), born in St. Ives, England (d. 1914)
- Oct 15 Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Sussex County, Virginia (d. 1912)
- Oct 16 George Crockett Strong, American Major General (Union Army), born in Stockbridge, Vermont (d. 1863)
- Oct 16 Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), born in Mexico City (d. 1896)
- Oct 20 Constantin Lipsius, German architect (Lipsius-Bau), born in Leipzig (d. 1894)
- Oct 22 August Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Bečov nad Teplou, Czechia (d. 1903)
- Oct 22 Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer, and conductor (New York Oratorio Society; New York Symphony), born in Poznań, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1885)
- Oct 23 William Hulbert, American Baseball HOF executive (President Chicago White Stockings; National League 1877-82), born in Burlington Flats, New York (d. 1882)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 18 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Belgian composer, dies at 73
