Historical Events
Darwin Returns to England
Oct 2 After 5 years at sea Charles Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle
- Oct 12 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY
President Sam Houston
Oct 22 Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas
- Oct 24 Earliest American patent for a phosphorus friction match by Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 4 Juliette Adam, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue) and feminist, born in Verberie, Oise, France (d. 1936)
- Oct 5 George Washington Gordon, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Pulaski, Tennessee (d. 1911)
- Oct 15 James Tissot, French artist, born in Nantes, France (d. 1902)
- Oct 15 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1910)
- Oct 22 Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), born in Inveresk, East Lothian (d. 1904)
- Oct 29 James Ritty, American saloon owner and inventor (mechanical cash register), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1918) [1]
