Historical Events
- Oct 16 Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is chartered
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, Ukrainian composer, born in Sin′yava, Galicia (d. 1908)
- Oct 4 Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, born in Possenhofen Castle, Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1925)
- Oct 4 Prudente José de Morais Barros, 3rd President of Brazil (1894-98), born in Itu, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil (d. 1912)
- Oct 4 Stephen Albert Emery, American composer and pianist, born in Paris, Maine (d. 1891)
- Oct 7 Nicholas I, last and only King of Montenegro (1910-18), born in Njeguši, Montenegro (d. 1921)
- Oct 11 Friedrich Hegar, Swiss composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1927)
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909)
Oct 16 Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), born in Tsukari, Suō, Japan
Famous Deaths
George Childress (1804-1841)
Oct 6 American lawyer and statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), commits suicide at 37
