Historical Events
Leichhardt Expedition
Oct 1 German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt departs Jimbour, the farthest outpost of settlement on the Queensland Darling Downs, to begin his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory from Moreton Bay to Port Essington
- Oct 22 Millerite Adventists wait for appearance of Jesus
Famous Birthdays
Henry John Heinz (1844-1919)
Oct 11 German-American entrepreneur who founded prepared-foods company (H.J. Heinz Company-57 varieties), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Oct 12 George W. Cable, American writer (Northampton Years), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1925)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Oct 15 German philosopher and philologist (Beyond Good and Evil), born in Röcken, Saxony, Prussia
Louis Riel (1844-1885)
Oct 22 Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies, born in Red River Colony, Rupert's Land, British North America
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
Oct 22 French actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth), born in Paris, France
- Oct 23 Robert Bridges, English poet (Testament of beauty) and British Poet Laureate (1913-30), born in Walmer, Kent (d. 1930)
- Oct 24 Karl Lueger, Austrian politician, cofounder and leader of the Austrian Christian Social Party, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1910)
- Oct 27 Klas Arnoldson, Swedish politician and pacifist (Nobel Peace 1908), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1916)
- Oct 29 Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild, Austrian banker and member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1911)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 12 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies at 43
