Historical Events
Northwest Passage
Oct 26 Robert McClure sights the fabled Northwest Passage for the first time (from Banks Island towards Melville Island)
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 4 John McGraw, American politician 2nd Governor of Washington (1893-97), born in Penobscot County, Maine (d. 1910)
- Oct 5 Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer, politician and President of the First Imperial Duma, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1910)
- Oct 8 Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist, born in Paris (d. 1936)
- Oct 18 Francis Thome, French composer, born in Port Louis, Mauritius (d. 1909)
- Oct 19 Annie Smith Peck, American mountain climber/explorer/diplomat, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1935)
