What Happened in October 1890

Historical Events

Oct 1 Alice Joyce, American actress (Song O' My Heart), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1955)
Oct 1 Constantin C. Nottara, Romanian composer (d. 1951)
Oct 1 Stanley Holloway, English actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins), born in London, England (d. 1982)

Oct 2 American comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), born in New York City

Oct 3 Henry Hull, American actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1977)
Oct 5 Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1966)
Oct 8 Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)
Oct 8 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1971)
Oct 8 Snuffy Browne, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50, 6 wickets; British Guiana, Barbados), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1973)
Oct 9 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), born in South-West Oxford, Canada (d. 1944)
Oct 9 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1970)
Oct 9 Jānis Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1966)
Oct 12 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
Oct 13 Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), born in Tremont, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
Oct 13 Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer, born in Silvbergs, Sweden (d. 1966)

Oct 14 34th US President. Republican (1953-61), and WWII army General, born in Denison, Texas

Oct 14 Frank Conroy, British actor (Call of the Wild), born in Derby, Derbyshire, England (d. 1964)
Oct 15 Arcady Dubensky, Russian composer, born in Kirov, Russia (d. 1966)
Oct 16 Maria Goretti, Italian saint (d. 1902)

Oct 16 Irish revolutionary leader and leading figure in the struggle for Irish independence in the early 20th century, born in Clonakilty, Ireland

Oct 16 Paul Strand, American photographer (Native Land-1942), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1976)
Oct 17 Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
Oct 18 Agathe Henriette Trip-de Beaufort, Dutch writer (Rembrandt. Olympics 1928), born in Baarn, Netherlands (d. 1982)
Oct 20 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1941)
Oct 21 Gerrit Engelke, German writer and poet (Love Letters), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1918)
Oct 24 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, American composer, born in Hollywood, California (d. 1951)
Oct 24 Main Rousseau Bocher, American uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
Oct 28 Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1940)
Oct 29 Claire Goll, German-French writer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1977)

Oct 3 Andries Andre, Dutch actor and husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36
Oct 3 Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)

Oct 4 Co-founder of the Salvation Army known as the 'Army Mother', dies at 61 [1]

Oct 7 John Hill Hewitt, American songwriter (A Minstrel's Return from the War), dies at 89
Oct 12 William Worth Belknap, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies from a heart attack at 61
Oct 13 Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 74
Oct 17 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, French composer, dies at 77

Oct 20 English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), dies at 69

Oct 23 Charles Verlat, Flemish painter, dies at 65
Oct 26 Carlo Collodi [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (The Adventures of Pinocchio), dies at 63