Oct 5 Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist, born in Pertuis, France (d. 1789) Oct 8 Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist, born in Dijon, France (d. 1774) Oct 23 Peter II Alexeyevich, Tsar of Russia (1727-30), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1730) 1714 Famous Birthdays by Year 1716