- Oct 3 François Krafft, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium
- Oct 14 François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal, born in Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1798)
- Oct 28 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, German composer, born in Wimpfen, Germany (d. 1803)