Oct 6 Henri Christophe, President of Haiti (1807-11) and King of Haiti (1811-20), born in Grenada (d. 1820) Oct 21 Francesco Ruggi, Italian opera and sacred music composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1845) Oct 23 Benjamin Constant [de Rebeque], French politician and writer (Adolphe), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1830) Oct 28 Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Denmark and Norway, born in Hanau, Hesse, Germany (d. 1852) 1766 Famous Birthdays by Year 1768