Famous Deaths Oct 5 Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522) Oct 12 Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) Oct 14 Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521) Oct 22 Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479) 1564 History by Year 1566 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning