On This Day

What Happened in October 1565

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)

Famous People by Cause of Death

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