Famous Birthdays Oct 4 Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish playwright (Del Rey Abajo Ninguno), born in Toledo (d. 1648) Oct 24 John Lievens, Dutch painter, etcher and wood carver, born in Leiden, Dutch Republic (d. 1674) Famous Deaths Oct 26 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, dies at 52 1606 History by Year 1608