Historical Events Oct 2 Hans Lippershey applies for patent for first known early telescope in the Netherlands Famous Birthdays Oct 15 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1647) Famous Deaths Oct 19 Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist, dies at 57 Oct 26 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies 1607 History by Year 1609