Oct 15 Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal
Oct 23 Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - Catholic uprising in Ulster
Famous Birthdays
Oct 5 Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France, born in Lussac-les-Châteaux, France (d. 1707)
Oct 14 Joachim Tielke, German violin maker, born in Königsberg (d. 1719)
Famous Deaths
Oct 6 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle
Oct 31 Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral and privateer, dies at about 41
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning