Historical Events
Sports History
Oct 1 Yachting begins in England as King Charles II beats his brother James, Duke of York in a yacht race from Greenwich to Gravesend
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 11 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat, Cardinal and poet, born in Chateau de la Ronte, Haute-Loire, France (d. 1741)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 4 Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy, dies at 36
- Oct 6 Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru
- Oct 26 Johann B Schup [Schuppius], German poet, historian and vicar, dies
- Oct 28 AgustÃn Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
- Oct 30 Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter known for his still lifes of fish and game pieces, dies at 74
- Oct 31 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
