Famous Birthdays Oct 6 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1772) Oct 18 Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), born on Burano (d. 1785) Famous Deaths Oct 13 Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682) Oct 26 Andreas Werkmeister, German organist and composer, dies at 60 1705 History by Year 1707