Historical Events Oct 7 People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands Royal Coronation Oct 20 Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as Britain's King George I at Westminster Abbey King George I Famous Birthdays Oct 16 Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795) Famous Deaths Oct 5 Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630) Oct 10 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646) 1713 History by Year 1715 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning