Historical Events
- Oct 11 Brigadier-General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British during the Battle of Valcour Island (American Revolutionary War)
- Oct 12 British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
Historic Event
Oct 17 Captain James Cook arrives in Cape Town with Resolution on his 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
Historic Event
Oct 18 Tadeusz Kościuszko receives a commission from US Congress as a colonel of engineers in the Continental Army
Historic Event
Oct 26 Benjamin Franklin departs for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution
Battle of Interest
Oct 28 Battle of White Plains: George Washington retreats to New Jersey
Famous Weddings
- Oct 7 Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
Famous Deaths
- Oct 17 Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)
