Historical Events
- Oct 1 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty
- Oct 17 Dutch colony Curacao transfererd to Great Britain
Famous Birthdays
Nat Turner
Oct 2 Nat Turner, American leader of a major slave rebellion in 1831, born in Southampton County, Virginia (d. 1831)
Nat Turner
George Bancroft
Oct 3 George Bancroft, American historian (History of the United States), born in Worcester Massachusetts (d. 1891)
George Bancroft
- Oct 25 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet and historian (Ivry, Naaseby), born in Leicestershire, England (d. 1859)
- Oct 26 Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian general and fieldmarshal, born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1891)
- Oct 27 Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio (1851-69), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)