Famous Birthdays
- Oct 1 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, Ukrainian composer, born in Sin′yava, Galicia (d. 1908)
- Oct 4 Stephen Albert Emery, American composer and pianist, born in Paris, Maine (d. 1891)
- Oct 4 Prudente José de Morais Barros, 3rd President of Brazil (1894-98), born in Itu, São Paulo, Empire of Brazil (d. 1912)
- Oct 4 Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, born in Possenhofen Castle, Possenhofen, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1925)
- Oct 7 Nicolaas Petrovic Njegos, king of Montenegro (1910-18)
- Oct 11 Friedrich Hegar, Swiss composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1927)
Itō Hirobumi
Oct 16 Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), born in Tsukari, Suō, Japan (d. 1909)
Famous Deaths
George Childress
Oct 6 George Childress, American lawyer and statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), commits suicide at 37
