Historical Events
- Oct 16 Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is chartered
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)
- Oct 16 Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai, Japanese Prime Minister and Resident-General of Korea (d. 1909)
Famous Deaths
George Childress
Oct 6 George Childress, American lawyer and statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), commits suicide at 37
George Childress