Historical Events
- Oct 1 1st edition of Maasbode published
Historic Publication
Oct 1 "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston
Louisa May Alcott
- Oct 7 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens
- Oct 10 1st written account of a Canadian football game
- Oct 10 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
- Oct 17 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
- Oct 21 Severe earthquake at 7:53 AM, centered in Hayward, California
- Oct 22 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant" premieres in NYC
- Oct 26 White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La
- Oct 30 John Menard of Louisiana is 1st African American elected to US Congress
- Oct 31 Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 4 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1942)
- Oct 7 Fred Hovey, American tennis player (US Nationals 1895), born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts (d. 1945)
- Oct 8 Max Slevogt, German painter, born in Landshut, Germany (d. 1932)
- Oct 10 Guillermo M. Tomás, Cuban composer, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 1933)
- Oct 16 Franz X Ritter von Epp, German general (China)
- Oct 18 Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)
- Oct 19 Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle)
- Oct 23 Frederick Lanchester, , English Engineer who built the first British petrol automobile (1896), born in London, England
- Oct 24 Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and writer, born in Saint-Mandé, France (d. 1969)
- Oct 27 Annie Patterson, Irish composer, born in Lurgan, Ireland
Famous Deaths
Laura Secord
Oct 17 Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the war of 1812, dies at 93
Laura Secord
