Oct 18 Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia Oct 24 Gabriel Metsu, Dutch painter, buried Oct 24 Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer, the crater Vendelinus on the Moon is named after him, dies at 87 Oct 30 Johann Jakob Wolleb, a Swiss organist , theologian and composer, dies in the plague at 54 1666 Famous Deaths by Year 1668