- Oct 10 Sebastian Knupfer, German composer, dies at 43
- Oct 18 Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
- Oct 20 Christopher Gibbons, English composer, dies at 61
- Oct 25 Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64
- Oct 28 Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
- Oct 30 Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies