Oct 4 Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer Oct 8 Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61 Oct 13 Daniel Elsevier, Dutch book publisher, dies at 54 Oct 13 Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56 Oct 16 Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609) Oct 30 Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (b. 1616) 1679 Famous Deaths by Year 1681