Oct 10 Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643) Oct 11 Hans Herr, Swiss Mennonite bishop, dies at 86 Oct 22 Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian baroque composer (Tigrane), dies at 65 Oct 27 Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 1724 Famous Deaths by Year 1726