- Oct 13 Antonio Canova, Italian Neoclassical sculptor (The Three Graces), dies at 64
- Oct 16 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98
- Oct 27 Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer and publisher, dies at 55
- Oct 29 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch minister of War, dies at 61