Elias Howe
Oct 3 Elias Howe, American inventor (invented sewing machine), dies at 48
- Oct 4 Francis Xavier Seelos German-American Roman Catholic priest (b. 1819)
- Oct 5 Thomas Täglichsbeck, German violinist and composer, dies at 67
- Oct 10 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60
- Oct 16 Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi (Ereg miliem), dies
- Oct 26 John Fawcett, English composer, dies at 77
- Oct 30 John Albion Andrew, American politician (25th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 49