Oct 7 George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 Oct 12 Dinah Craik, English writer (John Halifax, Gentleman), dies at 61 Oct 17 Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy, coined "black body" radiation), dies at 63 Oct 31 George Alexander Macfarren, British composer and musicologist, dies at 74 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1886 Famous Deaths 1888