Birthdays in History Oct 26 Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian historian and Monarch of Moldova (1710-11), born in Silişteni, Moldavia (d. 1723) Deaths in History Oct 13 Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617) Oct 17 Thomas Clifford, English statesman (1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh), dies at 43 1672 On This Day in History 1674