Events in History Oct 12 Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark Birthdays in History Oct 1 Richard Stockton, American attorney and signer of Declaration of Independence, born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1781) Deaths in History Oct 12 Frederik IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1699-1730), dies at 59 Oct 15 Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658) 1729 On This Day in History 1731