Events in History
- Oct 1 British troops under General Thomas Gage land in Boston
- Oct 30 First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
Birthdays in History
- Oct 2 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician, born in Bedgebury, Kent, England (d. 1854)
- Oct 11 Adriaan van den Ende, Dutch vicar and educationalist, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1846)
- Oct 26 Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician, born in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland (d. 1844)
Deaths in History
- Oct 1 Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Simson line), dies at 80