Events in History
- Oct 6 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
- Oct 15 Jean Pilstre de Rozier makes 1st tethered balloon ascent
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Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert
Oct 29 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher and mathematician (Encyclopédie), dies at 66
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