Oct 24 Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer (Mary Had a Little Lamb), editor, activist, and founder of the Seaman's Aid Society of Boston, born in Newport, New Hampshire (d. 1879)
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Oct 13 Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702)
Oct 15 Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (Battle of Chesma), dies at 53
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