Events in History
- Oct 2 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London
- Oct 13 "Old Farmer's Almanac" is 1st published and edited by Robert Thomas
- Oct 13 Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington
- Oct 29 Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
Birthdays in History
- Oct 3 Francisco Morazán, 2nd President of The Federal Republic of Central America, born in Tegucigalpa, Guatemala, New Spain (d. 1842)
- Oct 5 Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer, born in Warrington, England (d. 1844)
- Oct 12 Christian Gmelin, German chemist, born in Tübingen, Germany (d. 1860)
- Oct 19 Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice (liberal)
- Oct 20 Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, British army officer (Opium Wars, Sepoy-uprising), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1863)
Deaths in History
George Mason
Oct 7 George Mason, American statesman (advocated for the Bill of Rights), dies of natural causes at 66
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