Events in History
Event of Interest
Oct 3 A warrant is issued for the arrest of French mathematician and philosopher Marquis de Condorcet forcing him into hiding
Marquis de Condorcet
Event of Interest
Oct 5 French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
Georges Danton
- Oct 16 Battle of Wattignies: French defeat Allied forces and lift siege of Maubeuge
Historic Invention
Oct 28 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
Eli Whitney
- Oct 31 Execution of Girondins in Paris during Reign of Terror
Birthdays in History
- Oct 28 Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (Remington Arms Co., L.L.C.), born in Suffield, Connecticut (d. 1861)
Deaths in History
- Oct 7 Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, British politician, dies at 75
John Hancock
Oct 8 John Hancock, American merchant and statesman who was 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence, dies at 56
John Hancock
- Oct 9 Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)
Marie Antoinette
Oct 16 Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", beheaded at 37
Marie Antoinette