Events in History
- Oct 2 Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao
- Oct 16 M von Böhms "Oorlogscantate" premieres
- Oct 24 3rd Partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia
- Oct 26 The Directoire, a five-man revolutionary government of France, is created
- Oct 27 Pinckney's Treaty [Treaty of San Lorenzo] signed by Spain and US, establishing the southern boundary of the US and giving Americans right to navigate the Mississippi River
Birthdays in History
- Oct 5 Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian politician (4th Mayor of Halifax) and brewer (founder of the Alexander Keith's Nova Scotia Brewery), born in Halkirk, Caithness, Highland, Scotland (d. 1873)
- Oct 15 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1840-61) and Germany (1849-61), born in Berlin (d. 1861)
- Oct 16 William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (d. 1876)
- Oct 28 Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt, Dutch politician, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1873)
John Keats
Oct 31 John Keats, English Romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn), born in London (d. 1821)
John Keats
Weddings in History
- Oct 4 "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" poet Samuel Coleridge (22) marries Sarah Fricker in Bristol, England
Deaths in History
- Oct 1 Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70
- Oct 3 Tula, leader of Curacaose slave uprising, executed
- Oct 7 Johann Georg von Zimmermann, Swiss philosophical author and physician, dies at 66
- Oct 8 Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer, dies at 70
- Oct 10 Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian, dies at 81
- Oct 13 William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies