Events in History
Historic Expedition
Oct 1 Alfred Russel Wallace returns to the U.K. after four years of travel, collecting, and research in South America
Birthdays in History
- Oct 2 William Ramsay, Scottish chemist who discovered noble gases (Nobel 1904), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1916)
Emil Fischer (1852-1919)
Oct 9 German chemist, discovered Fischer esterification (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Euskirchen, Rhine Province
Deaths in History
- Oct 11 Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (number theory), dies at 29
- Oct 13 John Stephens, American explorer and archaeologist (pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America), dies at 46
- Oct 22 Hans Christoph Ernst von Gagern, German political writer and advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Oct 24 US Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), politician and lawyer, dies at 70
- Oct 28 Gerhard Moritz Roentgen, Dutch industrialist (founder of Fijenoord dockyard), dies at 57
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