Oct 2 Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer, born in Lidköping, Sweden (d. 1901) Oct 5 Eduard Franck, German composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1893) Oct 27 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899) 1816 Birthdays in Music 1818