Historical Events
Brigham Young University
Oct 16 Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
- Oct 22 First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
- Oct 22 Sons of American Revolution organizes
Piano Concerto No. 1
Oct 25 The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist
Famous Birthdays
Laurence Doherty (1875-1919)
Oct 8 British tennis player (Wimbledon 1902-06, US Nationals 1903), born in Wimbledon, England
- Oct 11 Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), born in Brașov, Romania (d. 1913)
- Oct 12 Aleister Crowley, British occultist, founded the religion of Thelema, born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire England (d. 1947)
- Oct 17 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer and theater critic (Yes & No!), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1955)
- Oct 18 James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, Ghanaian-American missionary, educator and scholar, born in Anomabo, Gold Coast (d. 1927)
- Oct 18 Len Braund, English cricket all-rounder (23 Tests, 3 x 100, 47 wickets; Surrey CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Clewer, Berkshire, England (d. 1955)
- Oct 23 Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (theory of covalent bonding), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- Oct 24 Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1958)
- Oct 26 H. B. Warner, British actor (Sunset Boulevard, The King of Kings), born in London, England (d. 1958)
- Oct 28 Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
- Oct 29 Marie, last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I (1914-27), born in Eastwell Park, Kent, England (d. 1938)
- Oct 31 Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (From Holland's Coasts; Modern Art and Degeneration), born in Barradeel, Minnertsga, Nethelands (d. 1961)
Sardar Patel (1875-1950)
Oct 31 Indian freedom fighter and statesman, born in Gujarat, India
Famous Deaths
- Oct 10 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (Prince Serebrenni), dies at 58
- Oct 12 Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
- Oct 19 Charles Wheatstone, English scientist (sound transmission), and inventor (English concertina; stereoscope; Playfair cipher), dies at 75
- Oct 24 Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer
- Oct 28 William Howard Glover, English composer, dies at 56
