Historical Events
- Oct 1 Dutch soccer club HFC Haarlem is founded; National champions 1946; bankrupt in 2010; merge with HFC Kennemerland, new club Haarlem Kennemerland
- Oct 1 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum
- Oct 2 1st Pan American conference (Washington, D.C.)
- Oct 2 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
- Oct 6 famed cabaret Moulin Rouge opens (as the Jardin de Paris) at the foot of the Montmartre hills in Paris, France
- Oct 6 First known ascent of the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, by German climber Hans Meyer and Austrian Ludwig Purtscheller
- Oct 10 Barnard College is founded in New York City after Columbia University refuses to accept women
- Oct 15 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens
- Oct 18 First all-NYC "World Championship" Baseball Series; New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA); Giants go on to win series, 6-3
Before Dawn
Oct 20 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Vor Sonnenaufgang" (Before Dawn) premieres in Berlin to a scandalous reception
Event of Interest
Oct 29 Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
- Oct 29 Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Oct 31 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris closes after 32 million visitors
Famous Birthdays
- Oct 3 Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1935), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1938)
- Oct 4 John B. Kelly, American rower and father of Grace Kelly (3 x Olympic gold 1920, 24), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)
- Oct 5 Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (Memorias de Mamá Blanca), born in Paris (d. 1936)
- Oct 6 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Nights and Days), born in Russów, Russian Empire (d. 1965)
- Oct 8 Collett E. Woolman, American airline founder (Delta Air Service), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1966)
- Oct 10 Han [Henricus Antonius] van Meegeren, Dutch painter and art forger (Vermeer), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1947)
- Oct 13 Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1974)
- Oct 14 Clarence Muse, American actor, screenwriter and director (Casablanca, Black Stallion), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1979)
- Oct 14 Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1963)
- Oct 18 Fannie Hurst, American novelist (Anatomy of Me), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1968)
- Oct 19 Uncle Art Satherley, British-American record producer (Academy of Country Music Award, 1968), born in Bristol, England (d. 1986)
- Oct 20 Margaret Dumont, American actress and Marx Brothers' comic foil (Day at the Races), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
- Oct 24 Earl Morris, American archaeologist (Aztec Ruins National Monument), born in Chama, New Mexico (d. 1956) [1]
- Oct 25 'Smoky' Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher/outfielder (World Series 1912, 15, 20; MLB wins leader 34–5 1912; pitched no-hitter 1911; Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1985)
- Oct 25 Abel Gance, French movie director (J'accuse), born in Paris (d. 1981)
- Oct 27 Enid Bagnold, British novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 1981)
- Oct 28 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer, born in Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1975)
- Oct 29 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, born in Laoting, Zhili Province (now Hebei), Qing dynasty of China (d. 1927)
Famous Deaths
- Oct 3 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), dies at 66
- Oct 10 Adolf von Henselt, German composer, dies at 75
- Oct 11 James Prescott Joule, English physicist (the law of conservation of energy), dies at 70
- Oct 15 Edward Aylesworth Perry, American soldier and politician (General under Lee for Confederate Army, 14th Governor of Florida 1885-89), dies of a stroke at 58
- Oct 17 N.G. [Nikolay Gavrilovich] Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (What Is to Be Done?), dies at 61
- Oct 18 Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device), dies at 81
- Oct 19 Luís I, King of Portugal (1861-89), dies at 50
- Oct 22 Olivier Métra, French composer of balletss, light opera, and popular waltzes (Esperance!), and conductor, dies at 59
- Oct 24 Loisa Puget, French composer, dies at 79
- Oct 30 Alfred E. Jackson "Mudwall", American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82
