Oct 9 Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna Latvia, dies at 77 Oct 10 Carter Braxton, American plantation owner and signer of the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 61 Oct 12 Pierre Jélyotte, French composer, dies at 84 Sep 1797 Famous Deaths by Year Nov 1797 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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