- Oct 11 Jurriaan François de Friderici, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, dies at 60
Isaac Brock (1769-1812)
Oct 13 British army officer who successfully defended Upper Canada in War of 1812, dies in battle at 43
- Oct 18 Henry Martyn, English missionary (India and Persia), dies of a fever at 31
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