- Oct 3 Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Bohemian horn player and composer, dies at 74
- Oct 8 Henri Christophe, President of Haiti (1807-11) and King of Haiti (1811-20), dies at 53
- Oct 12 Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist and poet (By the Rhine), dies at 36
- Oct 15 Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal, dies at 49
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