- Oct 4 John Rennie, Scottish engineer, dies at 60
- Oct 9 Georg Friederich Fuchs, German composer, dies at 68
- Oct 11 John Ross Key, American lawyer, commissioned officer in the Continental Army and the father of Francis Scott Key, dies at 67
- Oct 24 Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and patriot, President of the Continental Congress, dies at 81
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