- Oct 2 Ernest Renan, French philosopher, historian and scholar of religion, dies at 69
- Oct 4 Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39
- Oct 5 Bill Powers, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas
- Oct 5 Bob Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (leader of the Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 23
- Oct 5 Dick Broadwell, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 30
- Oct 5 Grat Dalton, American outlaw of the Old West (The Dalton Gang), killed in failed bank robbery attempt in Coffeyville, Kansas at 31
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Oct 6 British Poet Laureate of Great Britain (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide