- Oct 1 Dutch Eindhoven-Venlo railway opens
- Oct 2 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener
- Oct 6 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
- Oct 15 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
Jesse James Bank Robbery
Oct 30 Jesse James' gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)
Admirals
Aviators
Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
Suffragists