- Oct 1 National Geographic magazine publishes for the 1st time
Nansen Crosses Greenland
Oct 3 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his team complete first known crossing of Greenland interior, arriving in Godthaab
- Oct 3 New Zealand Natives, a privately organised and mainly Māori rugby team, plays first game in UK; beats Surry 4-1; first national rugby team to wear all-black & perform the 'haka'
- Oct 8 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jack Burns wins his lone Open title by 1 stroke from Ben Sayers and David Anderson Jr
- Oct 9 Washington Monument opens for public admittance
- Oct 10 Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 at Mud Run, Pennsylvania
Ecce Homo
Oct 15 German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche decides to write his autobiography "Ecce Homo" on his 44th birthday
Optical Phonograph
Oct 17 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
- Oct 19 Moshav Gederah is attacked by Arabs
- Oct 20 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand
- Oct 23 Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested
- Oct 27 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis; St. Louis Browns rout NY Giants, 18-7 in Game 10 but lose series, 6-4
British South Africa Company
Oct 29 Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for British South Africa Company
- Oct 30 John J Loud patents ballpoint pen
- Oct 30 Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland £100 per month
- Oct 31 Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre
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