Famous Deaths Happened In October - 07
Thursday, 11 December 2025
0290 On this day in history death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated 

0336 Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on this day in history. 

0929 Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies on October - 07. 

1368 On October - 07 death of lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) 

1488 On October - 07 andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 

1553 Death of Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) on this day in history. 

1555 On this day in history death of louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) 

1571 On October - 07 ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle 

1577 On this day in history death of george Gascoigne, English poet 

1612 Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1620 Death of Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547) on this day in history. 

1637 Death of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) on October - 07. 

1639 On October - 07 john I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 

1651 Death of Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559) on this day in history. 

1653 Death of Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581) on October - 07. 

1660 Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 on this day in history. 

1681 On this day in history nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 

1708 On October - 07 death of guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666) 

1766 On this day in history andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71 

1772 On this day in history death of john Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720) 

1777 On this day in history simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle 

1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 on this day in history. 

1787 Death of Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711) on this day in history. 

1792 On October - 07 death of george Mason, American statesman (b. 1725) 

1793 On October - 07 death of wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718) 

1796 On this day in history death of thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710) 

1800 Death of Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged on this day in history. 

1811 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on October - 07. 

1849 On this day in history edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 

1864 On October - 07 alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle 

1887 On October - 07 george James Webb, composer, dies at 84 

1890 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 on October - 07. 

1894 Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) on this day in history. 

1903 On October - 07 death of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832) 

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