Famous Deaths Happened In October - 07
Friday, 26 December 2025
0290 On October - 07 death of [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated 

0336 Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies on October - 07. 

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

1368 Death of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) on this day in history. 

1488 On this day in history 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 Death of Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) on this day in history. 

1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle on this day in history. 

1577 Death of George Gascoigne, English poet on this day in history. 

1612 Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 on October - 07. 

1620 Death of Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547) on October - 07. 

1637 Death of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587) on this day in history. 

1639 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 on October - 07. 

1651 On this day in history death of jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559) 

1653 On this day in history death of fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581) 

1660 Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 on October - 07. 

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

1708 Death of Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666) on this day in history. 

1766 On October - 07 andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71 

1772 On October - 07 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 October - 07. 

1787 On October - 07 death of henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711) 

1792 Death of George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725) on October - 07. 

1793 Death of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718) on this day in history. 

1796 Death of Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710) on this day in history. 

1800 On October - 07 death of gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged 

1811 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1849 On October - 07 edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 

1864 Alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on October - 07. 

1887 George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 on October - 07. 

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

1894 On October - 07 death of oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809) 

1903 Death of Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832) on this day in history. 

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