10th » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from Maroon (people) known as escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
25th » George III of the United Kingdom or George III becomes British monarch named King of Great Britain.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1760
1st » William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844)
17th » Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
27th » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)