What Happened In October 1809 In History

Famous Birthdays on October in 1809

• 11th » Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist (d. 1887)
• 22nd » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Texas Attorney General (d. 1889)

Famous Deaths for October 1809

• 8th » James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
• 11th » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd List of Governors of Missouri named Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
• 30th » William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)

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