7th » Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Provinces and territories of Canada called Canadian province of British Columbia
8th » American Civil War: Battle of Perryville United States known as Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate States of America named Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentu
11th » American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate States of America or Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1862
3rd » Johnny Briggs (cricketer) known as Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (d. 1902)
4th » Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (d. 1930)
6th » Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (d. 1927)
13th » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (d. 1900)
18th » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952)
19th » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1954)