What happened on October 1 ?

1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)

1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)

1404 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)

1499 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)

1500 - John Alcock, English Catholic bishop

1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)

1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)

1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)

1578 - Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)

1609 - Giammateo Asola, Italian composer

1684 - Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)

1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)

1708 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)

1768 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)

1864 - Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)

1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)

1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir

1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)

1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)

1958 - Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)

1985 - E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)

1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)

1992 - Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)

1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)

2000 - Reginald Kray, British organised crime leader (b. 1933)

2002 - Walter Annenberg, publisher and philanthropist

2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)

2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield)