From October 1784 to September 1786 he was employed by Nepean, who was in charge of the Secret Service relating to the Bourbon Powers, France and Spain, to spy on the French naval arsenals at Toulon and other ports.

Reverend Major George Neal began to preach in Niagara in October 1786, and was ordained in 1810 by Bishop Philip Asbury, at the Lyons, New York Methodist Conference.

* October – William Light, British Army colonel and the first Surveyor-General of South Australia ( b. 1786 )

* October 2 – François Arago, French Catalan mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician ( b. 1786 )

* October 11 – William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier, British Navy officer, politician and diplomat ( b. 1786 )

Nautilus sailed with Preble on 6 October to Tangier where the display of American naval strength induced the Europeans of Morocco to renew the treaty of 1786.

It dates however from at least the end of the 18th century, as the following article in the London Daily Universal Register ( later The Times ) of October 20, 1786, makes clear:

In 1786, for the first two issues of Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia engraver James Trenchard wrote articles on the obverse ( in September 1786 ) and reverse ( in October 1786 ) of the Great Seal, and each issue included a full-page engraving of his own original version of the discussed side of the seal.

* According to a Royal warrant of October 31, 1786, the Swedish East India Company had the right to use the triple-tailed war ensign in " Indian waters ", when not being under immediate protection by the Swedish navy.

Rogers married Mary Amis on October 24, 1786, despite Colonel Amis ' initial dislike for him.

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius ( 3 February 1786 – 23 October 1842 ) was a German orientalist and Biblical critic.

Louis-Joseph Papineau ( October 7, 1786 – September 25, 1871 ), born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation.

Charles Mason ( Oakridge Lynch, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, April 1728 – Philadelphia, October 25, 1786 ) was an English astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and American history, particularly through his involvement with the survey of the Mason-Dixon line, which came to mark the division between the northern and southern United States ( 1764 – 1768 ).

Mason died on October 26, 1786, in Philadelphia.

He arrived in Quebec on 23 October 1786.

* October 30-Pietro Raimondi, composer ( b. 1786 )

Colonel William Light ( 27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839 ) was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia.

William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier (; 1786 – 11 October 1834 ) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and diplomat.

Ecclesall Wood has many examples of white coal kilns and the grave of a wood collier who was killed here when his cabin burned down on 11 October 1786.

The nebula was discovered by William Herschel on October 24, 1786, from Slough, England.

Back in Derby by 1786, Humphreys was elected to the October session of the Connecticut General Assembly.

Captain Francis Light ( 1740 – 25 October 1794 ) was the founder of the British colony of Penang ( in modern-day Malaysia ) and its capital George Town in 1786.

Admiral Arthur Phillip RN ( 11 October 173831 August 1814 ) was the first Governor of New South Wales, and founder of the settlement which became Sydney.

As a result scurvy broke out, and in October 1788 Phillip had to send Sirius to Cape Town for supplies, and strict rationing was introduced, with thefts of food punished by hanging.

Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits ( October 1, 1949 – August 12, 2010 ) was an influential American Druid who published a number of books on the subject of Neopaganism and magic.

By using national survey data from October 2001, researcher Phillip H. Kim studied which individuals were more likely to support racial profiling.

* October 11 – Arthur Phillip, British admiral and Governor of New South Wales ( d. 1814 )

* October 13 – Friday the 13th: All Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into " confessing " heresy.

The party entered Port Phillip on 9 October 1803 and chose a site at Sullivan Bay near present-day Sorrento.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort Prince Phillip inspect replica of Susan Constant at Jamestown Festival Park in Virginia on October 16, 1957

Although its completion was still months away, the Army activated the camp on October 5, and named it Camp Cooke in honor of Major General Phillip St. George Cooke.

Acknowledging Paul's long links with the area, in October 2005, the local Port Phillip Council agreed to name a path alongside the Elwood Canal after him, Paul Hester Walk.

In October or November 2004, Harman called Phillip Taubman, Washington bureau chief of the Times, to discourage him from running the story.

On 26 October the division traveled from Camp Oklahoma City to Camp Phillip Morris at LeHarve, France and the Division was officially dismounted.

Phillip Bennett ( born 24 October 1948 ) is a former Welsh international rugby union fly half from 1969 to 1978.

Since leaving, Madeley has appeared on the show by himself, publicising his autobiography, and the couple joined the show's current presenters, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, on 5 October 2009, to celebrate its twenty first birthday.

Conrad Phillip Kottak ( born October 6, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia ) is an American anthropologist.

* Phillip Coleman Pendleton ( March 22, 1862 through October 8, 1862, Resigned )

Robert Hoddle ( 20 April 1794 – 24 October 1881 ) was a surveyor of Port Phillip District ( later known as Victoria ( Australia )) in the 1830s, and the creator of the Hoddle Grid, the street grid system upon which inner city Melbourne is based.

Governor Phillip left Rose Hill on 7 October 1789, returning on the 10th.

Flight Lieutenant Phillip Edward Gerald Sayer OBE ( 5 February 1905 – 21 October 1942 ), was Chief Test Pilot for Gloster Aircraft as well as a serving RAF officer.

* Rt Hon Phillip Lynch, MP: Minister for Industry and Commerce ( to 11 October 1982 )

Phillip John William Cocu () ( born 29 October 1970 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant ) is a former Dutch football midfielder who is currently an assistant manager of the Dutch national team and assistant manager for Dutch club PSV.

He was mentioned in the Will ( proved 14 October 1814 ) of Admiral Arthur Phillip an ancestor of the family of Sykes, RN ( 11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814 ), see http :// www. rootschat. com / forum / index. php / topic, 584967. 10. html

Phillip Darrell Duppa ( October 9, 1832 – January 30, 1892 ) was a pioneer in the settlement of Arizona prior to its statehood.