In October 1823, he entered the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and despite some turmoil in the school at the beginning of the term ( when about a hundred students were expelled ), Galois managed to perform well for the first two years, obtaining the first prize in Latin.

In October 1823, Richard Rush, the American minister in London, advised that Foreign Secretary George Canning was proposing that the U. S. and Britain jointly declare their opposition to European intervention.

* October 22 – John Sherman, American politician ( b. 1823 )

* October 28 – Max Müller, German philologist and Orientalist ( b. 1823 )

* October 16 – Theodore Barrière, French dramatist ( b. 1823 )

* October 12 – Ernest Renan, French philologist and historian ( b. 1823 )

* October 27 – Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist ( d. 1823 )

* Pastorff, on 23 October 1822, 24 and 25 July 1823, six times in 1834, on 18 October 1836, 1 November 1836 and on 16 February 1837, also claimed to have seen two spots ; the larger was 3 arcseconds across, and the smaller 1. 25 arcseconds.

John Sherman, nicknamed " The Ohio Icicle " ( May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900 ), was a U. S. Representative and U. S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century.

In 1823, he moved to Auburn where he entered into law partnership with Judge Miller, and married Frances Miller on October 20, 1824.

The provisional government would be responsible for the creation of the Federal Republic, and it was in effect from April 1, 1823 to October 10, 1824.

It was established by the Tennessee General Assembly on October 21, 1823.

Tipton County was established on October 29, 1823 from parts of Shelby County, which borders Tipton County in the south.

The county was established by private act on October 21, 1823 and was named in honor of Colonel John H. Gibson who had died earlier that year.

Dyer County was founded by a Private Act of Tennessee, passed on October 16, 1823.

Chicot County is Arkansas's tenth county, formed on October 25, 1823, and named after Point Chicot on the Mississippi River.

However, in October 1821, Searle died, and the ministerial post at the Hanover Presbyterian Church remained unfilled until 1823.

The first settlement was begun by Elias Teall, who made a contract on the 24th of October, 1823, with the proprietors of the east half of Scriba, and undertook to secure settlers on the tract.

Hardeman County was officially organized on October 16, 1823, and was named for Thomas Jones Hardeman, a veteran of the War of 1812, who served as the first county court clerk and a commissioner for Bolivar before moving to Texas in 1835.

* Edward B. Jackson: Member of the 16th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Pindall and reelected to the 17th Congress, served from October 23, 1820, to March 3, 1823

The Foundation Stone was laid in June 1823 and the school opened for the first session in October 1824.

Théodore Barrière ( 1823 – 16 October 1877 ), French dramatist, was born in Paris.

* October 18 – Léon Gastinel, composer ( born 1823 )

* October 5 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner

* October 9 Arthur Andersen hires the Davis Polk & Wardwell law firm to prepare a defense for the company.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Rubén Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.

By October 1845, 4000 troops, nearly half the U. S. Army, under orders of President Polk, were positioned on the north side of the Rio Grande. The Mexican garrison of Matamoros under Gen. F. Mejia consisted of the Zapadores ( Sappers ) Battalion, the 2d Light, 1st & 10th Line Infantry Regiments, the 7th Cavalry Regiment, Villas of the North Aux Cavalry, several Companies of Presidales and the Matamoros National Guards Battalion.

The citizens of Texas approved the new constitution and the annexation ordinance on October 13, 1845, and Polk signed the documents formally integrating Texas into the United States on December 29, 1845.

After 13 months of occupation duty in Germany, the corps returned to Camp Polk, Louisiana, where it was inactivated on 10 October 1946.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five 20th century journalists with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn ; John Hersey ; George Polk ; Rubén Salazar ; and Eric Sevareid.

The six-ton marble cornerstone, laid on October 10, 1860, and consecrated by Bishop Polk, was blown up in 1863 by Union soldiers from an Illinois regiment ; many of the pieces were collected and kept as keepsakes by the soldiers.

) Polk laid and consecrated the cornerstone for the first building on October 9, 1860.

Polk was promoted to lieutenant general on October 11, 1862, with date of rank of October 10.

* On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century times with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn ; John Hersey ; George Polk ; Rubén Salazar ; and Eric Sevareid.

Polk Miller died on October 20, 1913.

In June 1845, President James K. Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas, and by October, 3, 500 Americans were on the Nueces River, prepared to defend Texas from a Mexican invasion.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.

* In October 2008, a Davis Polk team working with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund won a $ 4. 6 million judgment on behalf of immigrant workers who were being paid below the statutory minimum wage by their employer, a popular Manhattan restaurant.

In October 1974, Fort Polk became the new home of the 5th Infantry Division ( Mechanized ), and basic training and AIT started being phased out.

Charles Polk, Jr. ( November 15, 1788 – October 27, 1857 ) was an American farmer and politician from Big Stone Beach, in Milford Hundred, Kent County, Delaware.

George Polk ( 17 October 1913, Fort Worth, Texas-May 1948 ) was an American journalist for CBS who disappeared in Greece and was found dead a few days later on Sunday May 16, 1948, shot at point-blank range in the back of the head, and with hands and feet tied.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century times with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Rubén Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.