18th » Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1599
10th » Étienne Moulinié, French composer (d. 1676)
31st » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (d. 1680)