4th » The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
28th » A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1636
31st » Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
Famous Deaths for October 1636
11th » Johann Albrecht Adelgrief, Polish-German man who claimed to be a prophet
19th » Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician (b. 1566)