3rd » The Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
6th » German American German immigrant families found Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Germantown in the Province of Pennsylvania colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1683
25th » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)
Famous Deaths for October 1683
25th » William Scroggs, English politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)