14th » Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria.
19th » Napoleonic Wars: Austrian Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich called General Mack surrenders his army to the Grand Army of Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1805
23rd » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian (d. 1886)
Famous Deaths for October 1805
5th » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
21st » John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) known as John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)