Editing 1847 (section)

=== October ===
[[File:Maria Pia of Savoy, dowager queen of Portugal.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Maria Pia of Savoy]]]]
[[File:Thomas F. Porter.png|thumb|110px|[[Thomas F. Porter]]]]
* [[October 1]] – [[Annie Besant]], English women's rights activist, writer and orator (d. [[1933]])<ref>Framke, Maria: [https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/besant_annie/ Besant, Annie], in: [https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/home.html/ 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War]</ref>
* [[October 2]] – [[Paul von Hindenburg]], German field marshal, [[President of Germany]] (d. [[1934]])
* [[October 13]]
** [[Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet]], British politician (d. [[1926]])
** [[Maurice Bailloud]], French general (d. [[1921]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Wilgelm Vitgeft]], Russian admiral (d. [[1904]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Ralph Albert Blakelock]], American romanticist painter (d. [[1919]])
* [[October 16]] – [[Maria Pia of Savoy]], [[Queen consort of Portugal]] (d. [[1911]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Chiquinha Gonzaga]], Brazilian composer (d. [[1935]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Aurilla Furber]], American author, editor, and activist (d. [[1898]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Mifflin E. Bell]], American architect (d. [[1904]])
* [[October 22]] – [[Koos de la Rey]], Boer general (d. [[1914]])
* [[October 30]]
** [[Charlie Bassett]], American sheriff (d. [[1896]])
** [[Thomas F. Porter]], American politician, 32nd [[Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts]] (d. [[1927]])