4 October – First Franco-Dahomean War ends in French victory.
9 October – The first brief flight of Clément Ader's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraftAder Éole takes place in Satory. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50m (160ft) at a height of 20cm (7.9in), the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.[1][2][3]
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