Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On October - 06 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on this day in history.   

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies   

1824  On October - 06 henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  On this day in history cark Reidel, composer   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on October - 06.   

1837  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US on this day in history.   

1847  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor on October - 06.   

1849  On October - 06 the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

1849  On October - 06 basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

1854  The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured on October - 06.   

1855  On October - 06 august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

1857  American Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC) on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)   

1860  On this day in history oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on October - 06.   

1861  Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert on October - 06.   

1861  On October - 06 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84   

1862  On this day in history albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1863  Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn on this day in history.   

1863  Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history first train robbery in US   

1866  On October - 06 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)   

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

1869  John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres on October - 06.   

1871  On this day in history fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

1873  Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer on October - 06.   

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on October - 06.   

1876  American Library Association organized in Philadelphia on October - 06.   

1880  Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies   

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1289  On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  On this day in history eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.   

1413  On October - 06 death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)