Historical Events In October - 11
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
0732 On this day in history battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on October - 11.
0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on October - 11.
1138 On October - 11 a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on this day in history.
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on this day in history.
1347 On October - 11 louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1424 Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 on October - 11.
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on this day in history.
1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" on this day in history.
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on this day in history.
1531 On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on this day in history.
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on this day in history.
1593 On this day in history claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on this day in history.
1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on this day in history.
1614 On this day in history adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1617 On this day in history franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1634 On October - 11 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 On October - 11 battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on this day in history.
1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies on this day in history.
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on October - 11.
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1687 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 On this day in history peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 On October - 11 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on October - 11.
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India
1737 On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 On this day in history arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales