Historical Events In October - 11
Friday, 26 July 2024
0732 On this day in history battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 On this day in history abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on October - 11.
1138 On this day in history a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on this day in history.
1303 On October - 11 boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
1347 On this day in history louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1424 On October - 11 jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on this day in history.
1521 On October - 11 pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1531 On October - 11 battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on October - 11.
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
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 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany on October - 11.
1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists on October - 11.
1661 On October - 11 melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
1666 On this day in history henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on this day in history.
1674 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 On this day in history hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1698 On October - 11 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 On this day in history guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1737 On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on October - 11.