Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on October - 11.
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history.
0965 On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on October - 11.
1188 On this day in history robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 On this day in history boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on October - 11.
1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on October - 11.
1521 On this day in history 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 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on October - 11.
1540 On this day in history emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 On this day in history battle of South Seas
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on this day in history.
1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 On this day in history joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
1611 On this day in history hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
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 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 on this day in history.
1634 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany on this day in history.
1643 On this day in history battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 On this day in history melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
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 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on this day in history.
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1698 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 On October - 11 guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 On this day in history benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on this day in history.