Historical Events In October - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on this day in history.
0732 On October - 11 abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
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 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on this day in history.
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 On October - 11 columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
1521 On this day in history pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on October - 11.
1531 On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 On this day in history emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 On October - 11 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 On October - 11 joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on October - 11.
1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony on this day in history.
1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 on this day in history.
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 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 October - 11.
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on this day in history.
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on October - 11.
1687 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 On October - 11 peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
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 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1738 On October - 11 arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales