Historical Events In October - 06
Thursday, 03 April 2025
0404 Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.
0877 On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54
0891 On October - 06 formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1014 On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies
1072 On October - 06 sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered
1101 On this day in history bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
1111 On October - 06 boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders
1214 On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies
1499 On this day in history french king Louis XII occupies Milan
1552 On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)
1567 On this day in history duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands
1585 On October - 06 luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies
1618 On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer
1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle on October - 06.
1644 On this day in history isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies
1651 On this day in history heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47
1661 Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru on October - 06.
1683 On October - 06 13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia
1683 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown Pa (Phila) on October - 06.
1689 On October - 06 pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) on October - 06.
1762 On October - 06 english troops occupy Manila Philippines
1762 On October - 06 francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78
1777 On this day in history battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [OS=Sept 27]
1777 On October - 06 william Russell, composer
1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War on October - 06.
1781 Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War on this day in history.
1783 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock on this day in history.
1786 On October - 06 antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56
1789 On October - 06 french Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
1799 Battle at Castricum: French & Bataafs army beats English/Russian army on October - 06.
1806 Andreas Randel, composer on this day in history.
1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) on October - 06.
1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on October - 06.