Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On this day in history william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on October - 06.   

1819  On October - 06 willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1819  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies on October - 06.   

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book on this day in history.   

1827  On October - 06 cark Reidel, composer   

1831  On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1837  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

1846  On October - 06 george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  On October - 06 adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence on this day in history.   

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" on October - 06.   

1854  On this day in history the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.   

1855  On this day in history august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

1857  On October - 06 american Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC)   

1857  On October - 06 american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)   

1860  On this day in history oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1861  On October - 06 naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert   

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on October - 06.   

1862  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) on October - 06.   

1863  On October - 06 dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn   

1863  On this day in history battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

1866  On October - 06 first train robbery in US   

1866  On this day in history 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)   

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music on October - 06.   

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1869  On October - 06 john Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres   

1871  On October - 06 fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

1873  Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer on October - 06.   

1874  On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

1876  American Library Association organized in Philadelphia on October - 06.   

1880  Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano on October - 06.   

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

1459  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.   

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)