Historical Events In October - 11
Friday, 17 January 2025
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on October - 11.
0732 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1188 On this day in history robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.
1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on this day in history.
1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1492 On this day in history 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 On October - 11 battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on October - 11.
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on October - 11.
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 On October - 11 hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
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 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany on October - 11.
1643 On October - 11 battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on October - 11.
1666 On October - 11 henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 On this day in history frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on October - 11.
1689 On October - 11 peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history.
1705 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1738 On October - 11 arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales