Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
0732 On this day in history battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on October - 11.
0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on October - 11.
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on this day in history.
1188 On October - 11 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 On October - 11 louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1424 Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 on October - 11.
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on October - 11.
1521 On October - 11 pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1531 On this day in history battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 On October - 11 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 this day in history.
1573 On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) on October - 11.
1598 On this day in history 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 October - 11.
1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 on October - 11.
1634 On this day in history the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists on this day in history.
1661 On October - 11 melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
1666 On this day in history henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 On October - 11 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 On October - 11 pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on October - 11.
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on October - 11.
1698 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on October - 11.
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.
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 On this day in history arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales