Historical Events In October - 11
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0732 On October - 11 battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
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 this day in history.
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 October - 11 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 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" on this day in history.
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on October - 11.
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on this day in history.
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on this day in history.
1573 On this day in history battle of South Seas
1573 On October - 11 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) on this day in history.
1598 On October - 11 joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
1611 On this day in history hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
1614 On October - 11 adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1617 On October - 11 franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
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 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on October - 11.
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 On October - 11 pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1698 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1726 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India
1737 On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on this day in history.