Historical Events In October - 06
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
0404 Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.
0877 On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54
0891 On this day in history 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 October - 06 bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
1111 Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders on October - 06.
1214 On October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies
1499 French king Louis XII occupies Milan on this day in history.
1552 On October - 06 matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)
1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands on this day in history.
1585 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.
1618 On October - 06 miguel Gomez Camargo, composer
1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle on this day in history.
1644 On October - 06 isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies
1651 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47 on October - 06.
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 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII on this day in history.
1706 On October - 06 pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )
1762 On October - 06 english troops occupy Manila Philippines
1762 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78 on October - 06.
1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [OS=Sept 27] on October - 06.
1777 William Russell, composer on this day in history.
1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War on this day in history.
1781 Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War on this day in history.
1783 On October - 06 benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock
1786 On this day in history antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56
1789 French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October on this day in history.
1799 On October - 06 battle at Castricum: French & Bataafs army beats English/Russian army
1806 On October - 06 andreas Randel, composer
1808 On this day in history frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on October - 06.