Historical Events In October - 06
Saturday, 30 August 2025
0404 Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.
0877 Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.
0891 On October - 06 formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1014 Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.
1072 On October - 06 sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered
1101 Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.
1111 On October - 06 boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders
1214 Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.
1499 French king Louis XII occupies Milan on this day in history.
1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) on this day in history.
1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands on this day in history.
1585 On this day in history luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer on this day in history.
1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle on October - 06.
1644 Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies on this day in history.
1651 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47 on October - 06.
1661 Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru on this day in history.
1683 13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia on October - 06.
1683 On October - 06 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown Pa (Phila)
1689 On October - 06 pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) on this day in history.
1762 English troops occupy Manila Philippines on October - 06.
1762 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78 on October - 06.
1777 On October - 06 battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [OS=Sept 27]
1777 On October - 06 william Russell, composer
1781 On October - 06 americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War
1781 Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War on this day in history.
1783 Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock on October - 06.
1786 Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history french Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
1799 On October - 06 battle at Castricum: French & Bataafs army beats English/Russian army
1806 On this day in history andreas Randel, composer
1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) on October - 06.
1811 French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on October - 06.