Historical Events In October - 06

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.  

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  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  Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders on this day in history.  

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.  

1499  French king Louis XII occupies Milan on October - 06.  

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 October - 06.  

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  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  On October - 06 guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru  

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 October - 06.  

1706  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) on October - 06.  

1762  On October - 06 english troops occupy Manila Philippines  

1762  On this day in history francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78  

1777  Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [OS=Sept 27] on this day in history.  

1777  William Russell, composer on October - 06.  

1781  Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War on this day in history.  

1781  On October - 06 americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War  

1783  On October - 06 benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock  

1786  On October - 06 antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56  

1789  On October - 06 french Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October  

1799  On this day in history battle at Castricum: French & Bataafs army beats English/Russian army  

1806  Andreas Randel, composer on October - 06.  

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) on October - 06.  

1811  French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht on October - 06.  

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.  

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.  

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.  

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)  

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)  

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)  

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer  

0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies  

0877  On October - 06 charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54  

1014  On this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  

1072  On October - 06 death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered  

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.  

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.  

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)  

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on this day in history.