Historical Events In October - 06
Friday, 31 October 2025
						0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.  
 
 
 
					
						0891  Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  
 
 
 
					
						1072  Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.  
 
 
 
					
						1101  On this day in history bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order  
 
 
 
					
						1111  Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders on October - 06.  
 
 
 
					
						1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.  
 
 
 
					
						1499  On October - 06 french king Louis XII occupies Milan  
 
 
 
					
						1552  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)  
 
 
 
					
						1567  On this day in history duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands  
 
 
 
					
						1585  On this day in history luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies  
 
 
 
					
						1618  On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer  
 
 
 
					
						1641  On this day in history matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle  
 
 
 
					
						1644  Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1651  On October - 06 heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47  
 
 
 
					
						1661  On October - 06 guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru  
 
 
 
					
						1683  13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia on October - 06.  
 
 
 
					
						1683  On this day in history 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown Pa (Phila)  
 
 
 
					
						1689  Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII on October - 06.  
 
 
 
					
						1706  On this day in history pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-  )  
 
 
 
					
						1762  On this day in history english troops occupy Manila Philippines  
 
 
 
					
						1762  Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1777  On this day in history battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [OS=Sept 27]  
 
 
 
					
						1777  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						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  On this day in history andreas Randel, composer  
 
 
 
					
						1808  On this day in history frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)  
 
 
 
					
						1811  On October - 06 french emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht  
 
 
 
					
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