Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history joseph Rummel, composer   

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer on October - 06.   

1819  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies on October - 06.   

1824  On October - 06 henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1837  On October - 06 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  On October - 06 the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

1849  On this day in history basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

1854  On this day in history the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.   

1855  August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1857  American Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC) on October - 06.   

1857  On October - 06 american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)   

1860  On October - 06 oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  On this day in history stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55   

1861  Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert on October - 06.   

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1862  On October - 06 albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1863  Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn on October - 06.   

1863  Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas on October - 06.   

1866  First train robbery in US on this day in history.   

1866  1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000) on October - 06.   

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music on October - 06.   

1868  On this day in history leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

1869  On October - 06 john Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres   

1871  Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer   

1874  On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

1876  On this day in history american Library Association organized in Philadelphia   

1880  On this day in history julia Culp, mezzo-soprano   

1880  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies   

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1289  On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.   

1573  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on October - 06.