Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

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

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on October - 06.   

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer on this day in history.   

1819  On October - 06 charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies   

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history cark Reidel, composer   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on October - 06.   

1837  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  On October - 06 adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  On this day in history the execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.   

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" on this day in history.   

1854  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 american Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC)   

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

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) on October - 06.   

1860  On October - 06 stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55   

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

1861  On this day in history elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84   

1862  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 06 first train robbery in US   

1866  1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000) on this day in history.   

1866  On October - 06 reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on October - 06.   

1869  John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres on this day in history.   

1871  Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour on October - 06.   

1873  On October - 06 oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer   

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on October - 06.   

1876  American Library Association organized in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1880  Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano on October - 06.   

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on October - 06.   

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1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

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

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  On October - 06 birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

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

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

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

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

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.   

1101  On October - 06 death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

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

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.