Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

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

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on this day in history.   

1819  On October - 06 willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1819  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies on this day in history.   

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

1827  On October - 06 cark Reidel, composer   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on this day in history.   

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

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US on October - 06.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1857  American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert   

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

1862  On this day in history albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1863  On October - 06 dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn   

1863  On October - 06 battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

1866  First train robbery in US on October - 06.   

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

1866  On this day in history reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1871  On October - 06 fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

1873  Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer on this day in history.   

1874  On October - 06 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

1876  On October - 06 american Library Association organized in Philadelphia   

1880  Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano on this day in history.   

1880  On October - 06 benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies   

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

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

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

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

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On October - 06 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  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  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  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.   

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