Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On October - 06 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

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  On October - 06 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  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor on this day in history.   

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

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

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 October - 06.   

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  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) on this day in history.   

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on October - 06.   

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

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

1863  On this day in history battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

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

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

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

1868  On October - 06 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

1869  John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres on October - 06.   

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

1873  Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer on October - 06.   

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

1876  American Library Association organized in Philadelphia on October - 06.   

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

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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 this day in history.   

1510  On October - 06 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 October - 06 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  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

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

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)