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  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 this day in history henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 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  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" on October - 06.   

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

1857  On this day in history american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)   

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

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

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

1863  Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn on this day in history.   

1863  Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas on October - 06.   

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

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

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

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

1873  On October - 06 oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer   

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1880  On October - 06 julia Culp, mezzo-soprano   

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.   

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

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

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

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