Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On October - 06 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  On October - 06 joseph Rummel, composer   

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

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  On October - 06 cark Reidel, composer   

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

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

1846  On October - 06 george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  On October - 06 adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

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  American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) on October - 06.   

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

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

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

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on October - 06.   

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  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 October - 06.   

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

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

0404  On this day in history eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

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 October - 06.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

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.