Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on October - 11.
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on October - 11.
0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on this day in history.
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on October - 11.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on October - 11.
1303 On October - 11 boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
1347 On October - 11 louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1424 Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 on October - 11.
1492 On October - 11 columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
1521 On this day in history pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on this day in history.
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on this day in history.
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on this day in history.
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on this day in history.
1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 On this day in history joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on this day in history.
1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony on this day in history.
1617 On this day in history franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1634 On this day in history the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 On this day in history battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 On October - 11 melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
1666 On this day in history henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 On this day in history frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on this day in history.
1689 On October - 11 peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history.
1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on October - 11.
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1737 On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 On October - 11 arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales