Historical Events In October - 11

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  On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40  

1138  On this day in history a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.  

1188  On October - 11 robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France  

1303  Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.  

1347  Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on October - 11.  

1424  Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies  

1540  On October - 11 emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan  

1573  Battle of South Seas on October - 11.  

1573  Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on October - 11.  

1593  On this day in history claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)  

1598  Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on October - 11.  

1611  On this day in history hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome  

1614  On this day in history adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.  

1617  On this day in history franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62  

1634  the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany on this day in history.  

1643  Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists on October - 11.  

1661  On October - 11 melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)  

1666  On October - 11 henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies  

1671  Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on October - 11.  

1674  Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1687  Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on this day in history.  

1689  Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on this day in history.  

1698  On October - 11 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty  

1705  On October - 11 guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42  

1726  Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.  

1737  On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India  

1737  On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India  

1738  Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on October - 11.  

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1335  On this day in history birth of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1408)  

1573  On this day in history birth of jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer  

1593  On this day in history birth of claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)  

1611  Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome was born on October - 11.  

1616  On October - 11 birth of andreas Gryphius, German writer (d. 1664)  

1661  On October - 11 birth of melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)  

1671  On October - 11 birth of frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)  

1671  Richard Moungler (d. 1730) was born on October - 11.  

0732  On October - 11 abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies  

0965  On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40  

1188  On this day in history death of robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France  

1303  Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.  

1347  On this day in history louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies  

1424  On October - 11 jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46  

1531  On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies  

1598  Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on this day in history.