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Historical Events In October - 11
Monday, 15 October 2018
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on this day in history. 
0732 On October - 11 abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
0965 On October - 11 bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on October - 11.
1188 On October - 11 robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 On this day in history boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
1347 On this day in history louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
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 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" on this day in history.
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on October - 11.
1531 On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on October - 11.
1573 Battle of South Seas on this day in history.
1573 On October - 11 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on this day in history.
1611 On this day in history hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
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 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 on October - 11.
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 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on this day in history.
1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies on October - 11.
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on this day in history.
1674 On October - 11 pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 On this day in history hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
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 this day in history guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India
1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on October - 11.
