Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
0732 On October - 11 battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history.
0965 On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on October - 11.
1188 On this day in history robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 On October - 11 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 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 On this day in history battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on October - 11.
1540 On October - 11 emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 On this day in history battle of South Seas
1573 On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) on this day in history.
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on October - 11.
1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on October - 11.
1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony on October - 11.
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 October - 11.
1643 On this day in history battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on October - 11.
1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies on this day in history.
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 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 On this day in history peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 On this day in history 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 October - 11.
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 this day in history.