Historical Events In October - 11
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on this day in history.
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history.
0965 On October - 11 bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on this day in history.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on October - 11.
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on this day in history.
1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on this day in history.
1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on this day in history.
1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" on October - 11.
1531 On this day in history battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on October - 11.
1611 On October - 11 hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
1614 On October - 11 adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 on October - 11.
1634 On October - 11 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists on October - 11.
1661 On this day in history melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
1666 On October - 11 henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 On October - 11 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1687 On this day in history hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 On October - 11 peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
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 this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on this day in history.