Historical Events In October - 11
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
0732 On this day in history battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on October - 11.
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 On this day in history robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
1521 On October - 11 pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1531 On October - 11 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 Battle of South Seas on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1611 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 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 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on October - 11.
1689 On this day in history peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on October - 11.
1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1726 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 On October - 11 arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales