Historical Events In October - 11
Saturday, 14 June 2025
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 October - 11.
0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on October - 11.
1138 On this day in history a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on October - 11.
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 October - 11.
1492 On October - 11 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 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 this day in history emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 On October - 11 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
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 this day in history.
1611 On October - 11 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 this day in history.
1634 On this day in history the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
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 October - 11.
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on October - 11.
1674 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history.
1705 On this day in history guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1738 On October - 11 arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales