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Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
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 this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 On this day in history a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 On October - 11 robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.
1347 On October - 11 louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
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 On October - 11 battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on October - 11.
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on October - 11.
1573 On October - 11 battle of South Seas
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 October - 11.
1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on October - 11.
1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 on October - 11.
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on this day in history.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
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 October - 11.
