Historical Events In October - 11
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
0732 On October - 11 battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 On this day in history abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
0965 On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 On October - 11 a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
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 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on this day in history.
1424 On October - 11 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 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on October - 11.
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on this day in history.
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on October - 11.
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 On October - 11 joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on this day in history.
1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony on October - 11.
1617 On this day in history franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
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 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 On October - 11 henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
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 October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on October - 11.
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 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 On this day in history arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales