Historical Events In October - 11
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
0732 On October - 11 battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 On October - 11 abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
0965 On October - 11 bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 On October - 11 a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on this day in history.
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.
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 this day in history.
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 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on this day in history.
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on this day in history.
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on this day in history.
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 On this day in history 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 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on this day in history.
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 On October - 11 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 On October - 11 battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on October - 11.
1666 On this day in history 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 October - 11.
1687 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on October - 11.
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 October - 11.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on this day in history.