Historical Events In October - 11
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
0732 On October - 11 battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history.
0965 On this day in history 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 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on October - 11.
1303 On October - 11 boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
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 this day in history columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
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 On October - 11 huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 On this day in history emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 Battle of South Seas on this day in history.
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on October - 11.
1593 On October - 11 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 October - 11.
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 On October - 11 battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 On this day in history melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
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 On October - 11 pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
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 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.