Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer on October - 06.   

1818  On October - 06 joseph Rummel, composer   

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer on October - 06.   

1819  On October - 06 charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies   

1824  On October - 06 henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  On this day in history cark Reidel, composer   

1831  On October - 06 j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1837  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US on October - 06.   

1847  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor on this day in history.   

1849  The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence on this day in history.   

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" on October - 06.   

1854  On this day in history the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.   

1855  August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on October - 06.   

1857  On October - 06 american Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC)   

1857  American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) on October - 06.   

1860  On October - 06 oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1861  Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert on October - 06.   

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on October - 06.   

1862  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn   

1863  On this day in history battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

1866  First train robbery in US on this day in history.   

1866  1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000) on this day in history.   

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music on this day in history.   

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on October - 06.   

1869  John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres on October - 06.   

1871  Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour on October - 06.   

1873  Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer on this day in history.   

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history american Library Association organized in Philadelphia   

1880  Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano on this day in history.   

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

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1289  On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on October - 06.   

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.   

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)