Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On this day in history william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  On October - 06 joseph Rummel, composer   

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1837  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on October - 06.   

1846  On October - 06 george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  On October - 06 adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence on October - 06.   

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

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

1855  August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1857  On this day in history american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)   

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 06 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84   

1862  On this day in history albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1863  Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

1866  On October - 06 first train robbery in US   

1866  On October - 06 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)   

1866  On this day in history reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

1868  On October - 06 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

1869  John Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres on this day in history.   

1871  Fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour on this day in history.   

1873  On October - 06 oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer   

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

1876  American Library Association organized in Philadelphia on October - 06.   

1880  On this day in history julia Culp, mezzo-soprano   

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on October - 06.   

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1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

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

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  On this day in history 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 this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

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

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)