Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer on October - 06.   

1818  On October - 06 joseph Rummel, composer   

1819  On this day in history willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1819  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

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

1847  On this day in history adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

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

1849  On October - 06 basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

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 this day in history.   

1857  American Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC) on this day in history.   

1857  On October - 06 american Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)   

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

1860  On October - 06 stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55   

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

1863  On October - 06 dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn   

1863  Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas on this day in history.   

1866  First train robbery in US on October - 06.   

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

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music on October - 06.   

1868  On this day in history leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

1869  On this day in history john Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres   

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

1873  Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer on October - 06.   

1874  On October - 06 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

1876  On October - 06 american Library Association organized in Philadelphia   

1880  Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano on October - 06.   

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

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

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

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

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.   

1573  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

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 October - 06.   

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