Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On this day in history william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on October - 06.   

1819  On October - 06 willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1819  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies on this day in history.   

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

1827  On October - 06 cark Reidel, composer   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on this day in history.   

1837  On October - 06 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

1846  On this day in history george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor on October - 06.   

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

1857  American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament (NYC) on this day in history.   

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) on October - 06.   

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

1861  On this day in history naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert   

1861  On October - 06 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84   

1862  On October - 06 albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

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

1863  On October - 06 battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

1866  On October - 06 first train robbery in US   

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

1866  On October - 06 reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

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

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

1871  On October - 06 fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

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

1874  On this day in history 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 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 October - 06.   

1510  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on October - 06.