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 this day in history charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies   

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book on this day in history.   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1849  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 06 oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  On this day in history stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55   

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

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1862  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) on October - 06.   

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

1863  On October - 06 battle at Baxter Springs Kansas   

1866  On this day in history first train robbery in US   

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

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

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

1873  On October - 06 oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer   

1874  On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

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

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

1880  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

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

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

0877  On October - 06 charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

1014  On this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  On October - 06 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  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  On October - 06 death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on this day in history.