Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer on this day in history.   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  Cark Reidel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1854  The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured on October - 06.   

1855  On October - 06 august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

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

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 this day in history 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  On October - 06 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 October - 06.   

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

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

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1871  On this day in history fisk Jubilee Singers begin 1st national tour   

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

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on October - 06.   

1876  On this day in history 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  On October - 06 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 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  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.   

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  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.   

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

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

1014  On October - 06 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 October - 06.   

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

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)