Page 2: Historical Events In October - 06

1816  On October - 06 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  On this day in history joseph Rummel, composer   

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

1819  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies on October - 06.   

1824  On this day in history henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  On October - 06 cark Reidel, composer   

1831  On October - 06 j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

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  On this day in history adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1860  On this day in history 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  On October - 06 albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1863  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1869  On October - 06 john Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres   

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

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

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

1876  On October - 06 american Library Association organized in Philadelphia   

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

1880  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

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

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 October - 06 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 October - 06.   

1072  On October - 06 death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  On October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)