Historical Events In October - 11
Monday, 15 September 2025
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on this day in history.
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on October - 11.
0965 On October - 11 bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 On this day in history a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 On October - 11 robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.
1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on this day in history.
1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1492 On October - 11 columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
1521 On October - 11 pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1531 On this day in history battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant
1531 On this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 On this day in history emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 On this day in history battle of South Seas
1573 On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) on October - 11.
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on this day in history.
1611 On this day in history hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
1614 On October - 11 adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1617 On this day in history franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
1634 On this day in history the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists on this day in history.
1661 On October - 11 melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
1666 On this day in history henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 On this day in history frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris
1687 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 On this day in history peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 On October - 11 france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 On this day in history guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England on October - 11.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales on October - 11.