Historical Events In October - 11
Thursday, 16 October 2025
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on October - 11.
0732 On this day in history abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
0965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 on October - 11.
1138 On this day in history a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on this day in history.
1303 On this day in history boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on October - 11.
1424 On October - 11 jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on October - 11.
1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" on October - 11.
1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on October - 11.
1531 On October - 11 huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on this day in history.
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on October - 11.
1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) on October - 11.
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on October - 11.
1611 On this day in history hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony on October - 11.
1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 on October - 11.
1634 On October - 11 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1643 On this day in history battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on October - 11.
1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies on October - 11.
1671 On October - 11 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on October - 11.
1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on October - 11.
1705 On October - 11 guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 On this day in history benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on this day in history.
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1738 On this day in history arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales