Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors on this day in history.
0732 On October - 11 abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
0965 On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 On October - 11 a massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on October - 11.
1303 On October - 11 boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
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 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant on October - 11.
1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies on October - 11.
1540 On October - 11 emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan
1573 Battle of South Seas on October - 11.
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on this day in history.
1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
1598 On this day in history joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on this day in history.
1614 On this day in history adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1617 On October - 11 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 On October - 11 battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists
1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on October - 11.
1666 On this day in history henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
1671 On October - 11 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on October - 11.
1687 On October - 11 hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 On October - 11 peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1698 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 On this day in history 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 October - 11 arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales