Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
0732 On this day in history battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors
0732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history.
0965 On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
1138 A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria on this day in history.
1188 Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France on October - 11.
1303 Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.
1347 On October - 11 louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
1424 Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 on October - 11.
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) on this day in history.
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 this day in history huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on this day in history.
1573 On this day in history battle of South Seas
1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer on October - 11.
1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) on this day in history.
1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies on October - 11.
1611 On October - 11 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) on this day in history.
1674 Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris on October - 11.
1687 On this day in history hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on this day in history.
1698 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty
1705 On October - 11 guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
1726 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
1737 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India on October - 11.
1737 On October - 11 earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1738 On this day in history arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales