Historical Events In October - 11
Monday, 15 December 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 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 On October - 11 louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies 

1424 On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 

1492 On this day in history columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) 

1521 On this day in history pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith" 

1531 On October - 11 battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant 

1531 On October - 11 huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies 

1540 Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan on October - 11. 

1573 On October - 11 battle of South Seas 

1573 On October - 11 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 

1593 On October - 11 claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) 

1598 On October - 11 joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies 

1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome on October - 11. 

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 On October - 11 franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 

1634 the Burchardi flood — "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany on this day in history. 

1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists on October - 11. 

1661 On this day in history melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) 

1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies on this day in history. 

1671 On October - 11 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730) 

1674 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris 

1687 Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty on October - 11. 

1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia on October - 11. 

1698 France, England & Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty on this day in history. 

1705 On October - 11 guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 

1726 On October - 11 benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England 

1737 On this day in history earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India 

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 this day in history. 

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