Events in History Oct 11 Burchardi flood - "the second Grote Mandrenke" kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany Oct 19 Beach Island in North Sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood Event of Interest Oct 20 British King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax King of EnglandCharles I Birthdays in History Oct 18 Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705) Oct 23 Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden by marriage to Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1654-60) (d. 1715) 1633 On This Day in History 1635