This Day In European History

11th April

Events
1512: The Battle of Ravenna; Gaston de Foix's French force defeats Spain, but he is killed.
1564: The Treaty of Troyes; Britain renounces any claim to Calais.
1689: King William III and Queen Mary II are crowned joint monarchs of Great Britain.
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of the Spanish Succession.
1814: Emperor Napoleon of France abdicates.

Births
1492: Margaret Angoulême, Queen Consort of Henry II of Navarre, author and intellectual.
1586: Pietro della Valle, Italian traveller.
1772: Manuel Quintana, Spanish poet.
1825: Ferdinand Lassalle, German socialist.

Deaths
1240: Prince Llewellyn the Great of Wales.
1514: Donato Bramante, Italian architect.
1554: Thomas Wyat, English rebel leader, executed.

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