This Day In European History

14th April

Events
1118: Baldwin II is crowned King of Jerusalem.
1471: The Battle of Barnet; King Edward IV of England beats the Earl of Warwick.
1849: Hungary declares itself independent from Austria; their independent army is defeated within a year.
1611: Galileo's 'telescope' is given its name by Federico Cesi.
1893: King Alexander I of Serbia declares himself of age and dismisses his regents.
1931: Spain is declared a republic; King Alfonso XIII flees.
1932: The atom is split for the first time, in Cambridge.

Births
1629: Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist.
1889: Arnold Toynbee, English historian.

Deaths
1574: Louis Count of Nassau, Germany commander.
1682: Avvakum Petrovich, Russian writer and religious leader; burned at the stake.
1711: Dauphin Louis XIV of France, of smallpox.
1759: Frideric Handel, German composer.

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