This Day In European History

17th April

Events
1421: Flooding in Holland kills over 100,000 people.
1521: Martin Luther is excommunicated.
1536: King Francis I of France is challenged to a one on one combat by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V; Francis refuses.

Births
1622: Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet.
1894: Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader.

Deaths
1711: Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.

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