This Day In European History

2nd April

Events
1057: Pope Stephen IX is elected, considered the start of the Papacy wrestling free of secular and imperial control.
1285: Honorius IV is elected as pope.
1801: Nelson defeats a Danish navy at the Battle of Copenhagen after ignoring an order to withdraw.
1982: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands which are owned by Britain; war ensues.

Births
742: Charlemagne.
1507: St. Francis of Paolo, Italian monk.
1602: Maria de Agreda, Spnish mystic.
1725: Casanova, Italian adventurer.
1805: Hans Christian Anderson, Danish author.
1838: Léon Gambetta, French politician.
1840: Émile Zola, French writer.
1891: Max Ernst, German artist.

Deaths
1657: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III.
1791: Honore-Gabriel Mirabeau, French politician.

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