This Day In European History

20th April

Events
1648: The English crown prince escapes civil war by travelling to the Netherlands in disguise.
1657: The Spanish fleet is smashed by an English force in the Battle of Santa Cruz.

Births
1808: Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon III of France.
1889 Adolf Hitler, German dictator.
1893: Joan Miro, Catalan artist.

Deaths
1768: Canaletto, Italian painter.
1820: Arthur Young, English writer famed for agricultural works.
1912: Bram Stoker, British author of Dracula.

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