This Day In European History

21st April

Events
753 BCE: The legendary date of the foundation of Rome.
1503: The Battle of Cerignola, considered as the first won by gunpowder 'small' arms.
1509: King Henry VIII of England accedes to the throne.
1916: Roger Casement is arrested in Ireland.
1918: Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron, is killed.
1967: The Greek government falls to a military coup.

Births
1619: Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Town.
1671: John Law, Scottish economist.
1816: Charlotte Bronte, English novelist.
1828: Hippolyte-Adolphe Taine, French historian.
1926: Queen Elizabeth II of England.

Deaths
1109: St. Anselm of Canterbury.
1142: Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian.
1509: King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch.
1534: Elizabeth Barton, English nun and prophet, executed.
1574: Cosimo I, the Great, de Medici, Duke of Florence and Grand Duke of Tuscany.
1652: Pietro della Valle, Italian traveller.
1699: Jean Racine, French poet.

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