This Day In European History
22nd April
Events1370: Construction of the Bastille begins; the first stone is laid by a magistrate called Hugues d'Aubriot.
1529: The Treaty of Zaragoza divides the pacific into Portuguese and Spanish regions.
1745: The Peace of Fussen: the Elector of Bavaria renounces a claim on the Holy Roman Empire in return for all territories taken in Bavaria by Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.
1809: A soldier called Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, lands in Portugal to take charge of British troops.
Births
1451: Queen Isabella of Castile and Aragon.
1707: Henry Fielding, English writer.
1724: Immanuel Kant, German philosopher.
1766: Madame de Stael, French writer.
1870: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russia revolutionary.
1899: Vladimir Nabakov, Russian.
Deaths
1616: Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer.
1778: James Hargreaves, English creator of the Spinning Jenny.
1827: Thomas Rowlandson, English painter.
