This Day In European History

26th April

Events
1478: The Pazzi family's plot to overthrow the Medici in Florence fails.
1503: The Battle of Cerignola, considered the first to be decided mostly by gunpowder; Spain defeats France.
1744: War is declared by France against Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia and Archduchess of Austria.
1872: Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid, is declared King Charles VII of Spain and a war ensues against the actual King, Amadeo I.
1900: Guglielmo Marconi patents a radio tuner.
1937: The bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
1986 The Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine.

Births
121: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor.
1573: Marie de Medici, Queen consort and regent of France.
1648: King Peter II of Portugal.
1710: Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher.
1798: Eugène Delacroix, French painter.
1812: Alfred Krupp, German arms manufacturer.
1829: Theodor Billroth, Austrian surgeon.
1889: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austro-Anglo philosopher.
1894: Rudolf Hess, German Nazi deputy leader.
1898: Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet.

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