This Day In European History

30th April

Events
311: Edict of Nicomedia, allowing Christianity in the Roman Empire.
418: Emperor Honorius makes questioning original sin a criminal offence.
1725: The Treaty of Vienna reconciles the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, the latter accepting the Pragmatic Sanction.
1803: France sells Louisiana and New Orleans to the United States of America.
1943: The body of a mystery man is used by Britain to fool Nazi Germany into defending the 'wrong' regions of the Mediterranean, aiding a successful invasion of Sicily.

Births
1662: Queen Mary II of England.
1893: Joachim von Ribbentrop, German foreign minister.

Deaths
1524: Pierre Terrail, French commander.
1632: Sigismund III, King of Poland and Sweden.
1755: Jean Baptiste Oudry, French painter.
1883: Édouard Manet, French painter.
1945: Adolf Hitler, German dictator; suicide.

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