This Day In European History

5th April

Events
1242: The Battle of Lake Peipus; the army of Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod, defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen lake.
1513: The Second Holy Alliance is formed by the Treaty of Mechelin; members Pope Leo X, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian, King Henry VIII of England and King Ferdinand II of Aragon plan invade France.
1755: The workshop of Thomas Chippendale, the still famous furniture maker, is burnt down.
1895: Oscar Wilde loses his libel case against the Marquis of Queensberry.
1910: France bans kissing on trains.
1955: Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of Britain.
1976: Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister of Britain.

Births
1568: Pope Urban VIII.
1588: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher.
1732: Jean Fragonard, French painter.
1752: Sebastien Erard, French piano maker.
1827: Joseph Lister, British antiseptic pioneer.
1837: Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet.
1886: Frederick Lindemann, English physicist.

Deaths
1419: St. Vincent Ferrer. 1794: Georges Danton, French revolutionary, guillotined.
1794: Camille Desmoulins, French revolutionary, guillotined.
1811: Robert Raikes, English founder of the Sunday School movement.

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