This Day In European History

10th August

Events
991: The Battle of Maldon; Vikings defeat the English.
1557: The Battle of St. Quentin; an Anglo-Spanish alliance defeats France.
1664: The Treaty of Vasar concludes a war between the Ottoman and Holy Roman empires.
1678: The first Peace Treaty of Nijmegen is signed between France and the United Netherlands.
1792: A mob massacres the French king's Swiss Guard at the royal palace of Tuileries and the French Legislative Assembly suspends the king's power.
1842: Britain's Mines Act stops women and children from working below ground.
1889: The screw top bottle is patented by Britain's Dan Rylands.
1911: British MP's vote on whether to start paying themselves salaries...the motion passes.

Births
1810: Count Camillo di Cavour, Italian politician.

Deaths
991: Byrthnoth, Essex Ealdorman.
1002: Abu Amir al-Mansur, chief minister of Cordoba.
1723: Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal.
1784: Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter.
1896: Otto Lilienthal, German glider.

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