This Day In European History
2nd August
Events1718: The 'Quadruple Alliance' – Austria, Britain, France and Holland – is agreed against Spain.
1802: Napoleon Bonaparte extends his office to First Consul of France for life and establishes the right to name his successor.
1830: King Charles X of France abdicates after heavy opposition.
1934: Adolf Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer of Germany, a combination of chancellor and president.
Births
1674: Philippe II, French regent.
1891: Arthur Bliss, English composer.
Deaths
1100: King William II, 'Rufus', of England.
1589: King Henry III of France, stabbed by a monk the day before.
1667: Francesco Borromini, Italian architect.
1780: Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French polymath.
1788: Thomas Gainsborough, English painter.
1799: Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, French balloonist.
1823: Lazare Carnot, French general.
1922: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish telephone inventor.
