This Day In European History

29th August

Events
1261: Urban IV is elected Pope.
1526: The Battle of Mohacs; suicidal generalship by King Louis II of Hungary leads his army to destruction by a far larger Ottoman force under Suleiman I the magnificent.
1655: King Charles X of Sweden captures Warsaw, driving King John II of Poland into exile.
1831: Michael Faraday discovers current induction.
1842: The Treaty of Nanking leases Hong Kong to Britain.
1882: Cricket's 'Ashes' is created.
1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the first motorcycle in Germany.
1991: The Soviet Communist Party is 'suspended' following a failed coup.

Births
1619: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman.
1632: John Locke, English philosopher.
1780: Jean Ingres, French painter.
1862: Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer.
1915: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress.

Deaths
886: Byzantine Emperor Basil I.
1499: Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter.
1523: Ulrich von Hutten, German scholar.
1625: John Fletcher, English playwright.
1780: Jacques Soufflot, French architect.
1799: Pope Pius VI.
1868: Christian Schönbein, German chemist.
1982: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress.

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