This Day In European History

3rd August

Events
216 BCE: Battle of Cannae; Hannibal triumphs over the Romans.
1492: Christopher Columbus begins his first transatlantic voyage.
1529: 'The Ladies' Peace' settles the war between the Valois and Habsburg dominions.
1530: Catholic thinkers refute the Protestant Confession of Ausgburg; Luther advises his supporters to prepare for war.
1778: La Scala opens in Milan, Italy.
1926: The first electric traffic lights switch on in Britain.

Births
1509: Étienne Dolet, French scholar, burnt at stake.
1867: Stanley Baldwin, British prime minister.
1887: Rupert Brooke, British poet.

Deaths
1460: King James II of Scotland.
1546: Étienne Dolet, French scholar, burnt at stake.
1761: Stanislas Poniatowski, father of the last king of Poland.
1792: Richard Arkwright, British industrialist.
1916: Roger Casement, Irish rebel.

Yesterday

Index

Tomorrow