This Day In European History
7th August
Events936: Otto the Great is elected King of the Germans.
1316: John XXII is elected Pope.
1485: Henry Tudor lands in Wales in an attempt to take the English throne; he later succeeds and is crowned King Henry VII.
1494: Private warfare is banned within the Holy Roman Empire; the ban fails.
1502: King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England.
1711: The first race meeting at Ascot.
1840: Britain bans the use of child chimney sweeps.
1871: Britain holds its first Bank Holiday.
1913: Britain's first fatal airplane accident.
Births
317: Roman Emperor Constantius II.
1779: Carl Ritter, German geographer.
1855: Stanley Weyman, British writer.
1876: Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy.
Deaths
1657: Robert Blake, English commander.
1834: Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor.
1848: Jöns Jacob Berzellius, Swedish chemist.
1900: Wilhelm Liebknecht, German socialist.
