This Day In European History

8th August

Events
117: Hadrian, famous for his wall, becomes Roman emperor.
1296: The Stone of Scone – on which Scottish kings had been crowned for centuries – is seized by King Edward I of England.
1347: A brothel is opened in Avignon on the orders of Queen Joanna of Naples.
1570: The Peace of St. Germain attempts to end the French Wars of Religion.
1786: The first successful ascent of Mont Blanc.
1940: The Battle of Britain starts.
1963: The 'Great Train Robbery' in Britain.

Births
1646: Godfrey Kneller, Anglo-German artist.
1694: Francis Hutcheson, Scottish-Irish philosopher.
1861: William Bateson, English biologist.

Deaths
1471: Thomas À Kempis, German theologian.
1824: Friedrich Wolf, German scholar.
1869: Roger Fenton, English photographer.
1897: Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian.

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