This Day In European History
11th December
Events1192: King Richard I of England is captured by Duke Leopold of Austria; he remains in captivity for two years.
1282: The first documented use of longbows by an English army.
1769: The Venetian blind is patented...in London.
1894: Paris holds the world's first motor show.
1936: King Edward VIII abdicates the British throne.
Births
1599: Ottavio Piccolomini-Pieri, Italian general.
1803: Hector Berlioz, French composer.
1810: Alfred de Musset, French poet.
1843: Robert Koch, German physician.
1856: Georgy Plekhanov, Russian Marxist.
1882: Max Born, German physicist.
Deaths
969: Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus II.
1282: Prince Llewelyn ap Gruffydd of Wales.
1582: Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish soldier and statesman.
1686: Louis II de Bourbon, French nobleman, rebel and state general.
