This Day In European History

12th December

Events
1190: King Richard I of England leaves on the Third Crusade.
1901: The world's first transatlantic radio transmission, originating in Cornwall.
1915: Hugo Junkers makes the first all metal plane.
1955: The hovercraft is patented by England's Christopher Cockerell.

Births
1526: Alvaro de Bazan, Spanish naval commander.
1574: Anne of Denmark, Queen consort to King James I of Britain.
1724: Samuel Hood, British admiral.
1731: Erasmus Darwin, British biologist and grandfather of Charles Darwin.
1821: Gustave Flaubert, French novelist.
1863: Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter.
1875: Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal.
1929: John Osborne, British playwright.

Deaths
1582: King Stephen Bathory of Poland.
1721: Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.
1849: Marc Isambard Brunel, British engineer.
1889: Robert Browning, British poet.

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