This Day In European History

15th December

Events
1582: The Gregorian calendar begins in the United Netherlands.
1785: England's Prince of Wales and Maria Fitzherbert marry in secret.
1840: Napoleon Bonaparte is reburied at Les Invalides, Paris.
1995: The EU announces the name of their new single currency: the euro.

Births
37: Roman Emperor Nero.
1734: George Romney, English painter.
1832: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer.
1852: Henri Becquerel, French physicist.

Deaths
882: Pope John VIII, the first pope assassinated.
1025: Byzantine Emperor Basil II, the Bulgarslayer.
1683: Izaak Walton, English biographer.
1857: George Cayley, British engineer.

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