This Day In European History

22nd December

Events
1135: King Stephen of England is crowned.
1894: French Major Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of spying.
1895: The world's first X-Ray is taken by Germany's Wilhelm Roentgen.

Births
1696: James Oglethorpe, English soldier.
1858: Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer.

Deaths
1590: Ambrose Pare, French surgeon.
1666: Guercino, Italian painter.
1880: George Elliot, British author.
1943: Beatrix Potter, English children's author.

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