This Day In European History
24th December
Events1515 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey is appointed Lord Chancellor of England.
1650: Edinburgh castle falls to Cromwell after a three month siege.
1871: Verdi's Aida premiers.
1914: Britain suffers its first ever bombing from an aircraft.
Births
3 BCE: Roman Emperor Servius Galba.
1167: King John of England.
1491: Ignatius Loyola, Jesuit founder.
1698: William Warburton, British bishop.
1754: George Crabbe, English writer.
1800: Ferdinand Keller, Swiss archaeologist.
1822: Matthew Arnold, English poet.
1838: John Morley, English statesman.
1868: Emanuel Lasker, German chess player.
1881: Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet.
Deaths
1524: Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator.
1863: William Makepeace Thackeray, English novelist.
1994: John Osborne, British playwright.
