This Day In European History

28th December

Events
1065: Westminster Abbey dedicated.
1594: The first documented staging of a Shakespeare Play (The Comedy of Errors).
1688: William of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Netherlands, accepts an offer to assume control of Britain's government; he later becomes King William III of England.
1694: King William III of England, formerly William of Orange, rules alone after his wife and joint monarch Queen Mary II dies.
1879: Tay railway bridge disaster.

Births
1719: Charles Gravier, French foreign minister.
1882: Arthur Stanley, English astronomer and scientist.

Deaths
1622: St. Francis de Sales, French bishop.
1694: Queen Mary II of Britain.
1706: Pierre Bayle, French philosopher.
1734: Rob Roy, Scottish outlaw.

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