This Day In European History

7th December

Events
1783: William Pitt the Younger becomes British prime minister at the age of 24, the youngest ever.
1916: David Lloyd George becomes British prime minister.

Births
1545: Lord Henry Stuart of Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots.
1810: Theodor Schwann, German histologist.
1872: Johan Huizinga, Dutch historian.
1889: Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher.

Deaths
43 BCE: Marcus Cicero, Roman scholar and orator.
1549: Robert Ket, English rebel.
1680: Peter Lely, Anlgo-Dutch painter.
1683: Algernon Sidney, English politician.
1709: Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter.
1815: Marshal Michel Ney, French commander; he commands his own firing squad.
1817: Captain William Bligh, unpopular British naval captain.
1826: John Flaxman, English sculptor.
1894: Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat.

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