This Day In European History

21st February

Events
1173: Thomas Becket, English Archbishop, is canonised.
1613: Michael Romanov is elected Tsar of Russia; his Romanov dynasty remains in power until 1917.
1660: Britain's first daily newspaper published, although it closes after three weeks.
1795: The French Government officially separate church and state.
1848: 'The Communist Manifesto' is published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
1916 The Battle of Verdun begins.

Births
1779: Friedrich Karl von Savigny, German jurist.
1801: John Henry Newman, English churchman.
1876: Constantin Brancusi, Romanian artist.
1893: Andres Segovia, Spanish musician.

Deaths
1595: Robert Southwell, English poet and Jesuit priest, hanged.
1677: Baruch de Spinoza, Dutch philosopher.
1730: Pope Benedict XIII.
1741: Jethro Tull, English agricultural innovator.

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