This Day In European History
25th February
Events1570: Queen Elizabeth I of England is excommunicated by Pope Pius V.
1774: The rules of cricket are formed in London.
1856: A peace conference begins in Paris to try and end the Crimean War.
1948: There is a Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.
1986: Perestroika begins in the USSR.
Births
1707: Carlo Goldoni, Italian dramatist.
1714: Rene-Nicolas de Maupeou, French Chancellor.
1841: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter.
1866: Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher, critic and historian.
Deaths
779: St. Walburga, British saint.
1547: Vittoria Colonna, Italian poet.
1634: Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general, assassinated.
1713: King Frederick I of Prussia, formerly the Elector of Brandenburg.
1723: Christopher Wren, British architect.
1852: Thomas Moore, Irish poet.
1899: Paul Julius, Baron von Reuter, Anglo-German reporter.
