This Day In European History
11th January
Events1569: England's first official lottery.
1814: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, betrays Napoleon Bonaparte and joins Prussia, Russia and others allied against his former leader.
1879: The Anglo-Zulu war begins following the British invasion of Zululand.
1921: Women jurors are used for the first time in England.
1923: French and Belgium troops occupy the Ruhr industrial region when Wiemar Germany fails to meet reparations repayments.
1928: Leon Trotsky, key Russian revolutionary and arguably the man responsible for the 'Red Army' victory in the Russian civil war, is deported by rival Stalin.
1942: Japan declares war on the Netherlands.
Births
1503: Francesco Parmigianino, Italian painter.
Deaths
802: St. Paulinus of Aquileia.
1494: Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italian painter.
1495: Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and support of Columbus.
1753: Hans Sloane, English physician whose collection provided the basis of the British Museum.
1801 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer.
1882: Theodor Schwann, German histologist and cell theory founder.
1928: Thomas Hardy, British writer.
