This Day In European History

24th January

Events
1236: King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
1458: King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary elected to the throne; he brought order and rising status to the country.
1908: The first part of Robert Baden-Powell's 'Scouting for Boys' is published, beginning the Scout Movement.

Births
76: Roman Emperor Hadrian.
1664: John Vanbrugh, English writer and architect.
1670: William Congreve, English playwright.
1705: Farinelli, Italian castrato.
1712: King Frederick II, the Great, of Prussia.
1732: Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais, French writer.
1776: E.T.A Hoffman, German writer, composer and artist.
1888: Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German rocket-powered aircraft pioneer.

Deaths
41: Roman Emperor Caligula, assassinated.
817: Pope Stephen V.
1639: Georg Jenatsch, Swiss politician and military leader.
1711: Jean Berain, French craftsman.
1965: Winston Churchill, British politician.

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