This Day In European History
9th January
Events1522: Bishop Adrian of Utrecht, regent of Spain, is elected Pope Adrian VI; he is the last non-Italian to hold the office until 1978.
1768: The first modern circus opens in London, run by Britain's Philip Astley.
1792: The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian-Ottoman war of 1787-92.
1799: Income Tax begins in England.
1809: Britain's Admiral Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
1811: The first women's only golf tournament occurs, in Scotland.
1816: The first use of the Davy's Safety Lamp in a coal mine.
1905: Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg; troops fire into a crowd of protestors, triggering an uprising.
1929: The first use of penicillin, by Alexander Fleming on his assistant Stuart Craddock.
1957: British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns due to a mixture of ill health and the Suez crisis.
Births
1554: Pope Gregory XV
1890: Karel Capek, Bohemian writer and originator of the modern term 'robot'.
1898: Gracie Fields, British entertainer.
Deaths
1534: Johannes Turmair, Aventinus, German historian.
1757: Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and writer.
1873: Napoleon III, Former Emperor of France.
