This Day In European History

10th July

Events
983: Pope John XIV is appointed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
1460: Battle of Northampton; King Henry VI of England is captured by his Yorkist opponents.
1553: Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England.
1815 The Apothecaries Act bans unqualified medics in Britain.

Births
1509: John Calvin, key French Protestant thinker.
1830: Camille Pissaro, French painter.
1856: Nikola Tesla, Croat-American scientist.
1871: Marcel Proust, French author.
1888: Giorgio de Chirico, Greco-Italian painter.
1895: Carl Orff, German composer.

Deaths
138: Roman Emperor Hadrian.
983: Pope Benedict VII.
1099: El Cid, Spanish soldier and commander.
1559: King Henry II of France.
1584: William I, the Silent, of the Netherlands; assassinated.
1806: George Stubbs, English painter.
1851: Louis Daguerre, French photographer.

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