This Day In European History
13th July
Events1568: According to legend, bottled beer is invented by the Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.
1837: Buckingham Palace is used as the British monarch's residence for the first time.
1870: The Ems Telegram, a conciliatory response to French requests from King Wilhelm of Prussia rewritten by Prussian Chancellor Bismarck to provoke France, is sent.
1871: The first recorded cat show, in London.
1878: The Treaty of Berlin reorganises former Ottoman lands in Eastern Europe.
1955: Britain's last execution of a woman; she is called Ruth Ellis.
Births
1527: John Dee, English astrologer and alchemist.
1607: Wenzel Hollar, Bohemian engraver.
1608: Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III.
1944: Erno Rubik, Hungarian puzzle inventor.
Deaths
1024: Emperor Henry II, last of the Saxon emperors.
1205: Hubert Walter, English archbishop and chancellor.
1621: Archduke Albert VII, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
1755: Edward Braddock, British commander.
1762: James Bradley, English astronomer.
1793: Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, assassinated by Charlotte Corday.
1896: Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist.
