This Day In European History

17th July

Events
1134: Battle of Fraga.
1429: Charles VII is recognised as King of France.
1453: The siege of Castillon ends, arguably ending the Hundred Years War.
1586: The Babbington plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England is foiled.
1603: The 'Main Plot' to assassinate King James I of Great Britain is foiled.
1790: The world's first sewing machine is patented by a London furniture maker called Thomas Saint.
1945: The Potsdam Conference begins.

Births
1674: Isaac Watts, English minister.
1894: Georges Lemaître, Belgian astronomer.
1947: Camilla Shand, later Parker-Bowles, later Windsor, wife of Britain's Prince Charles.

Deaths
1566: Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish historian.
1790: Adam Smith, British economist.
1793: Charlotte Corday, executed in France.
1845: Charles Grey, British prime minister.

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