This Day In European History

18th July

Events
64: Roman Emperor Nero allegedly plays the fiddle while Rome burns.
1870: Papal Infallibility is proclaimed by Vatican Council.
1923: Laws allow British women to divorce men for adultery.
1925: Mein Kampf published.

Births
1013: Hermann von Reichenau, German astronomer and mathematician.
1504: Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer.
1552: Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II.
1635: Robert Hooke, British scientist.
1811: William Makepeace Thackeray, English author.
1887: Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian collaborator.

Deaths
1100: Godfrey of Bouillon, King of Jerusalem.
1374: Petrarch, Italian poet and scholar.
1610: Caravaggio, Italian painter.
1697: António Vieira, Portuguese missionary.
1721: Antoine Watteau, French painter.
1762: Tsar Peter III of Russia.
1817: Jane Austin, British writer.

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