You are here:	About>Education>European History

This Day In European History

20th July

Events
1514: The rebellion of Hungarian peasants under George Dozsa is defeated at the Siege of Temesvar.
1944: Adolf Hitler survives the Stauffenberg plot to assassinate him.
1957: British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan gives his 'Never had it so good' speech.

Births
1304: Petrarch, Italian humanist.
1804: Richard Owen, British palaeontologist who invented the word Dinosaur.

Deaths
1031: King Robert II, the Pious, of France.
1584: Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator.
1616: Hugh O'Neill, Irish chieftain.
1866: Berhard Riemann, German mathematician.
1937: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor.

Yesterday

Index

Tomorrow

From Robert Wilde,
Your Guide to European History.
FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now!

July 12th - This Day In European History July 21th - This Day In European History July 31th - This Day In European History July 15th - This Day In European History July 8th - This Day In European History

Preventing Diabetes

Diabetes Warning Signs Keep Kids Diabetes-Free What is Diabetes?What is Pre-diabetes?Diabetes and Pregnancy

What's Hot

10 Facts: Soccer Championship Rulers of Italy - Italian kings and pres...Books: French Revolution Countries involved in the First World Wa...1. Pre-Revolutionary France

Newsletters & RSS Email to a friend Submit to Digg

All Topics | Email Article | |

Advertising Info \| News & Events \| Work at About \| SiteMap \| Reprints \| Help	Our Story \| Be a Guide
User Agreement \| Ethics Policy \| Patent Info. \| Privacy Policy	©2008 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.

Advertising Info \| News & Events \| Work at About \| SiteMap \| Reprints \| Help	Our Story \| Be a Guide
User Agreement \| Ethics Policy \| Patent Info. \| Privacy Policy	©2008 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.

This Day In European History

20th July

Related Articles

Preventing Diabetes

What's Hot

Most Popular