This Day In European History

21th July

Events
1542: The Inquisition is created.
1588: The first contact between English ships and the Spanish Armada.
1667: The Treaty of Breda between Holland and England: England now owns 'New York'.
1798: The Battle of the Pyramids; Napoleon defeats Mameluke forces to dominate Egypt.
1831: Belgium independence from the Netherlands.

Births
1414: Pope Sixtus IV.
1476: Jacopo Nardi, Italian soldier-politician.
1515: St. Philip Neri, Italian priest.
1693: Thomas Pelham-Holles, British prime minister.
1816: Paul Julius, Anglo-German founder of Reuters news agency.

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