This Day In European History
27th July
Events1214: The Battle of Bouvines; France defeats a combined army of the Holy Roman Empire, England and French rebels.
1586: Tobacco is presented to the court of Elizabeth I by Walter Raleigh.
1588: The Spanish Armada docks near Calais to take onboard an invasion force.
1694: The Bank of England is created.
1713: The Treaty of Adrianople ends a conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires which had been stimulated by King Charles XII of Sweden.
1793: Robespierre becomes leader of the Committee of Public Safety.
1890: Vincent van Gogh shoots himself; he dies two days later.
1964: Churchill's final House of Commons appearance.
Births
1452: Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan.
1882: Geoffrey de Havilland, English aircraft maker.
Deaths
1675: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, French marshall.
1689: John Graham, Scottish soldier.
1841: Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, Russian writer, killed in a duel.
1844: John Dalton, English scientist.
