This Day In European History

3rd July

Events
1530: Supporters of Zwinglian Protestantism present 'Fidei Ratio', 'The Grounds for Faith', to the Diet of Ausgberg, taking a much harder line than a previous document by Melancthon.
1608: Samuel Champlain, French explorer, founds Quebec.
1620: The Treaty of Ulm between the Holy Catholic League and the Protestant Union creates a momentary truce in the Thirty Years War.
1849: The Roman Republic ends as Pope Pius IX is restored to power by French troops.
1954: Nine years after WW2 ended, Britain is able to end all food rationing.
1996: The Swiss army's carrier pigeon units are disbanded.

Births
1423: King Louis XI of France.
1596: Johan Banér, Swedish commander.
1728: Robert Adam, Scottish architect.
1746: Henry Grattan, Anglo-Irish politician.
1793: John Clare, English poet.
1854: Leoš Janácek, Bohemian composer.
1883: Franz Kafka, Czech writer.

Deaths
1642: Marie de Medici, regent of France.

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