This Day In European History

8th July

Events
1709: The Battle of Poltava; Peter the Great's Russia defeats Sweden.
1884: The NSPCC (National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children) founded in London.

Births
1545: Don Carlos, rebel heir to the Spanish throne.
1838: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German airship pioneer.
1851: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist.
1867: Käthe Kollwitz, German artist.
1894: Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist.

Deaths
810: Pepin, heir to Charlemagne.
975: King Edgar of England.
1115: Peter the Hermit, partly responsible for the crusading movement.
1583: Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese explorer.
1623: Pope Gregory XV.
1695: Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist.
1721: Elihu Yale, English merchant.
1822: Percy Brysshe Shelley, English poet.
1823: Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter.
1943: Jean Moulin, French resistance leader, executed.

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