This Day In European History

11th June

Events
1509: Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, wife number one.
1872: The last official use of Stocks in England: Mark Tuck spends four hours in the Newbury stocks for drunkenness.
1895: First use of pneumatic tyres on a car, by Frenchmen Edouard Michelin.

Births
1572: Ben Jonson, English writer.
1776: John Constable, English painter.
1842: Carl von Linde, German engineer.
1864: Richard Strauss, German composer.
1895: Nikolay Bulganin, Soviet prime minister.

Deaths
976: Peter Candiano IV, doge of Venice.
1488: King James III of Scotland.
1665: Kenelm Digby, English scientist.
1727: King George I of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover.
1847: John Franklin, English explorer.
1859: Prince Klemens von Metternich, Austrian statesman.

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