This Day In European History

13th June

Events
1381: The Peasants Revolt begins in England.
1886: Ludwig II, 'The Mad King of Bavaria', drowns along with his psychiatrist, who was trying to save him.
1944: Nazi Germany launches the first V1 flying bombs against London.
1956: European soccer holds the first European Cup; Real Madrid win.

Births
40: Agricola, Roman commander.
823: Charles II, the Bald.
1752: Fanny Burney, English author.
1795: Thomas Arnold, headmaster at Rugby School.
1831: James Maxwell Clerk, Scottish physicist.
1865: W. B. Yeats, Irish writer.
1870: Jules Bordet, Belgian scientist.
1883: Étienne Gilson, French scholar.
1897: Paavo Nurmi, Finnish athlete.

Deaths
323 BCE: Alexander the Great.
1231: Saint Anthony of Padua.
1871: Jean- Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician.

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