This Day In European History

14th June

Events
1645: Battle of Naseby; Parliamentarians defeat Charles I.
1728: The Congress of Soissons opens in an attempt to secure peace across Europe.
1755: Dr. Johnson's Dictionary is first published.
1800: Battle of Marengo; Napoleon defeats Austria.
1906: Britain bans women from dangerous sports.
1982: The end of the Falklands war between Britain and Argentina.

Births
1736: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist.
1809: Henry Keppel, English naval officer.
1864: Alois Alzheimer, neurologist who discovered the eponymous illness.

Deaths
1594: Orlando di Lasso, Flemish composer.
1800: Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general.
1837: Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet.
1946: John Logie Baird, British television inventor.

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