This Day In European History

15th June

Events
1215: The Magna Carta is sealed at Runnymede by King John of England.
1219: The Battle of Reval; Denmark beats Estonia.
1389: Battle of Kosovo, fought between a Balkan coalition and Ottomans; neither side force victory.
1785: Francois de Rozier becomes the first air ballooning fatality.
1860: The first school for nurses is opened, in London, by Florence Nightingale.
1888: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany succeeds to the throne on the death of his father who had only succeeded three months before.

Births
1330: Prince Edward of England, the Black Prince.
1542: Richard Grenville, English commander.
1843: Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer.

Deaths
1381: Wat Tyler, leader of the English peasant's revolt.
1712: Duc Louis-Joseph de Vendôme, French general.

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