This Day In European History
19th June
Events325: The First Council of Nice begins.
1097: Crusading Europeans capture Antioch.
1215: English barons renew their oaths of loyalty to the king in return for the Magna Carta.
1809: The sale of Parliamentary seats is banned in England.
1829: London's Metropolitan Police force is founded by Sir Robert Peel.
Births
1556: King James VI of Scotland and I of England.
1608: Thomas Fuller, English scholar.
1623: Blaise Pascal, French scientist, philosopher and theologian.
1782: Hugues- Félicité de Lamannais, French writer.
1834: Charles Spurgeon, English preacher.
1861: Douglas Haig, British field marshal.
Deaths
1539: Lorenzo Campeggio, Italian cardinal, thinker and papal nuncio.
1608: Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist.
