This Day In European History

26th June

Events
1549: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V binds the seventeen Habsburg owned provinces of the Netherlands into a Kries (Circle) which has to be inherited as a whole.
1657: Oliver Cromwell is appointed Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1830: King William IV succeeds to the throne.
1857: First presentation of Britain's Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery.
1905: The Potemkin uprising.

Births
1898: Willy Messerschmitt, German airplane designer.

Deaths
363: Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate dies.
1541: Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador.
1688: Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher.
1829: Johann Tischbein, German painter.
1830: King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland.
1836: Claude de Lisle, French soldier.

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