This Day In European History
7th June
Events1099: The Crusader Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas is produced as Spain and Portugal haggle over who controls the 'New World'. A dividing line is set up on the longitude of 370 leagues west of Cape Verde; Spain gets everything west, Portugal everything east.
1520: The Field of Gold Cloth meeting begins between Kings Henry VIII of England and Francois I of France; the sumptuous gathering lasts three weeks.
1523: Gustavus Vasa completes his campaign of Swedish liberation from Denmark by taking Stockholm; he is elected King Gustavus I of Sweden.
1546: The Peace of Ardes ends the war between England, Scotland and France.
1848: Paul Gauguin, French painter, born.
1905: Norway declares independence from Sweden.
Births
1761: John Rennie, British engineer.
1770: Robert Jenkinson, British Prime Minister.
1799: Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer.
1848: Paul Gaugin, French painter.
1879: Knud Rasmussen, Danish explorer.
1896: Imre Nagy, Hungarian prime minister.
1899: Elizabeth Bowen, Irish author.
Deaths
555: Pope Vigilius.
1329: King Robert I, the Bruce, of Scotland.
1492: King Casimir IV of Poland.
1672: Edward Montagu, English admiral.
1954: Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer pioneer.
