This Day In European History

1st March

Events
707: John VII is elected Pope.
1562: The First War of Religion begins in France after the massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
1711: 'The Spectator' magazine is first published in Britain, edited by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele; it is still produced.
1767: The Jesuits are expelled from Spain.
1815: Having escaped from Elba, Napoleon returns to French soil intent on regaining his throne.
1912: A demonstration by Suffragettes in London leads to 120 arrests.

Births
1389: Saint Antoninus, Florentine Archbishop and theologian.
1683: Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Queen Consort of King George II of Great Britain.
1757: Samuel Romilly, English legal reformer.
1810: Frédéric Chopin, Polish Composer.
1852: Théophile Delcassé, French foreign minister 1898-1905, 1914-15.
1886: Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist.
1910 David Niven, British actor.

Deaths
492: Pope Felix III.
1510: Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese explorer, soldier and viceroy of India.
1546: George Wishart, Scottish Protestant preacher, burnt at stake.
1633: George Herbert, English poet.
1643: Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer.
1792: Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II.

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