This Day In European History

11th March

Events
1513: Giovanni de' Medici is elected as Pope Leo X.
1536: King Henry VIII of England reveals his plan to dissolve 376 monasteries.
1649: The Treaty of Rueil ends 'The Fronde of the Parlement' in France.
1682: King Charles II founds England's Chelsea Hospital for soldiers.
1702: The Daily Courant, commonly considered England's earliest regular newspaper, is first published.
1818: Frankenstein is first published; many consider it the first English language science-fiction.
1845: A British banker creates self-raising flour.

Births
1544: Torquato Tasso, Italian poet.
1885: Malcolm Campbell, British speed record breaker.
1899: King Frederick IX of Denmark.
1916 Harold Wilson, twice British prime minister.

Deaths
1857: Manuel Quintana, Spanish poet.
1955: Alexander Fleming, British scientist.

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