This Day In European History

14th March

Events
1757: British Admiral John Byng is shot for 'neglect of duty' after France seize Minorca.
1774: Pugachov and his Cossack troops are defeated by loyal Russian forces.
1889: A form of 'Navigable Balloon' is patented by Germany's Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin.

Births
1681: Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer.
1854: Paul Ehrlich, German scientist.
1879: Albert Einstein, German scientist.

Deaths
840: Einhard, Frankish court scholar.
1757: Admiral Byng, British Admiral shot for failure.
1803: Fredrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet.
1823: Charles Dumouriez, French general.
1883: Karl Marx, political-economic philosopher.

Yesterday

Index

Tomorrow