This Day In European History

21st March

Events
1804: The Civil Code (later called the Code Napoleon) replaces France's previous two separate sets of laws.
1829: Britain's Prime Minister, The Duke of Wellington, fights a duel.
1918: The last German offensive of WW1 begins.

Births
1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer.
1763: Jean Paul Richter, German author.
1768: Baron Joseph Fourier, French mathematician.
1839: Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer.

Deaths
1556: Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant English Archbishop of Canterbury, burnt at stake under Queen Mary I's Catholic regime.
1656: James Ussher, Irish priest.
1805: Jean Baptiste Greuze, French portrait painter.

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