This Day In European History

25th March

Events
1306: Robert the Bruce is crowned King Robert I of Scotland.
1458: In a novel attempt to unite the English nobility's warring Yorkist and Lancastrian factions, King Henry VI of England orders a 'Loveday'. It has no effect.
1719: Spain recognises James Stuart, 'The Old Pretender' as the true King of England.
1815: The Fifth Coalition against Napoleon is formed by Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia.
1957: The Treaty of Rome establishes the EEC: European Economic Community.
1807: Britain abolishes the slave trade.

Births
1593: St. Jean de Brébeuf, French missionary.
1822: Albrecht Ritschl, German theologian.
1867: Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor.
1881: Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer.

Deaths
1736: Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect.

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