This Day In European History
26th March
Events1150: The Hampshire family of Tichborne gives a gallon of flour to every villager, starting a tradition that still continues over eight hundred and fifty years later.
1521: The Diet of Worms is convened by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to debate the views of Martin Luther.
1890: Spain restores Universal Suffrage.
1935: Britain begins driving tests.
Births
1516: Conrad Gesner, Swiss naturalist.
1753: Benjamin Thompson, English physicist.
Deaths
1517: Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer.
1546: Thomas Elyot, English author and official.
1726: John Vanbrugh, English architect.
1797: James Hutton, Scottish geologist.
1827: Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer.
1882: Thomas Green, English philosopher.
