This Day In European History
29th March
Events1461: The Battle of Towton, scene of the most casualties from a battle in England.
1798: The Helvetian Republic is declared in Switzerland.
1809: King Gustavus IV Adolphus has to abdicate following losses in a war against Denmark.
1898: Bohemia is divided into Czech, German and mixed regions.
1945: The last air-raid warning in London during WW2.
Births
1561: Santorio Santorio, Italian physician.
1769: Nicholas Soult, French commander.
1826: Wilhelm Liebknecht, German socialist.
1869: Edwin Lutyens, British architect.
1900: Charles Elton, English ecologist.
Deaths
1772: Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and theologian.
1788: Charles Wesley, English Methodist co-founder.
1792: King Gustav III of Sweden, assassinated.
1814: Claude 'Clodion' Michel, French sculptor.
1870: Paul-Émile Botta, French archaeologist.
1892: William Bowman, British surgeon.
