This Day In European History

4th March

Events
1152: Frederick I, 'Barbarossa,' is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
1461: Edward, Earl of March, is declared King Edward IV of England.
1519: Hernado Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, lands in Mexico.
1665: The second Anglo-Dutch war begins.

Births
1394: Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of sailing.
1678: Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer.
1756: Henry Raeburn, Scottish artist.
1870: Thomas Sturge Moore, British artist.

Deaths
1193: Saladin, Muslim leader.
1832: Jean-Francois Champollion, French linguist and translator of the Rosetta Stone.
1852: Nikolay Gogol, Russian writer.

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