This Day In European History

6th March

Events
1728: The Convention of the Prado: England and Spain agree to a truce.
1882: Milan Obrenovi declares himself King of an independent Serbia.
1899: The aspirin is patented in Germany.
1902: Britain allows its soldiers to wear glasses.

Births
1475: Michelangelo Buonarotti, Italian artist and sculptor.
1492: Juan Luis Vives, Spanish philosopher.
1619: Cyrano de Bergerac, French writer.
1806: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet.
1937: Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut and first woman in space.

Deaths
1531: Pedro Arias Davila, Spanish soldier.
1577: Remy Belleau, French poet.
1616: Francis Beaumont, English writer.
1866: William Whewell, English science philosopher.
1900: Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer.

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