This Day In European History

11th May

Events
330: Constantinople is founded on the site of an existing Greek city called Byzantium.
973: King Edgar the Peaceful of England is crowned.
1573: Henry of Anjou is elected as the first King of Poland.
1812: The only assassination of a British prime minister occurs as Spencer Perceval is shot dead.
1842: Britain's first peacetime income tax is introduced.
1937: The knighting of Pelham Warner, a cricketer, marks the first time the honour is conferred upon a sportsman.
1960: Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi war criminal, is kidnapped by Israeli agents.
1998: The first 'euro' is minted.

Births
1752: Johann Blumenbach, German physiologist.

Deaths
1610: Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary.
1708: Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect.
1778: William Pitt the Elder, British statesman.
1812: Spencer Perceval, British prime minister.
1871: John Herschel, English astronomer.

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