This Day In European History
12th May
Events1191: King Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
1264: The Battle of Lewes begins; King Henry III of England fights Simon de Montfort.
1494: King Charles VIII of France is crowned King of Naples, in Naples, but opposition forces him to retreat shortly after.
1912: The Royal Flying Corps is created in British.
Births
1755: Giovanni Viotti, Italian violinist.
1803: Justus von Liebig, German chemist.
1812: Edward Lear, English artist and poet.
1820: Florence Nightingale, English nurse.
1828: Dante Rosetti, English painter.
1842: Jules Massenet, French composer.
Deaths
1003: Pope Sylvester II.
1634: George Chapman, English poet.
1641: Thomas Wentworth, executed.
1670: King Augustus II of Poland.
1871: Daniel Auber, French composer.
