This Day In European History

17th May

Events
1220: King Henry III of England is crowned.
1257: Richard, the King of the Romans, is crowned.
1527: The Medici family are expelled from Florence.
1632: King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden captures Munich.
1814: Norway declares independence (from Sweden).

Births
1510: Allesandro Botticelli, Italian painter.
1749: Edward Jenner, British pioneer of the smallpox vaccine.
1836: Joseph Norman Lockyear, English astronomer.
1866: Erik Satie, French composer.

Deaths
1727: Empress Catherine I of Russia.
1729: Samuel Clarke, English theologian and disseminator of Isaac Newton's theories.
1740: Jean Cavalier, French Camisard leader.
1838: Charles de Tallyrand-Perigord, French statesman and diplomat.

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