This Day In European History

18th May

Events
1152: Henry Plantagenet (later Henry II) of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1291: Acre is captured back from crusading Christians.
1302: The massacre of the garrison of Bruges.
1647: Palermo (Sicily) revolts against Spanish taxes.
1736: Britain drops witchcraft laws.
1804: Napoleon Bonaparte is made Emperor of the French.
1899: Twenty-Six nations meet at The Hague, Netherlands, to discuss extending the Geneva Convention to cover poison gas, explosive bullets, naval war and other issues.

Births
1846: Peter Faberge, Russian jeweller.
1868: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
1872: Bertrand Russell, British philosopher.
1920: Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, born.

Deaths
1525: Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher.
1799: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French dramatist.

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