This Day In European History

24th May

Events
1153: King Malcolm IV accedes to Scottish throne.
1626: The English Parliament declares Tunnage and Poundage tax illegal.
1667: King Louis XIV of France summons troops for an invasion of the Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution.

Births
1494: Georgius Agricola, German scientist.
1494: Jacopo Pontormo, Florentine painter.
1544: William Gilbert, English scientist.
1686: Gabriel Fahrenheit, German scientist.
1743: Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary.
1794: William Whewell, English philosopher.
1819: Queen Victoria of Britain.
1836: Joseph Rowntree, reformer.
1899: Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player.

Deaths
1543: Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer.
1665: Maria de Agreda, Spanish mystic.
1725: Jonathan Wild, Briton, was simultaneously the head of London's criminal underworld and the city's official 'Thieftaker General'.
1995: Harold Wilson, British prime minister.

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