This Day In European History

28th May

Events
585: According to Herodotus, there is a solar eclipse.
1358: The Jacquerie begins in France.
1812: War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire is (temporarily) halted by the Treaty of Bucharest, allowing Russia to focus on fighting France.
1937: Neville 'Peace in our Time' Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.
1982: Pope John Paul II visits Britain, the first to do so.

Births
1660: King George I of England and Elector of Hanover.
1738: Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French inventor of the Guillotine.
1759: William Pitt the Younger, British prime minister.
1884: Edvard Beneš, President of Bohemia and co-founder of Czechoslovakia.
1908: Ian Fleming, British creator of James Bond.

Deaths
1089: Lanfranc, Italian Archbishop of Canterbury.
1805: Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer.
1810: Crown Prince Christian of Sweden.
1849: Anne Brontë, British author.
1972: The former King Edward VIII (abdicated) of Britain.

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