This Day In European History
5th May
Events1510: Pope Julius II's capture of Este from an ally of France, affected via fifteen thousand Swiss mercenaries, causes the League of Cambrai to dissolve.
1511: A 'Holy League' is formed by the Pope with Venice and Aragon - England later joins - in order to fight the French presence in Italy.
1646: King Charles I of Great Britain and Ireland surrenders to the Scots during the English Civil War.
1751: The Portuguese government decrees that the Inquisition can't execute anyone without their permission.
1816: The first German constitution is granted by Grand Duke Karl August of Saze-Weimar.
1846: The 'Intellectual Diet of the German People' is held in Frankfurt, a meeting by professors to discuss German unification.
1860: Garibaldi and his army of Redshirts sail out from Genoa on a mission to unite Italy.
1881: Louis Pasteur vaccinates a sheep against Anthrax, the first successful use of an antibacterial vaccine.
Births
1747: Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II.
1813: Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher.
1818: Karl Marx, German philosopher.
Deaths
1600: Jean Nicot, French tobacco 'pioneer'; nicotine named after him.
1705: Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
1821: Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
