This Day In European History

7th May

Events
878: The Battle of Ethandune; Alfred the Great defeats a Danish army.
1274: The Second Council of Lyons opens.
1342: Pope Clement VI is chosen as Pope.
1634: As a punishment for libelling the Queen of England, William Prynne has his ears mutilated.
1717: Tsar Peter the Great of Russia arrives in France on his second tour of Europe.
1793: The Second Partition of Poland divides half of the country between Russia and Prussia.
1915: The Sinking of the Lusitania.

Births
1574: Pope Innocent X.
1667: Germain Boffrand, French architect.
1711: David Hume, Scottish scholar.
1812: Robert Browning, British poet.
1833: Johannes Brahms, German composer.
1840: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer.
1847: Archibald Primrose, British Prime Minister.
1851: Adolf von Harnack, German theologian.
1892: Josip Tito, Yugoslavian leader.

Deaths
973: Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great.
1617: Jacques de Thou, French statesman.
1800: Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer.
1805: William Petty-Fitzmaurice, British Prime Minister.
1825: Antonio Salieri, Austrian composer.
1868: Henry Brougham, Lord Chancellor of Britain.

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