This Day In European History
9th May
Events1386: The Treaty of Windsor creates a 'perpetual alliance' between Portugal and England.
1502: Christopher Columbus leaves on his final voyage to America.
1573: Henry, Duke of Anjou, is elected King of Poland by the Sejm (parliament); he is deposed by the Sejm a little over a year later, when he leaves Poland to return and claim his newly inherited throne of France (as Henry III).
1688: Frederick III succeeds as Elector of Brandenburg.
1688: Transylvania becomes part of the kingdom of Hungary.
1671: Captain Blood is arrested for trying to steal England's crown jewels.
Births
1740: Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer.
1773: Jean de Sismondi, Swiss historian.
1860: J. M. Barrie, Scottish author of Peter Pan.
Deaths
480: Roman Emperor Julius Nepos.
1688: Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg.
1707: Dietrich Buxtehude, Dutch composer.
1760: Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf, German reformer.
1805: Johann von Schiller, German author.
1850: Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientist.
