This Day In European History

10th November

Events
1444: The Battle of Varna. Hungarian forces are defeated by Turks; often considered the practical end of the eighth crusade.
1526: Voivode Janos Zapolya of Transylvania is elected King of Hungary.
1714: King Charles XII of Sweden reaches Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania having travelled nearly 1300 in under a fortnight, all in disguise.
1871 Henry Stanley uses the phrase 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?' upon finding missionary Dr. David Livingstone.
1942: Churchilll gives his 'This is not the end' speech.

Births
1483: Martin Luther, German religious reformer.
1577: Jacob Cats, Dutch writer.
1668: François Couperin, French composer.
1683: King George II of England.
1685: Duncan Forbes, Scottish statesman.
1697: William Hogarth, British satirical artist.
1730: Oliver Goldsmith, English writer.
1759: Friedrich von Schiller, German playwright.
1888: Andrey Tupolev, Russian aircraft engineer.

Deaths
1549: Pope Paul III, Italian pope.
1556: Richard Chancellor, English explorer.
1624: Henry Wriothesley, English patron of Shakespeare.
1673: King Michal Wisniowiecki of Poland.
1888: George Charles Bingham, Lord Lucan, British soldier.
1891: Arthur Rimbaud, French poet.

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