This Day In European History

22nd November

Events
1497: Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, sails round the Cape of Good Hope.
1975 King Juan Carlos of Spain accedes to the throne after decades of Franco's dictatorship.
1990: Britain's Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, resigns.

Births
1428: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as 'The Kingmaker' of England.
1718: Edward Teach, 'Blackbeard', English pirate.
1808: Thomas Cook, holiday pioneer.
1819: George Elliot, British writer.
1856: H. Rider Haggard, British writer.
1869: André Gide, French writer.
1890: Charles de Gaulle, French commander and president.

Deaths
1247: Robin Hood (according to the legend).
1774: Robert Clive, British soldier.
1900: Arthur Sullivan, British composer.
1963: C. S. Lewis, English writer.

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