This Day In European History

26th November

Events
1580: The Peace of Fleix ends the Seventh War of Religion.
1703: Over 8000 killed by a storm in south-east England.
1894: Tsar Nicholas II succeeds to the throne.
1922: Howard Carter, British archaeologist, opens the tomb of Tutankhamen.
1983: The Brinks Mat robbery; thieves steal £26 million of gold from a British warehouse.

Births
1731: William Cowper, English poet.
1857: Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist.

Deaths
1504: Queen Isabella I of Castille and Aragon.
1686: Nicolas Steno, Danish astronomer.
1822: Karl August, Prussian statesman.
1851: Nicolas-Jean Soult, French marshal and prime minister.

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