This Day In European History
27th November
Events1095: Pope Urban II proclaims the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
1582: William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway.
1875: Britain buys a controlling interest in the Suez Canal.
1914: Britain's first policewomen go on duty; their names are Mary Allen and E F Harburn.
Births
1701: Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer.
1857: Charles Sherrington, English physiologist.
1874: António Moniz, Portuguese lobotomy pioneer.
1878: William Orpen, Irish painter.
1921: Alexander Dubcek, Czechoslovakian leader.
Deaths
8 BCE: Horace, Roman poet.
511: Clovis, Merovingian ruler, often claimed erroneously to be the first king of France and/or Germany.
1632: John Eliot, British statesman.
1680: Athanasius Kircher, Jesuit scholar.
