This Day In European History
3rd November
Events1324: The first recorded burning of a witch in Ireland (Petronella de Meath).
1492: The Treaty of Etaples; in return for England renouncing claims on all French land apart from Calais, the French eject the English Pretender Perkin Warbeck.
1534: The Act of Supremacy makes Henry VIII head of the English Church.
1679: A comet causes panic across Europe.
1843 A statue of Nelson is placed atop the Trafalgar Square column (now known as Nelson's Column).
1970: King Peter II of Yugoslavia is forced to abdicate; he is the nation's last monarch.
1957: Laika, a Russian dog, becomes the first animal in space.
Births
1560: Annibale Carracci, Italian painter.
1749: Daniel Rutherford, Scottish physician.
1801: Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer.
Deaths
361: Roman Emperor Constantius II.
1584: St. Charles Borromeo, Italian religious figure.
