This Day In European History
4th November
Events1576: 'The Spanish Fury': Antwerp is captured and sacked by Spanish rebels.
1677: William of Orange marries Mary, daughter of English prince and heir to the throne James, Duke of York. This eventually leads William to the British crown.
1795: The ruling Directory of France is officially created.
1848: The constitution of France's Second Republic is drawn up; the nation will be led by a President.
1854: Florence Nightingale first arrives in the Crimea.
1605 The Gunpowder Plot foiled as Guy Fawkes is arrested in a cellar packed with explosives.
1942: The Battle of El Alamein: Rommel is beaten by Allied forces.
1956 The Soviet military attacks a Hungarian uprising.
Births
1575: Guido Reni, Italian painter.
1577: Father Joseph, 'the Grey Eminence', French mystic and secretary.
1873: G. E. Moore, British philosopher.
Deaths
1702: John Benbow, English admiral.
1847: Felix Mendelssohn, German composer.
