This Day In European History

6th November

Events
1282: Battle of the Menai Strait.
1632: The Battle of Lutzen: the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus defeats the Imperial commander Albrecht von Wildenstein but is killed.
1632: The six year old Queen Christina of Sweden succeeds to the throne.
1928: An electric razor is patented by German Jacon Schick.
1942: The Church of England repeals a rule demanding women wear hats in church.

Births
1661: Charles II of Spain.
1671: Colley Cibber, English poet.
1771: Aloys Senefelder, German printer.
1814: Adolphe Sax, Franco-Belgian inventor of saxophone.
1892: John Alcock, British aviator.

Deaths
1632: King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
1649: Owen Roe O'Neill, Irish rebel.
1672: Heinrich Schütz, German composer.
1893: Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer.

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