This Day In European History

13th October

Events
1307: King Philip IV of France orders the arrest of all Knights Templar in his country.
1884: Greenwich is accepted as the Universal Time Meridian.
1904: The 'Interpretation of Dreams' published by Freud.
1923: Turkey's capital is changed from Istanbul to Ankara.

Births
1713: Allan Ramsey, British painter.
1821: Rudolf Virchow, German pathologist.
1852: Lillie Langtry, English actress and mistress.
1925: Margaret Roberts, later Thatcher, British prime minister.

Deaths
54: Roman Emperor Claudius.
1605: Theodore Beza, Swiss theologian.
1660: Thomas Harrison, Parliamentarian General, executed.
1822: Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor.
1869: Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French historian.
1882: Joseph Gobineau, French ethnologist.
1905: John Brodribb, British actor.

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