This Day In European History

14th October

Events
54: Nero is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1066: The Battle of Hastings; King Harold II is beaten and killed by William of Normandy, enabling William to seize the throne.
1529: Faced with strong resistance and the coming of winter, Suleiman I the Magnificent is forced to lift his siege of Vienna and retreat.
1807: The Act of Emancipation ends the feudal system in Prussia.
1863: Alfred Nobel patents nitro-glycerine.

Births
1618: Peter Lely, German painter.
1630: Sophia of the Palatinate, mother of King George I of Britain.
1633: King James II of Great Britain.
1644: William Penn, English Quaker.
1712: George Grenville, English politician.
1882: Eamon de Valera, Irish revolutionary and president.

Deaths
1638: Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet.

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