This Day In European History
18th October
Events1092: A lunar eclipse is recorded in detail by the Prior of Malvern Abbey.
1529: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey is stripped of his position as Chancellor of England and placed on trial.
1672: The Treaty of Buczacz divides parts of Poland between the Ottoman Empire and the Ukrainian Cossacks. Although Poland signs, it never ratifies the agreement.
1748: The Peace of Aachen ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1922 The British Broadcasting Company – BBC - is founded; later the last C is changed to mean Corporation.
Births
1598: Denzil Holles, noted English parliamentarian.
1632: Luca Giordano, Italian painter.
1663: Prince Eugene of Savoy, French field marshall.
1674: Richard Beau Nash, British leader of Georgian fashion.
1697: Antonio Canaletto, Italian painter.
1753: Jean-Jacques- Régis de Cambacérès, French statesman.
1799: Christian Schönbein, German chemist.
1859: Henri Bergson, French philosopher.
Deaths
33: Agrippina the Elder, mother of Roman Emperor Caligula.
1511: Philippe de Commynes, French chronicler.
1541: Queen Margaret of Scotland.
1865: Lord Palmerston, British prime minister.
1871: Charles Babbage, British computer pioneer and mathematician.
1893: Charles-Francois Gounod, French composer.
