This Day In European History

19th October

Events
1584: The 'Bond of Association' is drawn up in England; all signatories promise, in the event of Queen Elizabeth of England being assassinated, to kill her assassins and the usurper they support.
1739: Britain declares war on France, starting The War of Jenkins Ear.
1812: After weeks of dallying, Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1813: The Battle of Leipzig, 'the Battle of the Nations', where an allied coalition defeats Napoleon.
1970: The first major oil find in North Sea.

Births
1605: Thomas Browne, English doctor.
1862: Auguste Lumière, French inventor.

Deaths
1216: King John of England.
1609: Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and creator of Arminianism.
1682: Thomas Browne, English physician.
1745: Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish author.
1749: William Ged, Scottish goldsmith.

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