This Day In European History

23rd October

Events
1642: The Battle of Edgehill, the first large battle in the English Civil War; both sides claim victory.
1707: The first parliament of the United Kingdom opens.
1814: The first use of plastic surgery in Britain.
1942: The Second battle of El Alamein.

Births
1734: Nicolas-Edme Restif, French author.
1813: Ludwig Leichhardt, Prussian explorer.
1817: Pierre Larousse, French encyclopaedist.
1868: Frederick Lanchester, English car maker.

Deaths
42 BCE: Brutus.
1688: Charles du Fresne, French scholar.
1867: Franz Bopp, German linguist.
1869: Edward Stanley, British prime minister.
1872: Théophile Gautier, French writer.
1915: W G Grace, English cricketer.

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