This Day In European History

24th October

Events
1260: The consecration of Chartres Cathedral.
1648: The Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War.
1795: The Third Partition of Poland divides the nation's remaining land among Prussia, Austria and Russia. Poland ceases to exist as a country.
1911: Winston Churchill becomes Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty.

Births
51: Roman Emperor Domitian.
1632: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist.
1750: Cuthbert Collingwood, English naval commander.

Deaths
1537: Jane Seymour, Queen of England.
1601: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer.
1655: Pierre Gassendi, French scientist.
1725: Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer.
1945: Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician; executed.

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