This Day In European History

28th October

Events
1216: The nine year old King Henry III of England is crowned, first English monarch to crowned as a child.
1533: Catherine de Medici marries Henry, Duke of Orleans, later King Henry II of France.
1664: King Charles II of England approves plans for a foot regiment to serve on ships, the forerunners of marines.
1831: Faraday exhibits the dynamo.
1886: France gives the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America.
1971: Britain decides to join the EEC.

Births
1017: Holy Roman Emperor Henry III.
1585: Cornelius Jansen, Dutch Catholic reformer.
1659: Nicholas Brady, Irish poet.
1696: Comte Maurice de Saxe, German field marshal.

Deaths
1597: Aldus Manutius the Younger, Italian publisher.
1703: John Wallis, English mathematician.
1704: John Locke, British philosopher.
1708: George of Denmark, British prince consort of Queen Anne of Britain.
1806: Charlotte Smith, English novelist.
1900: Max Muller, German philologist.

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