This Day In European History

30th October

Events
1485: King Henry VII of England creates the Yeomen of the Guard.
1580: Sir Francis Drake arrives in Plymouth having circumnavigated the globe.
1888: Having been snubbed in its request for a loan by Germany, Russia comes to an agreement with France, beginning an era of growing entente.
1922: Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy.
1925 John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor, first transmits moving images.

Births
1741: Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss painter.
1751: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright.
1762: André de Chénier, French poet.
1871: Paul Valéry, French writer.

Deaths
1611: King Charles IX of Sweden.
1809: William Bentinck, British prime minister.
1923: Andrew Bonar Law, the only British prime minister not born in Britain.

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