This Day In European History
1st September
Events891: The Battle of Louvain; Emperor Arnulf of Germany defeats the Vikings.
1494: King Charles VIII of France invades Italy in order to claim the throne of Naples.
1870: The Battle of Sedan; Prussia defeats France in the Franco-Prussian war.
1928: Albania is declared a kingdom to be ruled by King Zog I.
1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland.
1951: Britain's first supermarket opens.
Births
1854: Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer.
1864: Roger Casement, Anglo-Irish diplomat.
1877: Francis Aston, English scientist.
Deaths
1159: Pope Adrian IV, Nicholas Breakspear (the only English Pope).
1557: Jacques Cartier, French explorer.
1666: Frans Hals, Dutch painter.
1687: Henry More, English philosopher.
1715: King Louis XIV of France; he was 76 and had ruled for 72 years.
1729: Richard Steele, English writer and magazine founder.
