This Day In European History

12th September

Events
1440: Eton College is founded.
1878: 'Cleopatra's Needle' is moved to London's River Thames Embankment.
1940: The discovery of the Lascaux Caves and their prehistoric wall paintings.

Births
1494: King Francis I of France.
1605: William Dugdale, English historian.
1852: Herbert Henry Asquith, British prime minister.
1888: Maurice Chevalier, French entertainer.
1897: Irene Curie, French physicist.

Deaths
1642: Henri de Cinq Mars, French noble, executed for his part in a plot to kill Cardinal Richelieu, who died of natural causes a little less than three months later.
1651: Duke William Hamilton, Scottish royalist.
1660: Jacob 'Father' Cats' Dutch writer.
1764: Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer.
1869: Peter Roget, Thesaurus creator.

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