This Day In European History

14th September

Events
1752: The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Britain as September 14th follows directly on from September 2nd.
1812: Napoleon enters Moscow, which has been set alight by the retreating government.
1854: The Crimean War begins as British and French troops land in the Crimea.
1868: The first recorded hole-in-one, at The Open (held in Scotland).
1959: Soviet ship Lunik II becomes the first craft to land on the moon.

Births
1547: Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, co-founder of the independent Netherlands.
1712: Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer.
1735: Robert Raikes, English Sunday School founder.
1760: Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer.
1769: Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist.
1791: Franz Bopp, German linguist.

Deaths
407: St. John Chrysostom.
1321: Dante Alighieri, Italian poet.
1523: Pope Adrian VI, the only Dutch pope.
1712: Gian Domenico Cassini, Franco-Italian astronomer.
1759: Louis de Montcalm-Grozon, French general.
1852: Arthur Wellesley, English general and prime minister.

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