This Day In European History

18th September

Events
96: Marcus Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1544: The Peace of Crépy signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Empire Charles V.
1879: The first Blackpool illuminations.
1981: France abolishes the guillotine.
1939: Lord Haw-Haw makes his first broadcast, spreading Nazi propaganda to Britain.

Births
1709: Samuel Johnson, British dictionary compiler.
1765: Pope Gregory XVI.
1819: Jean-Bernard-Foucault, French scientist.
1905: Greta Garbo, Swedish actress.

Deaths
96: Roman Emperor Domitian, murdered.
1783: Leonhard Euler, Russian mathematician.

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