This Day In European History

19th September

Events
1356: The Battle of Poitiers: England's Black Prince defeats and captures Jean II of France.
1668: King John II Casimir of Poland abdicates; he becomes a Jesuit priest.
1783: A Montgolfier balloon transports its first passengers: a duck, a rooster and a sheep. The rooster dies during the landing.
1870: Having beaten the Emperor of France, Prussian forces besiege Paris, base of the revolutionary republic.

Births
86: Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
1551: King Henry III of France.
1749: Jean-Baptiste Delambre, French astronomer.
1802: Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian revolutionary.
1839: George Cadbury, British chocolate maker.

Deaths
1812: Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker.
1843: Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis, French engineer.

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