This Day In European History
22nd September
Events1735: The first use of 10 Downing Street by the British prime minister.
1792: France declares itself a republic.
1888: The Electrical Conference in Paris; ohm, volt and ampere are made standard units.
1955: Britain broadcasts its first television advert.
1980: Solidarity, a trade union, is created in Poland with Lech Walesa as leader; it later wins the first free elections in Poland since Soviet domination.
Births
1515: Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.
1601: Anne of Austria, Queen consort of King Louis XIII of France, born five days before her husband.
1683: Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer.
1741: Peter Simon Pallas, German geologist.
1791: Michael Faraday, English scientist.
1882: Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal.
Deaths
1241: Snorri Sturluson, Scandinavian author of Edda, assassinated.
1774: Pope Clement XIV.
