This Day In European History
4th September
Events925: King Athelstan of England is crowned at Kingston, Surrey.
1260: The Battle of Montaperti.
1666: St. Paul's Cathedral is destroyed by the Great Fire of London in less than an hour.
1797: The 18th Fructidor Coup: Paul Barras removes royalists from among his fellow Directory members.
1870: Following the surrender of Emperor Napoleon III to Prussia a revolt begins in Paris, starting the Third French Republic.
1962: The Beatles make their first recording.
Births
1824: Josef Bruckner, Austrian composer.
1892: Darius Milhaud, French composer.
Deaths
1588: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
