This Day In European History 20th January Events 1265: Simon de Montfort calls what is generally considered Englands first national parliament. 1503: Spain creates the House of Trade (Casa Contratacion) to organise mercantile affairs with the Americas. 1613: The Peace of Knarod ends the War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden. 1649: Trial of King Charles I of England begins. 1788: The Parliament of Paris gives a list of complaints about Frances government to King Louis XVI, setting itself up as an opposition. 1841: China cedes Hong Kong to Britain. 1942: The Wannsee Conference between Nazi officials decides on a final solution to the Jewish problem; the Holocaust ensues. Births 1716: King Charles III of Spain and King Charles VII of Naples. 1734: Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, French statesman. 1843: Paul Cambon, French ambassador partly responsible for the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale in 1904. Deaths 1569: Miles Coverdale, English bishop and translator of first bible printed in English. 1606: Alessandro Valignano, Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan. 1612: Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, considered a key reason in the Thirty Years War. 1666: Anne of Austria, Queen consort and Regent of France. 1745: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII. 1790: John Howard, English health and prison reformer. 1813: Christoph Wieland, German poet. 1837: John Soane, English architect. 1875: Jean-Francois Millet, French painter. 1900: John Ruskin, British artist and writer. 1936: King George V of England.
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