This Day In European History

10th February

Events
1355: The 'St. Scholastica's Day Riots' begin in Oxford between local citizens and members of the college; they last three days and cause fatalities.
1763: The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War as Britain, France and Spain come to an agreement.
1840 Britain's Queen Victoria marries Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, her first cousin.

Births
1609: John Suckling, writer and inventor of cribbage.
1685: Aaron Hill, English author.
1890: Boris Pasternak, Russian writer of Doctor Zhivago.
1894: Harold Macmillan, British prime minister.
1898: Bertold Brecht, German playwright.

Deaths
1543: Johann Eck, German theologian.
1567: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, father of King James I of England and VI of Scotland.
1686: William Dugdale, English historian.
1755: Charles-Louis de Secondat, French philosopher.
1829: Pope Leo XII.
1837: Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer.
1878: Claude Bernard, French physiologist.

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