This Day In European History

3rd February

Events
1863: Queen Victoria of Britain's second son, Prince Alfred, is elected as King of Greece; the honour is refused because of an Anglo-Franco-Russian agreement not to alter their influence in Greece.
1960 Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, makes his 'Winds of change' speech.

Births
1809: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, German composer.
1826: Walter Bagehot, British economist.
1898: Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect.

Deaths
1014: Swein Forkbeard, Danish leader.
1399: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
1468: Johannes Gutenberg, German printer and inventor of moveable type.
1679: Jan Steen, Dutch painter.

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