This Day In European History

4th February

Events
1783: Britain formally ends hostilities with the United States of America over the War of Independance.
1945 Start of the Yalta Conference; allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin attend.

Births
1688: Pierre Marivaux, French writer.
1746: Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish soldier.
1842: Georg Brandes, Danish critic.
1871: Friedrich Ebert, President of Weimar Germany from 1919-1925.
1881: Fernand Léger, French painter.
1897: Ludwig Erhard, German economist and statesman.

Deaths
211: Roman Emperor Septimius Severus.
1503: Elizabeth of York, Queen consort of King Henry VII of England.
1508: Conradus Celtis, German scholar and poet.

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