This Day In European History

5th February

Events
1811: The Regency Act is passed in Britain, allowing Prince George of Wales to rule because his father, King George III, is considered insane.
1818: Prince Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, former Napoleonic Marshall, succeeds to the Swedish throne as King Charles XIV.

Births
1788: Robert Peel, twice British Prime Minister and founder of the Conservative Party.
1848: Joris Karl Huysmans, French novelist.
1878: André-Gustave Citroën, French engineer.
1893: William Earl Johns, author of the Biggles adventures.

Deaths
1679: Joost van den Vondel, Dutch writer.
1881: Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian.
1945: Violette Szabo, British agent.

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