What happened on 3 February?

7 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1870 15th Amendment to US Constitution Prohibits denial of vote based on race.
2. 1488 Diaz rounds the Cape of Good Hope Bartolomeu Dias first European to round southern Africa.
3. 1830 Greek independence recognised By the London Protocol, Britain, France and Russia declare Greece an independent state under their guarantee — the first nation carved whole out of the Ottoman Empire, and the firs
4. 1962 Cuban embargo by the US JFK imposes near-total US embargo on Cuba; remains in place into the 21st century.
5. 1960 Wind of Change speech Harold Macmillan's Cape Town address signals British acceptance of African decolonisation.
6. 1821 Born: Elizabeth Blackwell The first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, opening the profession to women.
7. 1809 Born: Felix Mendelssohn Early-Romantic German composer who revived Bach's St Matthew Passion.