On February 3, 1783, Spain recognized the independence from Britain of the United States of America.
Walter Bagehot (pronounced “badge-it”; pictured), famed editor of The Economist and author of Lombard Street, was born on this date in 1826.
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Bagehot’s greatest significance was in persuading a large number of educated Britons to accept various propositions about the nature of the British constitution — which constitution was not a set of meta-laws written and ratified in the manner of the Constitution of the United States of America and of most modern states.