Edward I (1239–1307) was King of England from 1272 until his death.
Involving himself politically under the reign of his father Henry III,
Edward briefly sided with a baronial reform movement. After
reconciliation with Henry III, Edward defeated the barons by 1267 and
set out to the Holy Land on a crusade in 1270. On his return journey,
Edward learned of his father's death; the new king returned to England
in 1274 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey. Edward spent his reign
reforming English currency and pushing through major legislative reform,
in addition to involving himself in conflict with France. Edward
conquered Wales and intended to likewise take over Scotland; this
ultimately failed. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son
Edward II. Edward has been considered one of the greatest medieval
English kings for the achievements of his reign, but some historians
have criticised him for his brutal military campaigns and for expelling
English Jews.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1782:
Construction began on the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the official
residence of the king of Thailand.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palace>
1915:
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora, anchored in
McMurdo Sound, broke loose during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal in
the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean for her 18-man crew.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Aurora%27s_drift>
2004:
The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends>
2013:
Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her
captor Ariel Castro having been held there with two other women for ten
years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
coronation:
1. (also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
2. (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally
investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other
insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the
sovereignty.
3. (figuratively)
4. A completion or culmination of something.
5. A success in the face of little or no opposition.
6. (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of
turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row
forward.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coronation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Coming and going by the dance, I see That what I am not is a
part of me. Dancing is all that I can ever trust, The dance is all I
am, the rest is dust. I will believe my bones and live by what Will go
on dancing when my bones are not.
--Sydney Carter
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sydney_Carter>
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