John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1347–1375), was an English nobleman and soldier. At the age of one he became a ward of King Edward III. The King arranged for his daughter Margaret to marry Hastings. They married in 1359, but Margaret died two years later. The Hundred Years' War reignited in France, and in 1369 Pembroke journeyed to Aquitaine. There he took part in raids, sieges, and counter-measures against the French, with both notable successes and failures. In 1371 he was summoned to Parliament. There he was responsible for forcing the King's ecclesiastical ministers from power. In 1372 Pembroke returned to France with a small fleet. His arrival had been anticipated by the Castilian navy. Outnumbered and outgunned, he was forced to fight the Battle of La Rochelle, where he suffered a crushing defeat and was captured. After three years a large ransom was negotiated and in 1375 he was finally released. Returning to England through France, he was taken ill near Paris and died, aged 27.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
Slavery in Washington, D.C., ended when the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act became law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation_Act
1945:
Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Arnhem
1948:
The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, headquartered in Paris, was founded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD
2014:
The ferry MV Sewol capsized and sank off Donggeochado, South Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from Danwon High School. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
mussitate: 1. (transitive) To say (words, etc.) indistinctly; to mutter. 2. (intransitive) To talk indistinctly; to mutter. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mussitate
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Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. --Anatole France https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France