Edward II (1284–1327) was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. He married Isabella, the daughter of the powerful King Philip IV of France, in 1308. Edward had a close and controversial relationship with Piers Gaveston, who had joined his household in 1300. Gaveston's arrogance and power as Edward's favourite provoked discontent among both the barons and the French royal family, and Edward was forced to exile him. On Gaveston's return, the barons pressured the king into agreeing to wide-ranging reforms, called the Ordinances of 1311. A group of barons seized and executed Gaveston in 1312, beginning several years of armed confrontation. English forces were pushed back in Scotland, where Edward was decisively defeated by Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. After the exiled Roger Mortimer invaded England with a small army in 1326, Edward's regime collapsed and he relinquished his crown in favour of his 14-year- old son, Edward III.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
The International Telecommunication Union, an international organization that standardizes and regulates international radio and telecommunications, was founded as the International Telegraph Union in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union
1954:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, outlawing racial segregation in public schools because "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and therefore unconstitutional. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
1974:
The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force detonated a series of car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, killing 34 people and injuring almost 300 more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Monaghan_bombings
2009:
Dalia Grybauskaitė was elected the first female President of Lithuania, receiving 69.1% of the vote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
fjord: A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fjord
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
People have often asked me, "If you weren’t in show business, what would you be doing?" The truth is, I don’t think there’s anything else I could be doing, so the answer would have to be, nothing. Then again, there's nothing I love more than making people laugh, so I guess you could say I’m in the only business I could be in. I was born to enjoy life and I've always wanted everyone to enjoy it along with me. --Tim Conway https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tim_Conway