Thomas Erpingham (c. 1355 – 27 June 1428) was an English soldier
and administrator who served three generations of the House of Lancaster
including two English kings. Through his access to royal patronage he
acquired great wealth and influence. During the reign of Richard II he
served under the King's uncle John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in Spain
and Scotland, and with his son Henry Bolingbroke on crusades in
Lithuania, Prussia and the Holy Land. On becoming king, Bolingbroke
rewarded Erpingham with senior appointments. Erpingham later helped
suppress the Epiphany Rising and was appointed guardian of Henry's
second son Thomas. He was a member of the Privy Council, acting at one
point as marshal of England. In 1415 Erpingham served as a knight
banneret in Henry's campaign in France and commanded the archers at the
Battle of Agincourt. He was a benefactor to the city of Norwich, where
he had built the main cathedral gate which bears his name.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Erpingham>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
The International Telecommunication Union, which standardizes
and regulates international radio and telecommunications, was founded as
the International Telegraph Union in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union>
1900:
The first copies of the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz by L. Frank Baum were printed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz>
1914:
Under the Protocol of Corfu, the Principality of Albania
officially recognized Northern Epirus as an autonomous self-governing
region.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_of_Corfu>
2009:
Dalia Grybauskaitė became the first woman to be elected as
president of Lithuania, receiving 69.1 percent of the vote.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fjord:
A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fjord>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All those people who cannot or will not make peace on earth; all
those who for one reason or another cling to the ancient state of things
and find or invent excuses for it — they are your enemies! They are
your enemies as much as those German soldiers are to-day who are
prostrate here between you in the mud, who are only poor dupes hatefully
deceived and brutalized, domestic beasts. They are your enemies,
wherever they were born, however they pronounce their names, whatever
the language in which they lie. Look at them, in the heaven and on the
earth. Look at them, everywhere! Identify them once for all, and be
mindful for ever!
--Henri Barbusse
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henri_Barbusse>