Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. When Edward succeeded to the throne, the Vikings ruled Northumbria, East Anglia and eastern Mercia, leaving only Wessex and western Mercia under Anglo-Saxon control. In 910 a Mercian and West Saxon army inflicted a decisive defeat on an invading Northumbrian army, ending the threat from the northern Vikings. In the 910s, Edward conquered Viking-ruled southern England in partnership with his sister Æthelflæd, who ruled Mercia. By 919 he ruled Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia, and only Northumbria remained under Viking rule. Edward was admired by medieval chroniclers, but he was largely ignored by modern historians until the 1990s, partly because few primary sources for his reign survive. He is now seen as destroying the power of the Vikings in southern England while laying the foundations for a south-centred united English kingdom.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1261:
Nicaean–Latin wars: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture Constantinople, leading to the reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Latin Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_Strategopoulos
1898:
Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_campaign
1948:
Australia (captain pictured) set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Test,_1948_Ashes_series
1976:
The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_%28Mars%29
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
resound: 1. (transitive) 2. To make (sounds), or to speak (words), loudly or reverberatingly. 3. Of a place: to cause (a sound) to reverberate; to echo. 4. To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing. 5. (intransitive) 6. Of a place: to reverberate with sound or noise. 7. Of a sound, a voice, etc.: to reverberate; to ring. 8. Especially of a musical instrument: to make a (deep or reverberating) sound; also, to make sounds continuously. 9. (figuratively) 10. Of an event: to have a major effect in a certain place or time. 11. Of a person, their reputation, etc.: to be much lauded or mentioned. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/resound
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both. --Eric Hoffer https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_Hoffer