Wilfrid (c. 633 – c. 709) was an English bishop. The abbot of a monastery at Ripon, he advocated the Roman method for calculating the date of Easter at the Synod of Whitby in 664 and was appointed Bishop of Northumbria as a result. After Wilfrid quarrelled with Ecgfrith, the Northumbrian king, Theodore of Tarsus (the Archbishop of Canterbury) implemented some reforms in the diocese despite Wilfrid's opposition. Pope Agatho ruled in Wilfrid's favour, but Ecgfrith imprisoned Wilfrid before exiling him. Aldfrith, Ecgfirth's successor, allowed Wilfrid to return, but later expelled him. Wilfrid again appealed to Rome, and eventually regained possession of his Northumbrian monasteries. After Wilfrid's death, he was venerated as a saint. His followers commissioned a Life of Wilfrid (page from an 11th-century copy pictured), and the medieval historian Bede also wrote extensively about him. Wilfrid lived ostentatiously and claimed to be the first Englishman to introduce the Rule of Saint Benedict into English monasteries. Some modern historians see him as a champion of Roman customs against those of the British and Irish churches, others as an advocate for monasticism.

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1479 BC:

Thutmose III became the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, although during the first 22 years of the reign he was co-regent with his aunt, Hatshepsut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thutmose_III

1547:

Schmalkaldic War: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, led Imperial troops to a decisive victory in the Battle of Mühlberg over the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League of Protestant princes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_M%C3%BChlberg

1914:

The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar in the development of quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck%E2%80%93Hertz_experiment

1922:

The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network created to link the countries of the British Empire, opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Wireless_Chain

1990:

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in mission STS-31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope

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levant: To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/levant

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I cannot approve of monarchs who want to rule over the conscience of the people, and take away their freedom of choice and religion.   --William the Silent https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_the_Silent