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>
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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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Wikiquote quote of the day:
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>
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