Edward I (1239–1307) was King of England from 1272 until his death. Involving himself politically under the reign of his father Henry III, Edward briefly sided with a baronial reform movement. After reconciliation with Henry III, Edward defeated the barons by 1267 and set out to the Holy Land on a crusade in 1270. On his return journey, Edward learned of his father's death; the new king returned to England in 1274 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey. Edward spent his reign reforming English currency and pushing through major legislative reform, in addition to involving himself in conflict with France. Edward conquered Wales and intended to likewise take over Scotland; this ultimately failed. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son Edward II. Edward has been considered one of the greatest medieval English kings for the achievements of his reign, but some historians have criticised him for his brutal military campaigns and for expelling English Jews.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1782:

Construction began on the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the official residence of the king of Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palace

1915:

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: SY Aurora, anchored in McMurdo Sound, broke loose during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean for her 18-man crew. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SY_Aurora%27s_drift

2004:

The final episode of the television sitcom Friends was aired. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends

2013:

Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor Ariel Castro having been held there with two other women for ten years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

coronation: 1. (also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning. 2. (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty. 3. (figuratively) 4. A completion or culmination of something. 5. A success in the face of little or no opposition. 6. (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coronation

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Coming and going by the dance, I see That what I am not is a part of me. Dancing is all that I can ever trust, The dance is all I am, the rest is dust. I will believe my bones and live by what Will go on dancing when my bones are not.   --Sydney Carter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sydney_Carter