William de Corbeil (c. 1070 – 1136) was an Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the first Augustinian canon to become an archbishop in England. Born
at Corbeil, south of Paris, he was educated as a theologian. In 1123 he
was elected to the See of Canterbury. Throughout his archbishopric,
William was embroiled in a dispute with Thurstan, the Archbishop of
York, over the primacy of Canterbury. As a temporary solution, the pope
appointed William the papal legate for England, giving him powers
superior to those of York. He presided over three legatine councils,
which condemned the purchase of benefices or priesthoods and admonished
the clergy to be celibate. He oversaw construction of the keep of
Rochester Castle (pictured), the tallest Norman-built keep in England.
Towards the end of his life William crowned Count Stephen of Boulogne as
King of England, despite his oath to the dying King Henry I that he
would support the succession of Henry's daughter, the Empress Matilda.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Corbeil>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1890:
The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla,
Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uddevalla_Suffrage_Association>
1917:
First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000
casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of
Passchendaele, making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Passchendaele>
1979:
Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever
recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar
(25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip>
1999:
Pakistani general Pervez Musharraf led a military coup against
the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
eyestripe:
(zoology) A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes
the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head; in
particular (ornithology) such a stripe on each side of the head of some
birds.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eyestripe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What we need to make our first and primary task is — and where
our struggle ought to concentrate on — is upon ourselves. We have to
cleanse our thoughts from hatred; different political views and religion
are our blessings, we have to conduct them with love. Even if there are
disagreements arising from our differences, we should side with justice
rather than injustice and correct our moral lenses. Justice should be
our main principle; love and respect for all human beings ought to be
our moral compass. This is our eternal job that cannot be completed and
a work that needs to be always performed. It is our lifelong assignment.
--Abiy Ahmed
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed>
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