Northumbria in the last years of the eighth century was the scene of
dynastic strife between several noble families, and in 790, Æthelred I
attempted to have Eardwulf assassinated. Æthelred himself was
assassinated in 796. The reign of his successor Osbald lasted only
twenty-seven days before he was deposed, and Eardwulf became king on 14
May 796. In 798 Eardwulf fought a battle at Billington Moor against a
nobleman named Wada, who had been one of those responsible for King
Æthelred's death; Wada was defeated and driven into exile. In 801
Eardwulf led an army against Coenwulf of Mercia, perhaps because of
Coenwulf's support for other claimants to the Northumbrian throne.
Eardwulf was deposed in 806. According to a Frankish source, he returned
to his kingdom in 808, but no record has survived of his death or the
end of his reign. He was possibly buried at the Mercian royal monastery
of Breedon on the Hill, which carries a dedication to Saint Mary and
Saint Hardulph, identified as Eardwulf by several historians.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardwulf_of_Northumbria>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1509:
War of the League of Cambrai: French forces defeated the
Venetians at the Battle of Agnadello in present-day Northern Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agnadello>
1796:
English physician Edward Jenner began testing cowpox as a
vaccine against smallpox.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner>
1868:
Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the
Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards NikkÅ and Aizu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Utsunomiya_Castle>
1943:
Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked
and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing
268 people aboard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHS_Centaur>
1973:
The NASA space station Skylab was launched from Cape Canaveral.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
presage:
1. (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
2. (intransitive) To make a prediction.
3. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/presage>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Remember... the Force will be with you, always.
--Star Wars
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)>
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