The Act of Accord was an act of the Parliament of England passed on 25 October 1460. Three weeks earlier, Richard, Duke of York, claimed the crown of England on the grounds that the male and female lines gave him two claims, while his rival King Henry VI only possessed one. The House of Lords decided that Henry would retain the crown for life, but York and his heirs were to succeed him, removing Henry's son Edward from the succession. Henry agreed to the compromise, which became the Act of Accord. The queen, Margaret of Anjou, refused to accept the disinheritance of their son, and was joined by the majority of the English nobility. She raised an army in Northern England with her son and began the destruction of York's and the Nevilles' Yorkshire estates. York led an army to challenge her but was killed at the Battle of Wakefield. The Lancastrians were defeated three months later at the Battle of Towton by York's son, who was crowned King Edward IV.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Accord> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1920: Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_MacSwiney> 1924: The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation, pushing the Conservative Party to a landslide victory in the UK general election four days later. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter> 1944: USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tang_%28SS-306%29> 2010: Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Mount_Merapi> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: revive: 1. (transitive) 2. To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness. 3. To bring (a person or animal which is dead) back to life. 4. (figurative) 5. To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. 6. To cause (a feeling, state of mind, etc.) to come back or return; to reactivate, to reawaken. 7. To renew (something) in one's or people's memories or minds; to bring back (something) to (public) attention; to reawaken. 8. To make (something which has become faded or unclear) clear or fresh again; to refresh. 9. (chemistry, historical) To restore (a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture) to its pure or unmixed state. 10. (law, chiefly historical) To give new validity to (a law or legal instrument); to reenact, to revalidate. 11. (originally theater, now also film, television) To put on a new production of (a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme). 12. (obsolete, rare) 13. To bring (someone) back to a state of health or vigour. 14. (law, politics) To rerun (an election). 15. (intransitive) 16. To recover from a faint; to return to a state of consciousness. 17. Of a dead person or animal: to be brought back to life. 18. Of a person, animal, or plant: to return to a state of health or vigour, especially after almost dying. 19. (figurative) 20. To recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to become active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize. 21. Of a feeling, state of mind, etc.: to come back or return; to be reactivated or reawakened. 22. (chemistry, obsolete, rare) Of a metal (especially mercury) or other substance in a compound or mixture: to return to its pure or unmixed state. 23. (law, chiefly historical, uncommon) Of a law or legal instrument: to be given new validity. 24. (originally theater, now also film, television) Of a musical, play, or other stage performance; also, a film or television programme: to have a new production put on. 25. (obsolete) Synonym of revival (“an act of reviving, or a state of being revived (in various senses)”). <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revive> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me? --Thomas Babington Macaulay <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
