January 20th in History
January 20th
The English Parliament met with common citizens for the first time (1265), convened by the Earl of Leicester, Simon de Montfort.
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On 20th January 1288, Rhys ap Maredudd's revolt against Edward I was suppressed when his final stronghold at Newcastle Emlyn castle surrendered, forcing him to go to ground.
Following the death of Rhys's great grandfather, Lord Rhys in 1197, his father ruled over a truncated portion of Deheubarth, known as the Cantref Mawr, which Rhys succeeded to in 1271 and as such considered himself the custodian of Dinefwr castle, the stronghold of Deheubarth.
Rhys's relationship with the Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, was strained and he, therefore, supported the English crown during Edward I's campaigns in Wales in 1276–77 and 1282–3, which following Llywelyn's death, led to him being bestowed additional lands by Edward.
However, to his extreme disappointment, he was not given Dinefwr castle, which led him to rebel in 1287, capturing the majority of Ystrad Tywi, including the castles at Dinefwr and Carreg Cennen.
The rebellion was put down the following year and Rhys was forced into hiding, being eventually captured in 1291 and executed for treason at York in 1292.
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1327: King Edward II Is Deposed
King Edward II of England is deposed and replaced with his teenage son, Edward III. The campaign to remove the king from power was led by his own wife, Isabelle, who invaded England in 1326 with the help of Roger Mortimer, possibly her lover. Edward II died less than a year later and the timing of his death has led some historians to speculate that he was murdered.
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On 20th January 1785, Wrexham born Samuel Ellis bought New York's Oyster Island, which was later named Ellis Island after him.
After his death in 1794, it seems that Ellis's family were not interested in keeping it and it passed into the possession of the government. Between 1892 and 1954 it became the the United State's busiest entry point for millions of immigrants.
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1841 Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British
1850 The opening of the Penny Savings Bank, to encourage thrift amongst the poor.
1882 A draper’s shop called Coxon & Company, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, became the first shop in the world to be lit by incandescent electric light. It used Swan lamps.
January 20
The management of St. Louis radio station KWK had all Rock 'n' Roll music removed from its play list. The disc jockeys gave every Rock 'n' Roll record in the station library a "farewell spin" before smashing it to pieces. The station manager, Robert T. Convey felt that Rock 'n' Roll had dominated the airwaves long enough and called the action "a simple weeding out of undesirable music."
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