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On February 1, 1327: The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

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Featured moment · 1327

The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

Edward III, also known as Edward of Windsor before accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe.

People

Born on February 1

Brian Brobbey 2002– Dutch footballer (born 2002)
Talanoa Hufanga 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Mohamed Abdelmonem 1999– Egyptian footballer (born 1999)
Drew Eubanks 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
Jihyo 1997– South Korean singer (born 1997)
Ahmad Abughaush 1996– Jordanian taekwondo athlete
Doyoung 1996– South Korean singer (born 1996)
Anna-Lena Friedsam 1994– German tennis player (born 1994)
Julia Garner 1994– American actress (born 1994)
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Harry Styles 1994– English singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994)
Diego Mella 1993– Italian footballer (born 1993)
Sean Manaea 1992– American baseball player (born 1992)
Blake Austin 1991– GB, England & Portugal international rugby league footballer
Tyler Myers 1990– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Ricky Pinheiro 1989– Portuguese footballer
Brett Anderson 1988– American baseball player (born 1988)
Sebastian Boenisch 1987– Polish footballer (born 1987)
Moises Henriques 1987– Australian international cricketer

People

Died on February 1

Horst Köhler President of Germany from 2004 to 2010
Fay Vincent American baseball commissioner (1938–2025)
Remi De Roo Canadian Catholic bishop (1924–2022)
Dustin Diamond American actor and comedian (1977–2021)
Temur Tsiklauri Musical artist
Jeremy Hardy English comedian (1961–2019)
Clive Swift English actor and songwriter (1936–2019)
Wade Wilson American football player and coach (1959–2019)
Barys Kit Belarusian-American rocket scientist
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Mowzey Radio Ugandan musician (1983–2018)
Desmond Carrington British broadcaster and actor (1926–2017)
Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores Guatemalan military officer and politician
Aldo Ciccolini Italian pianist (1925–2015)
Udo Lattek German football player and coach (1935–2015)
Monty Oum American animator and voice actor (1981–2015)
Luis Aragonés Spanish football player and manager (1938–2014)
Vasily Petrov Russian military official (1917–2014)
Rene Ricard American poet (1946–2014)

Timeline

Every February 1 on record

  1. 1327 The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

    King of England from 1327 to 1377

    Edward III, also known as Edward of Windsor before accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II. Edward III transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe.

  2. 1411 The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).

    Part of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War

    The (First) Peace of Thorn was a peace treaty formally ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War between allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side, and the Teutonic Knights on the other. It was signed on 1 February 1411 in Thorn (Toruń), one of the southernmost cities of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. In historiography, the treaty is often portrayed as a diplomatic failure of Poland–Lithuania as they failed to capitalize on the decisive defeat of the Knights in the Battle of Grunwald in June 1410.

  3. 1662 The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

    Founder of the Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan

    Zheng Chenggong, born Zheng Sen (鄭森) and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga (國姓爺), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan, founding the Kingdom of Tungning.

  4. 1713 The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

    Part of the Great Northern War (1713)

    The Skirmish at Bender was devised to remove Charles XII of Sweden from the Ottoman Empire after his military defeats in Russia. It took place on 1 February 1713 on Ottoman territory, in what is now the town of Bender, Moldova.

  5. 1793 French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

    1792–1802 wars

    The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and several other countries. The wars are divided into two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802).

  6. 1796 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
  7. 1814 Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, which was the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
  8. 1835 Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
  9. 1861 American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
  10. 1864 Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
  11. 1865 President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  12. 1884 The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  13. 1893 Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
  14. 1895 Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
  15. 1896 La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
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  1. 1897 Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  2. 1900 Great Britain, defeated by Boers in key battles, names Lord Roberts commander of British forces in South Africa.
  3. 1908 Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
  4. 1924 Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
  5. 1942 World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
  6. 1942 World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  7. 1942 Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
  8. 1942 Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  9. 1946 Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
  10. 1946 The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
  11. 1950 The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
  12. 1957 Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.
  13. 1960 Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  14. 1964 The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
  15. 1968 Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.

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