ON THIS DAY

● 1307: Edward I, having conquered the Welsh, died on his way to Scotland to fight Robert the Bruce.

● 1814: The first authentic historical novel, Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley, was published.

● 1816: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-born playwright of School for Scandal (1777), died. He was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre but died in poverty.

● 1860: Composer Gustav Mahler was born in Kaliste, Bohemia.

● 1927: Christopher Stone became the first “disc jockey” on British radio when he presented his Record Round-up from Savoy Hill.

● 1967: Using Sir Francis Drake’s sword, the Queen knighted Francis Chichester, who had sailed solo round the world in Gypsy Moth IV.

● 2005: A series of explosions ripped through London in co-ordinated terrorist strikes. Suicide attacks on three London Underground trains and a doubledecker bus killed 56, including the bombers, and more than 700 were injured.

● 2013: Andy Murray made history as he became the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles in 77 years.

● ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: A cache of memos from Sir Kim Darroch, the UK’s ambassador in Washington, labelling Donald Trump’s White House “inept” were published by the Mail on Sunday, sparking a diplomatic row.

● BIRTHDAYS: Ringo Starr, ex-Beatle, 80; Michael Howard, former Conservative Party leader, 79; Bill Oddie, comic actor/wildlife presenter, 79; Tony Jacklin, former golfer, 76; Shelley Duvall, actress, 71.