October 3

When do my fifteen minutes start?
For Dayfdd ap Gruffyd, Prince of Gwyedd, his started on the 3rd in 1283 when, according to reliable sources, he became the first person to have been executed by drawing and quartering. In all likelihood he probably survived the drawing part, which if done properly can take an extraordinarily long time, but there is absolutely no chance that he survived much beyond that. The quartering is always effective on the first try. The international response to this development was swift and decisive and resulted in a total blockade of the importing of vowels to Wales.