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#OnThisDay 15Oct1868 a three-act play by English playwright Tom Taylor titled "Our American Cousin" premiers and makes Dundreary and his whiskers a phenomena. Learn more: https://t.co/WkpwGIP2uE
Indictment against #MarieAntoinette w/her trial beginning #OnThisDay 14Oct1793. https://t.co/Q7lzFWg1z3 and shown is "The Death of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France" on 16Oct1793 by Isaac Cruikshank published in London via https://t.co/hUJsceomnj
RT @aaronburr_vp: #HappyBirthday to Mary Ludwig Hayes, sometimes referred to as Molly Pitcher, who was born #OnThisDay 13 October 1744. Legend is that her husband fell and she took his place operating a cannon the Battle of Monmouth. #history #women #AmRev #RevWar
Laura Bell #Courtesan and Preacher of the 1800s - Laura Eliza Jane Seymour Bell was born in 1829 in Glenavy in Northern Ireland to Captain R. H. Bell, who managed Hertford’s Antrim estates, and to the ... https://t.co/X2rRFQdrOM #laurabell #MondayBlogs
RT @longvictorian4: "Treasure Island", an illustration by John R. Neill (1877-1943). The original novel, #TreasureIsland, was published in 1882 (Robert Louis Stevenson). “There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward" - Long John Silver”
RT @HerbalStorytell: Venturing into the #C18th realm of the oak tree ( secret symbol of the Jacobites and tannic tonic medicine) this week in the Very #CuriousHerbal project inspired by the work of pioneering Scotswoman Elizabeth Blackwell https://t.co/fkGh8awaVQ
RT @longvictorian4: "Treasure Island", an illustration by John R. Neill (1877-1943). The original novel, Treasure Island, was published in 1882 (Robert Louis Stevenson). “There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward" - Long John Silver”.
Housemaids and Their Duties in the 1800s - Servants made family life easier in the eighteenth and nineteenth century and housemaids were an important part. Although today, maids work for ... https://t.co/WIsqR6uZA6 #housemaids #18thc #19thc
Fouquier-Tinville: Purveyor to the Guillotine - Fouquier-Tinville was born Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville and became a French public prosecutor who, because of his zeal during ... https://t.co/mKML1XMWGQ #18thcentury #guillotine #FridayReads
#OnThisDay25Sep1779 after the Battle of Flamborough Head, the ship commanded by #JohnPaulJones, the Bonhomme Richard, sinks. He then sails the captured HMS Serapis to the Netherlands. Learn more about Jones in this post: https://t.co/j4PCMm2Q8e