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RT @GeorgianGent: New post: A trip to the theatre with Thomas Rowlandson. https://t.co/zNbQejwIvj
Born #OnThisDay 1Sep1789 Marguerite Power, Countess of #Blessington forced to marry Cpt. Maurice St. Leger Farmer, a drunk who died when he fell out a window. Four months later, she married ... More: https://t.co/HgNkJfKb29 #18thcentury
#MadameTussaud: Interesting Tidbits about the Wax Sculptor - Madame Tussauds is a popular attraction with sites throughout the world that includes not only the United States and Great Britain but also ... https://t.co/YHFB8bhBDE #19thcentury #wmnhist
RT @VeraNijveld: On August 25, 1835, first in a series of six articles announcing discovery of life on the moon appeared in New York Sun newspaper. The description of John Herschels sights of fantastic creatures through his telescope is commonly known as The Great Moon Hoax.
#OnThisDay 27Aug1788 Jacques Necker named as French Minister of Finance. He was viewed as the savior of France by many as the country stood on brink of ruin, but his actions could not and did not stop the French Revolution. #necker #18thcentury
Tea was not always a part of English history. However, it was destined to become a part once a small ad ran in 1658 in one of London’s weekly newspapers called the ... https://t.co/MEgcIiJIZs #teahistory #englishhistory #wwwblogs
The Umbrella as a Weapon in the 1800s - After #umbrellas became common place and people like Eliza de Feuillide, Jane Austen, and Madame Tussaud carried them, people found unintentional accidents were ... https://t.co/Pt9CnczA9t #weapons #19thcentury
RT @AntoineVanner: 1831: Paddle-steamer Rothsay Castle was lost in one of the first major disasters of the Steam Age. Mechanical Failure & Human Error combined to make it happen. Lessons should have been learned – but weren’t. https://t.co/DFZq62r4u6 #19thCentury
RT @GrasmereJournal: #OTD 8/5/1800: " Dried the linen in the morning, the air still cold. I pulled a bag full of peas for Mrs Simpson. Miss Simpson drank tea with me and supped on her return from Ambleside. (img: Hanging out the Laundry, Jean-Francois Millet, 1814)
Wigs: Their Wearers and Eighteenth-Century Anecdotes - In the eighteenth century, those who wore #wigs almost always powdered them. By the 1780s, young men were moving away from wigs and were powdering their ... https://t.co/o7UhB4RdrO #18thcentury #1700s