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The refusal of Pius VII to ordain bishop only the candidates chosen by Napoleon led the Emperor to call a national council, which opened #OnThisDay 1811. Cardinal Joseph Fesch took the side of the Pope against his nephew, losing the benefits Napoleon had conferred on him.

Painting by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg of the victory of the 1st Coalition on the Glorious First of June (#OnThisDay 1794).
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@mcribbHistory Géricault's Horseman and David's Coronation (@MuseeLouvre), Chabord's Napoleon at Wagram (@museiincomune) and Lawrence's Wellington (@NPGLondon).

Napoleonic History and Botany/ gardens are two of my main interests and I cannot thank you enough @ScurrRuth for her excellent lecture "Napoleon: Shadows and Gardens" @GreshamCollege this afternoon 🌿

@LandOfHistory @Napoleonic_Imp @mcribbHistory @latelordchatham @Bookish_Rachael @aquestingvole @Napoleon_200 @EpicHistoryTV @KaraDiDomizio @MichaelFass9 Perfect past time on doctors orders #exile 🍃

The siege of Danzig (now Gdańsk) began #OnThisDay 1807, during the War of the Fourth Coalition between the French army of General François Joseph Lefebvre and the combined Prussian and Russian forces, commanded by Marshal Friedrich Adolf von Kalckreuth.

Painter, cartographer and first explorer of Mayan ruins, Jean-Frédéric Waldeck was born #OnThisDay 1766. He studied art in Paris and claimed to have participated in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. His illustrations of Mayan antiquities feature a theatrical version of Neoclassicism

#OnThisDay 1861 the tricolor 🇮🇹 becomes the flag of the Kingdom of Italy. The first Italian flag (1796) was inspired by the French Revolutionary one, and introduced during the Italian Campaign. After the fall of Napoleon, the tricolor accompanied, unofficially, the Risorgimento.

Painter Johan Joseph Zoffany RA (Johannes Josephus Zaufallij) was born in Frankfurt #OnThisDay 1733. After leaving the court at Regensburg, in 1750, to work in Rome, with Masucci and Piranesi, he moved to Britain, where he became famous for his portraits and conversation pieces.

@TinaWalksLondon @TheRegencyCook @CarolineLD I must confess, I am better at batter than dough. I blame my 21st century London mini kitchen for that. And a bit of laziness / fear of failure. This time I may give it a go... 😅