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31 October 1512: Unveiling of #Michelangelo's fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Symbol of a serenely triumphant #Renaissance, the Masterpiece would later offer a striking contrast with the “Last Judgment”, produced by an artist traumatised by the Sack of #Rome.
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Paris, 26 March 1832: believed to have originated in the Indian subcontinent in 1826, the 2nd cholera pandemic had reached Western Europe & a first case was confirmed in the French capital #OnThisDay where the epidemic was to claim 20.000 lives out of a population of 650.000.