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Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil, was born #onthisday in 1822. She loved her adopted land, where she became known as “the Mother of Brazil”. #royal

Daniel Lambert, famed for his enormous weight, was born #onthisday in 1770. Weighing in excess of 50 stone, Lambert welcomed visitors to his home for a shilling a time. Eventually he grew disillusioned and retired to Leicester. #GloriousGeorgians

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, artist, died #onthisday in 1805. He longed to be recognised by the French Academy as a history painter but when they accepted him only as a genre painter, it led to a long-running feud. #art #GloriousGeorgians

José Campeche - The Daughters of Governor Ramón de Castro. Imagine waking up in the dead of night and they’re standing at the bottom of the bed.

Rembrandt Peale, artist, was born #onthisday in 1778. He produced a self portrait at the age of 13 and later used it as an example for his students of how even the most accomplished painter began as an amateur in need of improvement. #gloriousGeorgians

Quarrelsome Lovers by Thomas Rowlandson. "How luckless the sorrowful Wight, Who sees with a termagant Spouse, Her Clamour from Morning till Night, Incessantly rings through the House..." #GloriousGeorgians #art #valentinesday

Edward Berry, commander at the Battle of the Nile at at Trafalgar, died #onthisday in 1831. Along with Nelson and Collingwood, he was one of only three Royal Navy officers to be awarded three Naval Gold Medals. A naval Bananarama, if you like. #gloriousGeorgians

William Shenstone, poet and landscape gardening pioneer, died #onthisday in 1763. His garden at The Leasowes made him famous, but cost him his fortune. #gloriousGeorgians

John Quincy Adams was elected President of the United States #onthisday in 1825. He collapsed in Congress and his last words were, “this is the last of earth. I am content.”

Peter the Great died #onthisday in 1725. Struck down with uraemia, in his dying hours he began to write a note but wrote only, “leave all to…” before he was too weak to continue. He died at 52, having ruled for 40 of them. #GloriousGeorgians #royal