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Antonio Stradivari, #violin maker, died #onthisday in 1737. #twitterstorians
Joseph Grimaldi, clown and comedian, was born #onthisday in 1778. #twitterstorians #theatre
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died #onthisday in 1791. #twitterstorians
#WilliamBlake's Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing #art
Laurence Sterne, a personal favourite and author of the fabulous Tristram Shandy, was born #onthisday in 1713. #twitterstorians
View of Syon House across the Thames near Kew Gardens by Richard Wilson. #art
Alexander von Humboldt, scientist and philosopher, was born #onthisday in 1769. #twitterstorians #histsci
Onthisday in 1793, the Reign of Terror began. #twitterstorians
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom was born #onthisday in 1783. #twitterstorians #royal