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Portrait of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture, c. 1800
Portrait of “a Youth with a Surgical Cut in One Eye”, dated during the Roman period of Egypt, 190-210 CE
Born on this day: Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536). A Spanish princess, she was Queen of England and Henry VIII’s first wife. She gained popular sympathy after their marriage ended and continued to be held with great affection and esteem by the people
Born on this day: János Kemény, Prince of Transylvania and a writer (1607-1662)
abdominal cancer or ulcerative colitis might have been the cause
The Blue Room at Windsor Castle where Albert died became a shrine and was kept in the same condition as it was at the time of his death
Born on this day: The Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1678-1735)
Born on this day: Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (64-27 BCE)
Born on this day: Feodora of Leiningen, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-1872). She was the half-sister of Queen Victoria