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“Juliet” by Thomas Francis Dicksee (1877)

Celebrated disabled ballerina Marie Taglioni who was the first to dance en pointe #WorldBalletDay

Born on this day: French writer and army general Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803), best known for his novel “Les Liaisons dangereuses” (“Dangerous Liaisons”)

Born on this day: Marie of Prussia, Queen of Bavaria (1825-1889)

Born on this day: Polish actress Helena Modjeska (1840-1909), known for her tragic and Shakespearean roles

An audience watching French pioneering balloonist and parachutist Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (1775-1847), the first woman to fly a balloon solo and parachute down, up in the air on 28 March 1802

Marie Antoinette with her children Marie Thérèse and Louis Joseph in Petit Trianon’s gardens, painted by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1785

Born on this day: Charles XIII of Sweden and Norway (1748-1818)

Born on this day: Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640-1707) who was the mistress of Louis XIV of France