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A beautiful plate from Galerie des Modes et Costumes Français, derailing the latest trends in fashion, 1778

Born on this day: Louise de La Vallière, Duchess of La Vallière and Duchess of Vaujours (1644-1710) who was a mistress of Louis XIV of France

A French Revolution-era caricature on confiscating the church’s wealth with a member of the clergy being asked to pay by the noble and peasant

Lizzie’s report on the day of the murders being inconsistent and tension within the household in the months leading up to the murders didn’t help matters. But in the end, she was acquitted due to the lack of concrete evidence. Up to this day, many believe that she was guilty

Moctezuma II, Tlatoani (King) of Tenochtitlan and the Huey Tlatoani (Emperor) of the Aztec Empire (c. 1467-1520)

“Catherine II the Legislatress in the Temple Devoted to the Goddess of Justice” by Dmitry Levitsky, c. 1783

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1858

Born on this day: French Revolutionary figure Charlotte Corday (1768-1793)