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Rudolf II was also a notable patron of arts (especially of Northern Mannerist art), humanities & sciences.

Rudolf painted as Vertumnus, Roman God of the seasons, by one of his favourite artists Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1590–91).

#History #OTD #OnThisDay #Art

and in opposite seasons, so that both of them can never be seen in the sky at the same time. 2/2 #FolkloreThursday

Johann Bayer's Uranometria (courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory Library)

Scorpius as depicted in Urania's Mirror (1825)

#OTD 1415 Jan Hus, Bohemian theologian, reformer and inspiration of the Hussite movement, was executed in Konstanz after his trial ended with a condemnation for heresy. In 1419 the Hussite wars would commence. #OnThisDay #History

#OTD 1622 Battle of Höchst, part of the early stages of the Thirty Years' War, was won by a combined catholic effort led by Tilly ( Up.R) against Mansfeld & Christian of Brunswick (low. R) #History #OnThisDay

Charles V announcing the capture of Tunis to Pope Paul III in 1535. #OTD #OnThisDay #History

#OTD 1573 Naval Battle of Haarlemmermeer, part of the Eighty Years' War, ends with a Spanish victory against the Dutch who tried to break the Siege of Haarlem (which ended on 13 July 1573). #History #earlymodern

Painting (ca. 1621) of the battle by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

#OTD 1643 Battle of Rocroi, part of the Thirty Years' War & important moment in 17th century European #History, ends with a French victory against the Spanish, which was a also a notable defeat for what was deemed as an infallible Spanish Tercio military system. #OnThisDay

Vulcan's Forge by Flemish Painter and Engraver Cornelis Schut, born #onthisday 1597 in Antwerp.
#History #art #Baroque #paintings #OTD

@FrenchHist Would probably be the Loading the remains of Napoleon onto Belle Poule, 15 October 1840.

Painting by Eugène Isabey

#OTD 1521 Battle of Villalar ended with a decisive royalist victory during the Revolt of the Comuneros. Most of the leaders of the rebellion including Juan de Padilla, Francisco Maldonado & Juan Bravo were executed afterwards. #History #Spanish #OnThisDay