John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

13 Aug 1651 ns: Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange, mother of William III of Orange [William III] becomes his co-guardian after the sudden death of William II in Nov 1650 (Rijksmuseum)

On the date he became Chief Minister of #France, 13 Aug 1624, I am liking Richelieu enthroned here.

Michel Lasne, before 1667.
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu

(Washington Gallery of Art)

13 Aug 1521: Capture of Cuauhtémoc & so control of Tenochtitlan (#Mexico city) passes to Cortés conquistador #otd (Kislak/Prado) @ejpcollins

11 Aug 1577: Having quit #Oxford St. Alexander Briant enters the #English College Douai #otd

He was executed with St. Edmund Campion at #Tyburn on 1 Dec 1581 (NPG)

10 Aug 1662: Jeremy Taylor, writer and bishop of Down & Connor whose health was beginning its long decline, preaches in #Dublin #otd (BM). He died on 13 Aug 1667.

Jacob Jordaens, Self-Portrait with Parents, Brothers, and Sisters c. 1615..... and some celestial beings into the bargain.

(The Hermitage Museum)

Christ in the Wine Press, 16thC, Netherlandish,
some vividly realised Eucharistic theology.

(National Gallery of Art, Washington)

"Torcular calcavi solus, et de gentibus non est vir mecum"

"I have trodden the winepress alone, & of the Gentiles there is not a man with me"

5 Aug 1552: John Bale #writer ex-Carmelite & polemical #Protestant reformer meets Edward VI at #Southampton #otd & is promised the diocese of #Ossory in #Ireland (Bm/eebo)

5 Aug 642: St Oswald king of #Northumbria dies in battle against Penda of #Mercia #otd (Robin Widdison)

4 Aug 1719: Meinhard Schomberg, Duke of Leinster and 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Williamite commander who crucially attacked across the Boyne river on the day of the battle, buried #otd in the Duke of Ormond's vault in Henry VII Chapel #Westminster (National Trust images)