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A Witches’ Sabbath
c. 1650
Cornelis Saftleven
(Art Institute Chicago)
22 June 1665: A hero's funeral at #Westminster Abbey #otd for Charles Berkeley Earl of #Falmouth who had been killed at the Battle of Lowestoft
22 June 1664: d. Katharine Philips, writer, translator, 'matchless Orinda' #otd (BM/Folgers)
21 June 1652: d. Inigo Jones exquisite architect, possibly at @SomersetHouse #otd
20 June 1597: d. Willem Barentsz explorer in the Arctic, seeking the North East passage, at sea #otd (National Library Norway)
20 June 840: d. Louis the Pious #otd King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813 (BNF)
The engagement, unknown artist, after Lucas van Leyden, 1580 - 1678 (Rijksmuseum)
19 June 1660: Henry Smith regicide hands himself in #otd At his trial he claimed not to remember signing the death warrant. He was imprisoned in Gore’s Castle #Jersey till death. (Museum of London)
#JustSlippedMyMemory