John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

24 Mar 1423: Date of the obit of Richard 'Dick' Whittington, Mayor of #London #otd (BM: 17th Century, with his #cat)

24 Mar 1381: d. St Catherine of Vadstena #nuntastic daughter of the #nuntastic St. Bridget of #Sweden #otd

Cluster brooch with Letters Spelling "Amor"
mid-15th century, #French (Met Museum) We all need plenty of amor (love) right now.

23 Mar 1623: Christopher Villiers or 'Kit', Buckingham's brother, is created Earl of #Anglesey and Baron Villiers of Daventry #otd (Here's the whole clan, from the NPG)

23 Mar 1587: William Fitch of Little Canfield #Essex takes the Capuchin habit #otd as Benet of Canfield. A mystic who was an important & very influential writer, he died in #Paris on 21 Nov 1610 (BM/eebo)

23 Mar 1638: Jeremy Taylor, theologian & popular spiritual writer is instituted to the rectory of Uppingham, #Rutland #otd He would go on to be Bishop of Down & Connor in the Restoration #otd (BM)

23 Mar 1708: James Francis Edward Stuart, James VIII & III, attempts to land at Firth of Forth (NPG) #otd

22 Mar 1644: Newark surrenders to Prince Rupert #otd (BM) He takes 11 brass cannon, 50 barrels of gunpowder & 4,000 muskets

22 Mar 875: b. William I, Duke of Aquitaine, founder of #Cluny Abbey, 910 #otd

22 Mar 1556: Cardinal Reginald Pole is consecrated Archbishop of #Canterbury #otd in succession to Thomas Cranmer who had been burnt the previous day (NPG)