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Just been to my local supermarket. All was normal, except for the bareshelved absence of these two things. “Mad, Ted” as we say.
15 Mar 44 BC: killing of Julius #Caesar #otd (1689 image from BM) #Rome #Shakespeare’s version - which so makes up our default view of this event - was first performed in 1599
14 Mar 1689: The Convention of Estates meet in #Edinburgh to declare throne of #Scotland vacant #otd & to proclaim William & Mary (BM)
St Roch and the Angel
by Annibale Carracci,1560–1609.
(The Fitzwilliam Museum) Roch, whose wound was cured by the licking of a dog, is patron of plague victims. This isn’t like early modern plagues, but it is worth recalling his cult as a memory of what our ancestors endured (BM)
11 Mar 1535: Richard Wharton sends one cock & four hen pheasants to Thomas Cromwell which he said had been brought up by his wife 'in her chamber' #otd (BM)