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Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.

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19 Nov 1692: d. Thomas Shadwell, playwright & poet laureate (BM)

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Self portrait: by the wonderful Gesina ter Borch, 1661 (Rijksmuseum)

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6 Nov 1612: d. Henry Frederick Setwart Prince of - making Charles (I) heir to thrones of & His death unleashed huge scenes of public grief

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6 Nov 1641: As news of the rising causes panic in Oliver Cromwell MP moves an ordinance for Robert Devereux 3rd Earl of to mobilise all forces in the southern half of (Cromwell Museum/BM) - foreshadows of many things to come

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When you decide to draw a zebra but rely on secondhand accounts, Antonio Tempesta c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)

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11 Oct 1649: town sacked by Oliver Cromwell c.2000 people are killed

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3 Oct 1226, Francis of Assisi dies in the evening. Here he is with John Baptist (El Greco)

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23 Aug 1572: the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Protestants begins in the night (Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts) It is witnessed from the English Embassy by both Philip Sidney & Francis Walsingham (NPG)

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12 Aug 1690: William III's cannon captured at Ballyneety Co. (BM); actual scene not shown!

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7 Aug 1642: Sir Kenelm Digby arrested by parliament released a week later on request of House of Lords (NPG) He was re-arrested when the Civil war broke out

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