John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

'Broiling fish over a fire', in what is now North Carolina, 1585-1593 (BM) by John White, watercolour over graphite

17 Nov 1680: In the Lords, the Earl of Shaftesbury introduces a bill for the divorce of Charles II & Catherine of Braganza #otd - against the king’s wishes (GAC/NPG)

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

4 Sept 1666: The Royal Exchange #London burns in the #GreatFire #otd (BM)

29 July 1588: Martin Frobisher's 'The Triumph' again clashes protractedly with the #Spanish flagship the 'San Martín' off #Gravelines #otd #Armada

25 July 1632: George Abbot Archbishop of #Canterbury makes his will #otd - among his bequests was £100 to Princess Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of #Bohemia (NPG/BM) He died Aug 1633.

20 July 1603: Walter Ralegh placed in Tower of #London where he made a botched/unconvincing suicide attempt with a table knife #otd (NPG/BM)

12 June 1549: Eight year-old Lady Jane Seymour writes #otd to #Protestant theologians Martin Buber & Paul Fagius thanking them for the gift of books they'd sent. In 1557 the bodies of Bucer & Fagius would be exhumed in #Cambridge & respectively burnt for heresy (GAP/BM/SJC)

27 May 1541: Bl. Margaret Pole Countess Salisbury executed - her beheading was badly botched #otd at Tower #London (NPG - possible portrait) Cardinal Reginald's mum

26 May 1650: Oliver Cromwell leaves #Youghal Co. #Cork for #England #otd ( @MuseumCromwell ) there he goes...