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15 Aug 1552: John Bale #writer & polemical reformer meets Edward VI at #Southampton #otd & is promised the diocese of #Ossory in #Ireland (Bm/eebo) @DrStevenMFoster
15 Aug 1627: d. Rose of #Lima 3rd Order of St. Dominic - the first saint of the Americas (BM) #otd #nuntastic Her feast is on 23 Aug
Cape Gooseberry [Physalis peruviana], Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
13 Aug 1648: Oliver Cromwell joins forces with John Lambert at Knaresborough #otd They then proceed to defeat the #Scots at Preston 17-19 Aug (@MuseumCromwell /NPG)
13 Aug 1651 ns: Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange, mother of William III of Orange [William III] becomes his co-guardian after the sudden death of William II in Nov 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
On the date he became Chief Minister of #France, 13 Aug 1624, I am liking Richelieu enthroned here.
Michel Lasne, before 1667.
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
(Washington Gallery of Art)
13 Aug 1521: Capture of Cuauhtémoc & so control of Tenochtitlan (#Mexico city) passes to Cortés conquistador #otd (Kislak/Prado) @ejpcollins