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#OnThisDay in 1295 Lancashire first sent representatives to attend the model Parliament of King Edward I. To commemorate, this #LancashireDay was declared in 1996. Share this Tweet to show your love to all the Yonners out there.
The founder and first emperor of China's Ming dynasty, the "Hongwu Emperor" was a wandering beggar before leading a rebellion against the Mongols. #Chinese
The British pound is the world's oldest currency still in use. It is over 1200 years old. #British
Michael the Brave and his troops by Romanian painter Gheorghe Tattarescu, circa 1900 #Paintings #Art
In the 1800s most women were topless in India. In Kerala, a southern region forbade upper garments for lower caste women. However, the upper caste was allowed lightly covered clothes on top #MuseumFacts
When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain in 1493, he was thrown in jail for mistreating the native population of Hispaniola #MuseumFacts
Bill Gates’s first Microsoft business card. 1975 - 1979. #HistoryInPictures @Microsoft @BillGates
#OnThisDay in 1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon #MuseumFacts
Arrangement In Pink, Red And Purple by American painter James McNeill Whistler in 1884 #ArtHistory
Norwegian crusader King Sigurd I took 5,000 men in 60 ships to Jerusalem and returned back without losing a single battle. #MuseumFacts