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#OnThisDay in 1492 Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti & the Dominican Republic)
Emperor I Ferdinand of Austria had nearly 20 seizures per day. His only known quote was “I am the emperor, and I want dumplings!”
Girl With A White Dog by British painter Lucian Freud 1951 #PaintingOfTheDAY
Infamous "In Bed The Kiss" painting by French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1892 #PaintingOfTheDay
The 7th Commandment of 1631 Bible stated "Thou shalt commit adultery” due to a print error. it was named the Wicked Bible and burnt
King Edward VIII wrote of Indigenous Australians as "they are the most revolting form of creatures and are the nearest thing to monkeys"
Oberon, Titania And Puck With Fairies Dancing by British painter William Blake in 1786 #HistoryInPaintings
Malvine, Dying In The Arms Of Fingal by French painter Anne-Louis Girodet #MuseumFacts
#OnThisDay in 1683, the first major immigration of Germans to America was marked by the foundation of Germantown in Pennsylvania.
Fashion designer Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy for the Third Reich. She escaped prosecution with the support of Winston Churchill.