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OTD 1602 Chichester took Tyrone's stronghold at Inishloughan. Held by 42 shot and 20 swordsmen, it had '2 deep ditches both compassed with strong palisades...high and thick rampeire..well flanked with bulwarks'. It had little chance against well-placed artillery

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16 Aug: feast of St. Roch, patron of plague victims, &c (BM) Very popular in middle ages & early modern period for good reason. And being more remembered these days too

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Born 1888, T E Lawrence (d. 1935). Archaeologist, army officer, RAF aircraftman, diplomat, desert war strategist and writer, notable for Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Inspiration of film & theatre, including David Lean’s Academy Award-winning movie Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

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Today’s Henson Creature OTD is The Griffin from The Storyteller, performed by Brian Henson and Alistair Fullarton.

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15 Aug 1651: At John Rogers Fifth Monarchist, proposes that ministers from New England be sent to

(University of Toronto Wenceslaus Hollar Digital Collection)

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15 Aug 1552: John Bale ex-Carmelite & polemical reformer meets Edward VI at & is promised the diocese of in (Bm/eebo)

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in 1951
‘The Styleline De Luxe 4-Door Sedan’
‘*Left* foot loose and fancy free’ Illustrator unknown

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Born 1769 the future Emperor Napoleon...
Not everyone was a fan.

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On the feast 15 Aug, the Assumption of Mary, with Francis of Assisi, Elizabeth of Hungary, Anthony of Padua (born 1195 in and St Catherine of Alexandria.

Unknown artist, Italian, 16th century

(Musée du Louvre)

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15 Aug 1660: Charles II's visitors to order removal of 'intruded' fellows & restoration of 'lawful & undoubted' fellows

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One of the most popular and influential writers of his generation, Sir Walter Scott was born in 1771. His historical novels and poetry fired the imagination of British and international audiences and encouraged a widespread revival of interest in the medieval past.

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Work on disruptive camouflage for Soviet tanks began in 1939. Instructions were developed by 1941, although there was not enough time to distribute them, resulting in a great variety of camouflage patterns in the uncommon cases when they were applied.

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the second autistic character otd is Natsuki from Doki Doki Literature Club! (hc)

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Todays picrew otd is 🌱 Make a Troll 🌱
Creator:
Quote rt with your version!

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Today's brown skin character OTD is: Yozakura Kenshirou from Nanbaka! The supervisor of building 4

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August 14, 1856, died Victorian theologian & geologist William Buckland. He described the 1st as Megalosaurus in 1824 based on a fragmentary preserved jaw 🦖
Artwork by https://t.co/IzyG1tqYvP

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2022-08-14

in 1926
KEEP OFF?
Cover of The New Yorker, August 14, 1926
Ilonka Karasz
with the (previously Fort Clinton, Castle Garden [theatre], and [immigration processing center]) and, beyond,

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1778: Papists Act. 1st Act for Catholic Relief. Granted rights of leasing & inheritance to those who'd taken oath allegiance. Penalty of perpetual imprisonment for keeping a school, repealed! When Britain at war in America; keep RCs on side! Same 1793 https://t.co/2mekELNlN7

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