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#OnThisDay 25 November 1644 Oliver Cromwell denounced the Earl of Manchester's leadership of the Eastern Association army in Parliament. The ensuing debates led to reforms in Parliament’s armies and increased professionalisation of its officers. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
Happy Birthday, Manuel de Falla! Born #onthisday in 1876, the Spanish composer brought international sophistication to a musical world on the fringe of Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
🎧 Listen to a selection of his great recordings: https://t.co/FFK3wBNA5J
Born #onthisday1883 José Orozco Mexican #artist #caricaturist specializing in painting large scale political murals personified Mexican Mural Renaissance Most complex of Mexican muralists fond of human suffering as theme but less realistic & more fascinated by machines
#OnThisDay in 1922 'Art and the Woman' (Frie Fugle) premiered in Denmark🎟️
The great Bodil Ipsen (*rebranded as Beryl Ibsen) stars in this intense drama directed by Emanuel Gregers.
The film survives and will be digitised as part of the https://t.co/BIrQ0t0NgZ project!
Happy 10th Anniversary of Adventure Time episode “Jake vs. Me-Mow” 🐶⚔️🐱 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in November 21, 2011 ⚔️🎉 I love how Me-Mow hides in Jake’s nose and even the song Sleepy Puppies by @RebeccaSugar. 🎵💕 #AdventureTime #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay in 1759 Admiral Hawke defeated the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the 7 years war. This action ended French Naval superiority and prevented a planned invasion of the United Kingdom. @RoyalNavy
Born #OnThisDay in 1600: #CharlesI (1600-49), King of England, Scotland & Ireland
Equestrian portrait by Anthony #vanDyck (1599-1641), ca. 1637-8
#Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1600: #CharlesI (1600-49), King of England, Scotland & Ireland
Equestrian portrait with with M. de St Antoine by Anthony #vanDyck (1599-1641), 1633
#Stuart
King Charles I was born at Dunfermline Palace in #Scotland on 19 November 1600. #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #OTD #Stuarts #17thCentury #17thCenturyHistory #CharlesI #KingCharlesI #BritishHistory
Photo: Charles I with Monsieur de St Antoine by Anthony van Dyck, 1633.
#Onthisdayinhistory in 1994, 'Star Trek: Generations' premiered starring Patrick Stewart.
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#startrek #trekkie #scifi #startrektng #spock #startrekvoyager #startrekdiscovery #startrektos #starwars #enterprise
Born #onthisday1901 Sybil Craig Australian #painter Kept a studio on Collins Street Melbourne from 1936 to 1951 Appointed by Australian War memorial as an official war artist & was first woman to paint women working in the munitions’ factories
Adiue to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who died #onthisday in 1818. She had been married to George III for a monumental 57 years, through good times and bad, and I'm just putting the finishing touches to her biography for @penswordbooks!
Happy 5th Anniversary of Steven Universe Thanksgiving Special Episode "Gem Harvest" 🍂🎉 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in November 17, 2016 🌸🌹⭐️🎉🦃 I love how Steven and the Gems meet Greg's cousin and they had dinner. 🎊💎💖 #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay 20 years ago, November 17th, 2001 - the 3 part episode "Secret Origins" aired on television. The Series premiere of Justice League.
Directed by Butch Lukic and Dan Riba
Written by Rich Fogel
#JLReunion
#OnThisDay 20 Years ago, November 17th, 2001 -
Justice League premiered on Television!
Thank you to all the cast & crew behind this Iconic and amazing series.
@WBHomeEnt, We would love to see a reunion. #JLReunion
Today we remember Margaret, Queen of Scotland, reformer of the Church, who died #OnThisDay in 1093. Born in exile in Hungary, she married Malcolm III of Scotland in 1070. Both are depicted her in a 16th century Scottish armorial [MS 316]
This precise and luminous painting shows a view across the river Maas touched by atmospheric evening light.
#AelbertCuyp, who died #OnThisDay 1691, painted this piece in the early 1650s and is widely considered one of the finest landscape painters of the #SeventeenthCentury.
Born #OnThisDay in 1498: #EleanorofAustria (1498-1558), Queen of Portugal & France by marriage
Portrait with 2nd husband king #FrançoisI by French School, ca. 1530-40
#Habsburg #Aviz #Valois