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#OnThisDay 19 years ago November 9th, 2002 - the 3 part episode "The Savage Time" aired on television.
Directed by Butch Lukic & Dan Riba
Written by Stan Berkowitz #JLReunion
#OnThisDay in 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays and altered the course of medical history. Pictured: images from one of the 1st series of x-rays ever produced (just 2 weeks after Roentgen published his discovery). More here: https://t.co/0qA5CfUw8y #WorldRadiographyDay
Happy 5th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “Snow Bored” 🎉🏡 it aired on @Nickelodeon in November 8, 2016 🎊🏠❄️ I Love how The Loud children have fun on a snow day. 🌨 #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
Happy birthday Bram Stoker, born #OnThisDay in 1847. Here are some of our book illustrations inspired by his vampiric classic.
#BramStoker #Dracula #gothic
Still one of the best birds I’ve seen in the UK, a small matter of 15 years ago😬 Long billed Murrelet, Dawlish Warren 2006.😌 #RaritiesOnThisDay @britishbirds
Remember legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace #OnThisDay. Wallace co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a trek that spanned over 14,000 miles and resulted in the collection of over 125,000 specimens.
While his name is not widely recognized, someone who had huge impact on modern visual culture was born #OnThisDay: Alois Senefelder, who invented lithography at end of 18th century. Without him we wouldn't have iconic images by Toulouse-Lautrec, Daumier, Diego Rivera, & others
#OnThisDay 1792 General Charles François Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Jemmapes. This battle, had allowed the victory of the French Republic and, ultimately, the reunification of the Wallonie with France. Painting by Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet (1821).
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Portrait of Manuela González Velázquez, ca. 1820
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Portrait of the Artist's Father, #AntonioGonzálezVelázquez (1723-93), 1785-8
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Self-portrait, ca. 1810-13
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Self-portrait, ca. 1798-1802
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
#OnThisDay 1688 William of Orange's invasion army landed at Brixham in Devon.
It took some time for the intelligence to reach James II & the next day it was still reported variously that William was expected at Yarmouth, Colchester or Bridlington
#twitterstorians #HistParl
Born #onthisday1667 Christoph Agricola German #landscape #painter primarily in oils & gouache & produced several etchings painted idealistic landscapes & nature scenes mainly cabinet pictures with remarkably skillful representation of weather like thunderstorms & nocturnal scenes
Born #OnThisDay in 1592: Dutch painter #GerardvanHonthorst (1592-1656)
Portrait of a Woman, 1655
#Honthorst #DutchBaroque
Happy 8th Anniversary of Steven Universe 💎💖🎉 the series premiered on @CartoonNetwork in November 4, 2013 🌟💕🎊 It's Created by @RebeccaSugar and We Met The Crystal Gems before in first episode but it ended back in 2020. 🌹🌸⭐ #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay https://t.co/7nBBQVdMCU
Died #OnThisDay in 1739: Irish painter #CharlesJervas (ca. 1675-1739)
Portrait of Lavinia Fenton, later Duchess of Bolton (1710-60)
#Jervas #CharlesJarvis #IrishArt
Channel 4 began broadcasting #OnThisDay 39 years ago. I immediately got hooked on Brookside and the Comic Strip Presents.
Died #OnThisDay in 1739: Irish painter #CharlesJervas (ca. 1675-1739)
Portrait of Brigadier-General, the Honourable Thomas Paget (d.1741), Governor of Minorca
#Jervas #CharlesJarvis #IrishArt
Born #onthisday1837 Émile Bayard, French #artist & #illustrator Signature work was illustration of Victor Hugo’s Cosette from Les Miserables Worked in #drawing charcoal #lithographs #engravings #watercolours #woodcuts & #paintings from 1857 to 1864 Illustrated books 1880s – 1890s