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Sir William Jardine was born #OTD in 1800. With his brother-in-law, William Lizars, they published the popular 40 volume 'The Naturalist's Library' 1833-43. It was comparatively low in price & helped to inspire a wider interest in natural history.
Parrots based on Edward Lear.
OTD 1603 dark days for the Irish as Tyrone took refuge in the forests around Toome with just 60 men 'shifting his lodging both night and day' to evade capture. Worse, Cormac MacBaron, Tyrone's brother and possibly finest field commander submitted to Sir Henry Docwra #nineyearswar
#Otd 1317: Edward Bruce’s army reached Castleknock, within sight of Dublin. Mayor of Dublin imprisoned Earl of Ulster, suspected of being sympathetic to Bruce. Dublin citizens burn some of N & W suburbs to prevent their use as a base! Might be why flames on coat of arms!?
"Here Lies One Whose Name was writ in Water." (Inscription on #Keats' gravestone)
Poems: https://t.co/GCFX5bQu7h]
✒️ #JohnKeats, English poet, passed away #OTD 23 February 1821, aged 25. #Poetry #Literature
Todays picrew otd is Corcole doods!!!!! :DD
Creator: @NarrowKitty
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Today's first dark skin character OTD is: darius from the owl house! the head of the abomination coven, he is quite fashionable if you ask me. He's black!
“Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.”
― W.H. Auden, who was born #OTD in 1907
(art by Paul Hugues)
bandori rarepair otd is rinisa!! this ship consists of rinko from roselia and arisa from popipa!! rinko loves making arisas fave dishes and decorating them like a pro chef!! arisa tries helping rinko with her stress and goes on romantic dates in public to help her b less scared!!
RIP King James I of Scotland, assassinated #OTD in 1437. This old blog post examines the dirty deed & its context:
https://t.co/2U2mjgjF7I
21. Feb 1662 #OTD Alice Thornton was prescribed a remedy for her ongoing illness by Dr Wittie, 'by plaster on my back & belly...which with God's blessing prevail for a perfect recovery.' (Bk Rem)
#OTD in 1925
‘Eustace Tilley’ on the very first issue
Cover of The New Yorker, February 21, 1925
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #EustaceTilley
Todays picrew otd is girl maker!
Creator: @ricoguuu
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Happy birthday, @NewYorker...
📖 #OTD in #Media #History 21 February 1925, The #NewYorker published its first issue.
[https://t.co/Kv6Oh48oZI]
bandori rarepair otd is poly toukoranlisa!! this ship consists of toko from morfonica, ran from afterglow and lisa from roselia! toko and lisa love dressing ran up all fancy/cutesy and even do her makeup!! they try different styles on her but think she looks cute in everything!!
The Barber of Seville, by Gioachino Rossini premièred #otd 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome #largoalfactotum #figarofigarofigaro
#OTD in 1926
Eustace Tilley makes his first annual anniversary reappearance
Cover of The New Yorker, February 20, 1926
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #EustaceTilley
Todays picrew otd is soldier poet king creator!
creator: @WD_Cherry1
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#OTD 1554. Simon Renard wrote to Philip of Spain
'At present there is no other occupation than the cutting off of heads and inflicting exemplary punishments Jane of Suffolk, who made herself Queen, and her husband, have been executed.'
#Tudors #History #rememberingjanegrey