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1780 British Major John André was captured by American forces after crossing enemy lines. He was executed just over a week later on 2 October.

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2021-09-23

Time for an early modern artichoke fight reenactment? (from Schembart books)

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2021-09-21

New follows & the well entrenched: now is the time 2 treat ur self (or some1 else) 2 my Sassy Academia art. Relieves stress. Passive aggressively tell every1 ur over their bs. And gimme a RT-share the Sass.
https://t.co/Ux3Lt1eCRh

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2021-09-14

George III & Queen Charlotte celebrated their 33rd wedding in 1794 at - marking the occasion by donning the king's Hare Hunting Uniform. After dinner they 'sat quiet' till 8pm & then had a ball which lasted till 2 in the morning.
1761

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2021-09-08

In the course of the consumption of in England increased by an astonishing 2,500%

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2021-08-28

The Lion of the North - Gustavus Adolphus (1594 – 1632), King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, was regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in modern history, with the use of an early form of combined arms.

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2021-08-28

Weimar's Courtyard of the Muses by Theobald von Oer, 1860.

A tribute to The Enlightenment and the Weimar Classicism depicting German poets Schiller, Wieland, Herder, and Goethe.

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2021-08-26

Prince Eugene of Savoy (on the second white horse from the right) recaptures Buda castle in 1686. The recapture broke the Ottoman resistance throughout the region.

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2021-08-18

In 1747 Lord Fitzwalter sacked one of his footmen, Charles Woollam: 'an idle, stupid, drunken, good-for-nothing fellow' - but he still gave him his wages in full to the sum of £2 19s. 6d.

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2021-08-17

HMS Happy, one of 4 similar 8-gun sloops of war.
Unfortunately the ship & crew had an unhappy end, being lost, wrecked off the Norfolk coast 10 years after commissioning.

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2021-08-12

In 1732 Viscount Howe laid on an entertainment for the freeholders, which involved providing a whole ox & 3 sheep for roasting along with 10 hogsheads of strong beer.

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2021-08-11

30 July 1794 was a busy day for George III: 10am left arriving Kew at noon; 12.45 left for back to Kew by 6.30; at 7 off in the 'sociable' with the queen for a drive round Richmond Park; back by 9, work till 10, supper, bed by 11.

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2021-07-30

William of Gloucester (died 1700) had complained of a sore throat at his birthday celebrations on the 24th, on the 26th he had a fever & on the 27th 'went into delirium with short broken sleep & incoherent talk'... he died early on the 30th.

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2021-07-30

18th-century style: in 1794 the royal family went to where a typical day was: morning walking on the esplanade, back to read for 3 hours, dinner, more reading, back onto the esplanade where we 'met those we saw in the morning'

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2021-07-15

1782 Edmund Burke (died 1797) addressed following the death of Rockingham & appointment of Shelburne as "Would any man in his sober senses try whether a wolf would agree with lambs?"

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2021-07-09

George Hayter's preparatory sketch of Sir John Copley (later 1st Baron Lyndhurst) as Solicitor General, made during the trial of (1820).

Alternative title: 'A portrayal of a death glare.'

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2021-07-07

Pitt the Elder speaking in a (very) socially distanced House of Commons

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2021-07-06

Sitt al-Mulk has joined the Snoo crew last Sunday, and this amazing post from is perfect for learning about the amazing life and adventures of this Tunisian-born medieval princess!
https://t.co/Ig2lvtfr5k

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2021-07-04