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#OnThisDay 1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to @RoyalNavy ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls.
#OnThisDay 24 years ago, January 16th, 1999 - the episode "Mad Love"
aired on television.
Directed by Butch Lukic
Written by @Paul_Dini
Story by Bruce Timm & Paul Dini
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT was first released #onthisday in 1995! Are you a fan of this quirky gem?? 🧽
https://t.co/miGo0uBgnD
Born #onthisday1930 Roman Cieślewicz Polish French #artist #graphicdesigner Produced "reviev of panic information" - "Kamikaze" No. 1 (1976) & "Kamikaze 2" with Agnes B (1991) Won Grand Prix International Exhibition of Film Posters (1964) Grand Prix for Posters (1979)
On this day in metal in 1969, #LedZeppelin released their GREAT debut album "Led Zeppelin" #OnThisDay #ThisDayInMetal
Happy Birthday to ROB ZOMBIE, born #onthisday in 1965! Dig through the ditches and eat some cake 🎂
https://t.co/CcKNRln0lu
The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway was officially opened in London #onthisday 1863 between Paddington and Farringdon, engineer John Fowler.
Born #OnThisDay in 1610: Southern Netherlandish painter #PhilipFruytiers (1610-66)
Portrait of a Family, 17th Century
#Fruytiers #SouthernNetherlandishBaroque #FamilyPortraits
Born #OnThisDay in 1610: Southern Netherlandish painter #PhilipFruytiers (1610-66)
Portrait of a Family, 1642
#Fruytiers #SouthernNetherlandishBaroque #FamilyPortraits
Born #OnThisDay in 1610: Southern Netherlandish painter #PhilipFruytiers (1610-66)
Portrait drawing of Jan de Tollenaere, 17th century
#Fruytiers #SouthernNetherlandishBaroque
This print got its creator, James Gillray, in a spot of bother with the authorities. Not, surprisingly, because of its mockery of a drunk and unsteady future Prince Regent, but for its jocular evocation of the Nativity scene.
It was published on this day in 1796. #OnThisDay #otd
Italian physicist, astronomer, and engineer #GalileoGalilei died #onthisday way back in 1642. #science #polymath #Galileo #history #trivia
Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born #OnThisDay. He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which he collected over 125,000 specimens. #histsci
Born #onthisday1638 Elisabetta Sirani prolific Italian #painter specializing in historical themes Master of #Baroque style at just 19 produced 200+ paintings 15 etchings hundreds of drawings 13 public altarpieces Employed dramatic contrasts of light & shade virtuoso brushwork …
Born #onthisday1830 Albert Bierstadt German American #painter of the American West Best known for lavish sweeping meticulously detailed landscapes imbued with #romanticism feel & #Luminism style glowing lighting Foremost painter of these landscapes for rest of 19th-century …
#OnThisDay 1645: Parliamentarians formed the New Model Army to fight the Royalists in the English Civil War. Its soldiers, many of whom held radical and dissenting views, were full-time professionals rather than part-time militia.
Former #POTUS #CalvinCoolidge died #onthisday in 1933. #USA #America #politics #history #trivia
#OnThisDay
44年前の1979年1月5日、エルヴィス・コステロのサード・アルバム『Armed Forces』がリリースされた。「Oliver's Army」(UK2位)、「Accidents Will Happen」(UK 28位/US101位)がヒット。アルバム・チャートは全英2位/全米10位。
#ElvisCostello #TheAttractions
Born #onthisday1878 Augustus John Welsh #painter #draughtsman & #etcher Important exponent of #PostImpressionism in the U.K. Known initially for his #drawings & #etchings by 1920s he was Britain's leading #portaitpainter recognized for his psychological insights into his subjects
#BornOnThisDay in 1462 - Piero di Cosimo 🎨
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (completed by 1493)
Happy new week dear all! 🤗
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