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The #Welsh landscape painter Thomas Jones was born in #Cefnllys, #Radnorshire #Wales #onthisday 1742 https://t.co/Pq7INqxxNO #WelshHistory @NLWGraphic
Died #OnThisDay in 1689: Southern Netherlandish painter #JacobFerdinandVoet (ca.1639-89)
Portrait of Philippe, Duke of Vendôme (1655-1727), ca. 1678
#Voet #SouthernNetherlandishArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1689: Southern Netherlandish painter #JacobFerdinandVoet (ca.1639-89)
Portrait of #HortenseMancini (1646-99), ca. 1670s
#Voet #SouthernNetherlandishArt
In a dark landscape, the wounded Cuirassier flees the battle, going down a slope with his horse. This is how French painter Théodore Géricault (born #OnThisDay 1791) represents the debacle of the Napoleonic armies against the coalition during the campaign in France in 1814.
#OnThisDay 22 years ago, September 25, 1999 - The episode "Earth Mover" aired on television.
Directed by Dan Riba
Story by Stan Berkowitz & Alan Burnett
Written by Stan Berkowitz #BatmanBeyond
#OnThisDay 1794 the royal family's #holiday at Weymouth was drawing towards an end. The queen & others entertained themselves with a #raffle, the prize being a watch which was won by Princess Amelia. Princess Augusta swam in the sea for the 15th time.
#Royals #twitterstorians
Happy 5th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “April Fools Rules” 🏡🎉 it aired on @Nickelodeon in September 23, 2016 🎊🏠🤡 I Love how Luan pranks the entire household every year on April Fools' Day. #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
#OnThisDay 1780 British #spy Major John André was captured by American forces after crossing enemy lines. He was executed just over a week later on 2 October.
#twitterstorians
Fought #OnThisDay 23 Sept 1803 The Battle of Assaye.
Wellesley commanded 6,500 Indian & British troops against 40,000-200,000 Mahratta troops led by Hanovarian mercenary Colonel Pohlmann
Asked what his greatest vistory was Wellington replied ASSAYE.
“That’s the hell of sand castles. They are always doomed. That’s part of their beauty—their impermanence.”
#BornOnThisDay Pamela Moore (1937-1964), Chocolates for Breakfast, 1956, a book by the “American Françoise Sagan” still worth reading.
🖌Kathryn Lesh🇺🇸Sandcastles
#OnThisDay in 1993, @Robbie9Fowler scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 3-1 success over Fulham!
He went on to score 1 or 2 more after that 😜
#OnThisDay 1874 Gustav #Holst, English #composer, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Happy Birthday to actress Sophia Loren.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#SophiaLoren #actress #OnThisDay #TravisSimpkins #otd #beauty #film #cinema #Hollywood #goldenageofhollywood #ItalianCinema #movies #celebrity #art #portrait #sketch #fashion #icon
Happy 5th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “A Fair to Remember” 🏠💕🎉 it aired on @Nickelodeon in September 20, 2016 🏡🎊 I Love how Lori is jealous of Lincoln and Bobby 🥰💘 #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
19 Sept 1356: The English defeat the #French at the Battle of #Poitiers. During the battle, the #English capture King Jean II of #France, which caused political chaos in France. The #battle was part of the Hundred Years War. #history #OnThisDay #ad https://t.co/g9Jqk9fqE6
Born #OnThisDay in 1551: #HenryIII (1551-89), King of France & Poland
Portrait drawing attributed to #JeandeCourt (1530-84), ca. 1581
#HenriIII #Valois
Born #OnThisDay in 1551: #HenryIII (1551-89), King of France & Poland
Portrait drawing as a boy by Germain Le Mannier, ca. 1557
#HenriIII #Valois #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1551: #HenryIII (1551-89), King of France & Poland
Portrait drawing as a child by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1552
#HenriIII #Valois #ChildrenInArt
his brother & French King Charles IX in 1574 made that Henry III left Poland-Lithuania in a state of crisis with a vacant throne, which was eventually taken by Stephen Báthory in 1576. #History #OTD #OnThisDay
Escape of Henry III from Poland, by Artur Grottger, 1860