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#OnThisDay 19 September 1642 #Yorkshire Parliamentarians proclaimed Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax as their leader. His son, Sir Thomas Fairfax, would be his deputy and go on to even greater things... #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
#OnThisDay 18 September 1644 was the Battle of Montgomery, the largest battle fought in Wales during the #BritishCivilWars. Royalist forces under Lord Byron were defeated by Sir John Meldrum, leaving the Parliamentarians in control of central Wales. #17thCentury #OTD
First comics appearance of #SpiderGwen in 'Spider-Gwen: Edge Of #SpiderVerse' issue #2, published #OnThisDay in 2014 by #MarvelComics (@marvel)
#CoverArt by #RobbiRodriguez (@robbirodriguez)
#OTD #GwenStacy #Marvel #Comics #ComicArt #ComicCover #ComicCover #ComicCoverArt
Happy 5th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “The Loudest Yard” 🏡🎉❤️ it aired on @Nickelodeon in September 16, 2016 🎊🏈🏠 I Love how Lincoln schemes to have Lynn take his spot. 🏉 💕 #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
#RaritiesOnThisDay in 2009
An adult Tufted Puffin found on the Swale near Faversham, Kent - the first record for Britain & the second documented occurrence in Europe.
Read the full account at
https://t.co/6qkNJ6TU4Y
#archiveBB #seabirds
Happy 5th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “The Waiting Game” 🏡🎉❤️ it aired on @Nickelodeon in September 15, 2016 🎊💕🏠 I Love how Lincoln gets Lori a Job. 💙💛#TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
#OnThisDay in 1931, @MGSMagic opened its new buildings in Fallowfield for the 1st time. 1 pupil remembered leaving the old buildings - "any feeling of sadness...was swept away by the thrilling anticipation of life in the new school, brand new, surrounded by playing fields." #OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1618, Peter Lely was a #Dutch #painter who worked mostly in England, where he became one of the leading #portrait painters to the court at the time.
📷 Credit: @Tate, "Two Ladies of the Lake Family" by #PeterLely, 1660.
#birthday #OTD
Three years ago the incredible @panoscosmatos and @_SpectreVision cult classic MANDY unleashed its "crazy evil" on the world and it's already become one of my favourite films of all time. #OnThisDay #Mandy #artwork #ArtistOnTwitter #horror
"Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things."
Happy birthday to Alexander von #Humboldt. The naturalist, geographer, polymath, and explorer was born #OnThisDay 252 years ago.
On the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, we explore the art that has illustrated his Divine Comedy over the centuries — from Botticelli to Blake to Doré... https://t.co/Avg6JnC1lV #onthisday #otd #Dante700
“Sneaking along last is that Mean Machine with those double dealing do-badders Dick Dastardly and his sidekick, Muttley.” 🏁
“Drat and double drat”.
#OnThisDay in 1968, the legendary Hanna-Barbera animated series ‘Wacky Races’ was first broadcast in the USA.
Happy 5th Anniversary of The Loud House episode “Roughin’ It” 🏡🎉❤️ it aired on @Nickelodeon in September 14, 2016 🎊💕⛺️🏠 I Love how Lincoln and Clyde decide to go camping. #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy5thAnniversary
Geographer, naturalist and explorer Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was #bornonthisday 1769. Scroll through his amazing books: https://t.co/xUacO4CHCs
These illustrations come from 'Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland', botanique III, 1807-1829
#OnThisDay 14 September 1645 King Charles I, influenced by Prince Rupert's enemies at court, dismissed him from his service for surrendering Bristol. Rupert would subsequently demand and be exonerated by a Court Martial. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
Born #onthisday1804 John Gould British ornithologist & bird #artist Published a series of monographs on birds illustrated by sublime plates produced with assistance of his wife & other artists Called father of bird study in Australia Worked with Darwin identifying finches
Charles James Fox (died #OnThisDay 1806) had been a follower of the marquess of Rockingham alongside Edmund Burke. He & Burke's very public falling out over the French Revolution left Fox in tears when replying to his old friend in #Parliament.
#HistParl
#OnThisDay 13 September 1645 was the battle of Philiphaugh near Selkirk. Covenanter forces under Lt Gen David Leslie decisively defeated Royalist forces under the Marquis of Montrose. Images of the generals from our collection. #BritishCivilWars #WarOfThreeKingdoms #17thCentury
#OnThisDay 24 years ago, September 13, 1997 -
The New Batman adventures premiered on Television.
Airing the episode "Holiday Knights"
Directed by Dan Riba
Written by @Paul_Dini
Born #OnThisDay in 1829, Anselm Feuerbach was a #German #painter & leading #Classicist painter of the German 19th-century school, known for his historical, mythological, & genre paintings.
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "Plato's Symposium" by #AnselmFeuerbach, 1869.
#birthday #OTD