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#OnThisDay in 1533 Elizabeth I was born. The only child of Anne & Henry to survive, she reigned for almost 45 years. Her reign is known as The Golden Age, a time that saw the birth of Shakespeare, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, & the emergence of England as a world power.
#OnThisDay 7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of #Portsmouth George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury Thread 1/2
Born #onthisday1964 Geoffrey Ricardo Australian visual #artist Work spans #sculpture #printmaking #etching #painting & #lithography Known for #figurative work wrapped in a narrative language Regular artist in residence at Art Vault Mildura Winner Lorne Sculpture Exhibition (2009)
Today in #history: The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world. (1522 CE) #OnThisDay
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#DidYouKnow #Superman: The Animated Series made its debut on TV on Kids' WB #OnThisDay September 6, 1996.
Born #OnThisDay in 1704: French Rococo portraitist #MauriceQuentindeLaTour (1704-88)
Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, ca. 1739-41
#LaTour #FrenchRococo
Born #OnThisDay in 1704: French Rococo portraitist #MauriceQuentindeLaTour (1704-88)
Portrait of Jacques Dumont Le Romain Playing the Guitar, 1742
#LaTour #FrenchRococo
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #LouisXIV (1638-1715), King of France
Portrait by #HyacintheRigaud (1659-1743), 1701
#Bourbon #SunKing #LeRoiSoleil
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #LouisXIV (1638-1715), King of France
Portrait by Workshop of #PierreMignard (1612-95), ca. 1690
#Bourbon #SunKing #LeRoiSoleil
Born #OnThisDay in 1638: #LouisXIV (1638-1715), King of France
Portrait by #RobertNanteuil (1623-78), 1666
#Bourbon #SunKing #LeRoiSoleil
Born #OnThisDay in 1722: #FrederickChristian (1722-63), Elector of Saxony
Portrait by #PietroRotari (1707-62), 1755
#FriedrichChristian #Wettin
#OTD in 1548. Katherine Parr died at Sudeley Castle. In the days following Seymour wrote to Lady Jane Grey's parents offering to 'send my Lady Jane onto you' who would be 'most tender on her'.
#History #Tudors #OnThisDay #ladyjanegrey #katherineParr
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: #JulianaMariaofBrunswickWolfenbüttel (1729-96), Queen of Denmark & Norway as spouse of #FrederickV
Portrait by #VigiliusEriksen (1722-82), 1776
#Welf #Oldenburg
Born #onthisday1924 Mimi Parent Canadian #Surrealist & #Automatism #artist Work is renowned for its exploration of symbolism & metaphorical adaption of objects + her 3D tableaux boxes featuring mythology folklore lunar & solar forces Illustrated books 4 Guy Cabanel & Jose Pierre
#OnThisDay 2 Years Ago Steven Universe: The Movie premiered on Cartoon Network, Cause Steven Universe Is Still One Of my Favorite Carton Networks Next to My Other Favorites, And This Movie Led To A Mini Series Called "Steven Universe Future"
Think Pink 💕. #OnThisDay 1963, Donna Mae Mims, affectionately known as The Pink Lady, became the first woman to win an SCCA National Championship, securing HP honours in her pink Austin Healey Sprite.
📷 Donna Mae Mims / Gerald Eckstein / Classic Motorsports / Theodor Decker
🎨 Henri Rousseau, "The Snake Charmer", 1907 #DiedOnThisDay #Painting #Art
#OnThisDay in 31 BC, Octavian wins a decisive victory against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the battle of Actium.
As a result, Octavian becomes Rome's sole ruler, marking the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.
Today in #history: The final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. (31 BCE) #OnThisDay
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On this day 3 years ago, the Photo Mode of #SpiderManPS4 was officially revealed! Have you spent a lot of time with the photo mode and do you enjoy it? 👀
#Throwback #OnThisDay #SpiderManPS4 🕷🕸