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Happy Birthday to ROB ZOMBIE, born in 1965! Dig through the ditches and eat some cake 🎂

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The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway was officially opened in London 1863 between Paddington and Farringdon, engineer John Fowler.

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Born in 1610: Southern Netherlandish painter (1610-66)

Portrait of a Family, 17th Century

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Born in 1610: Southern Netherlandish painter (1610-66)

Portrait drawing of Jan de Tollenaere, 17th century

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The Funeral of Horatio Nelson took place 1806. The day before, the Master and Wardens of the Drapers Company accompanied the Lord Mayor in the flotilla which escorted Nelson’s body from Greenwich to Whitehall. Painting by Daniel Turner .

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Domenico Brucciani
was from Barga, near Lucca, and came from a family of figurinai, plaster makers and sellers. He moved to London to work with his uncle, Luigi. Domenico became the leading figure maker in London. He made the mask of Napoleon III when he died 1773.➡️

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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.

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On 6 January 1066, Harold Godwinson was crowned as the new King of England. This sparks a succession crisis which will lead to the Norman conquest of England. ⁠
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Jean-Baptiste Drouet, count d'Erlon was born 1765. He started his long career before the fall of the monarchy. and sat with the radical Montagnards. During the flight to Varennes, Drouet recognised the King from the effigy printed on an assignat in his possession. ➡️

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Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born 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.

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Born January 8th 1947 in
David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer and actor.

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Born Elisabetta Sirani prolific Italian specializing in historical themes Master of style at just 19 produced 200+ paintings 15 etchings hundreds of drawings 13 public altarpieces Employed dramatic contrasts of light & shade virtuoso brushwork …

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Im not working onthis anymore. Goodbye,

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Born Albert Bierstadt German American of the American West Best known for lavish sweeping meticulously detailed landscapes imbued with feel & style glowing lighting Foremost painter of these landscapes for rest of 19th-century …

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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.

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In 1816, Louis XVIII commissioned to painter Anne-Louis Girodet this full length portrait of royalist Jacques Cathelineau, généralissime vendéen, who was born 1759. The oil on canvas is now at Musée d’art et d’histoire de Cholet, Salle des Généraux Vendéens.

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