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Emmeline Pankhurst was born today (July 15th) in 1858 into a politically active family. Her mother used to read them 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a bedtime story (for kids -yikes!) She successfully campaigned by her impassioned speech and her intense hunger strikes.

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Today’s is back to films and in 1988 "Die Hard" directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is released in the US! Strange it was released in the summer. Still think is awesome.

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in 1553. Queen Jane learned that the royal ships off the coast of Norfolk had mutinied & turned to Mary.
Security at the Tower was heightened. Gates were locked at 7pm & the keys brought to Queen Jane.

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Happy Birthday to Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, born on this day in 1913.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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Born in 1862: Austrian painter and illustrator (1862-1918)

Portrait of Eugenia Primavesi


Toyota Municipal Museum of Art

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Born in 1862: Austrian painter and illustrator (1862-1918)

Portrait of a Lady, 1910s


Galleria d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi

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Born Thomas Rowlandson English popular of social life John Bull Smollett Goldsmith Sterne Primarily employed by art publisher Rudolph Ackermann ‘The Schoolmaster's Tour’ (1809) most popular of Rowlandson’s works Tour of Dr…

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1811 architect George Gilbert Scott was born. His works include Savernake Hospital (1871–2) & Christ Church He also restored the Trinity Chapel & choir stalls of to how they looked pre-James Wyatt's alterations

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'When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes.' - born in 1884.

Here are five things to know about the Italian artist whose elongated faces & almond-shaped eyes captured the faces of early 20th century Paris: https://t.co/LozA9DYuLL

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Born in 1603: English natural philosopher (1603-65)

Portrait by Anthony (1599-1641), ca. 1640

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in 1981, Disney’s The Fox and the Hound released in theatres! Happy 40th anniversary!

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1900
Dozens of missionaries and Christians are beheaded and left to the dogs in during the Boxer Rebellion. Whether or not the massacre was ordered by the isolationist governor remains a

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1900
Dozens of missionaries and Christians are beheaded and left to the dogs in during the Boxer Rebellion. Whether or not the massacre was ordered by the isolationist governor remains a

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1782 Edmund Burke (died 1797) addressed following the death of Rockingham & appointment of Shelburne as "Would any man in his sober senses try whether a wolf would agree with lambs?"

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