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#TodayInMystery 1791
Attempting to escape the #Revolution in #Paris, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are captured in #Varennes and ultimately executed. Their "secret" flight was compromised by a conspicuous carriage, armed retinue and lack of disguises.
#onthisday #otd #mystery
Died #OnThisDay in 1547: Venetian painter #SebastianodelPiombo (ca.1485-1547)
Portrait of a Lady, 1540s
#SebastianoLuciani #Piombo #VenetianRenaissance
#BornOnThisDay
#natioggi :
#Sartre : Jean Paul Sartre :
#PHOTOS
Au Café Flore #Paris . #parisjetaime et "ses" grands écrivains au Café de Flore .
Photo by Cartier-Bresson .
#books de Sartre ,2 parmi tant d'autres...
Happy 2nd Anniversary of The Loud House episode “Lucha Fever with The Casagrandes” 🏡🎊 it aired on @Nickelodeon in June 20, 2019 🇲🇽🎉 I love how Ronnie Anne fakes being sick to watch a Lucha Libre match. 🏠💜 #TheLoudHouse #TheCasagrandes #OnThisDay
Born #OnThisDay in 1726: #LouiseHenriettedeBourbon (1726-59), Duchess of Orléans as spouse of Louis Philippe I
Portrait by an Unknown French Artist, 18th Century
#BourbonConti #BourbonOrléans
#OTD 1622 Battle of Höchst, part of the early stages of the Thirty Years' War, was won by a combined catholic effort led by Tilly ( Up.R) against Mansfeld & Christian of Brunswick (low. R) #History #OnThisDay
#words & #art
"We all lead more pedestrian lives than we think we do. The boiling of an egg is sometimes more important than the boiling of a love affair in the end."
#BornOnThisDay Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
🖌Nora Heysen 🇦🇺 Eggs, 1927
@BrindusaB1 @dadagioia @AlessandraCicc6
Happy 6th Anniversary of Steven Universe episode “Chille Tid” 😪💕🌟 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in June 19, 2015 💎💖 I Love how Steven and the Crystal Gems try to relax with a slumber party. 🌸🌹⭐️💭 #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay 19Jun1767 the Beast of Gévaudan is killed by Jean Chastel. #beastofgevauden #18thcentury #folklore https://t.co/ewcWgMArwu
#OnThisDay 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, fought his last battle at Waterloo. Find out how the action unfolded in our video: https://t.co/MYoaJX6VxO
🥳Happy 19th Birthday Neverwinter Nights!🎂
The epic journey continues thanks to the passion & creativity of the #DnD community! Today we celebrate thousands of player mods, adventures & multiplayer worlds!
👑Long live #NeverwinterNights & its content creators!
#OnThisDay
#OnThisDay in 1928, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen disappeared with 5 crew while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. Their bodies were never found. 17 yrs earlier he became the 1st to reach the S. Pole. See photos from that expedition here: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
John Rennie's Waterloo Bridge over the Thames opened #onthisday 1817. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1942 and various parts of it survive. We have the central span keystone on display.
#OnThisDay: 18th June 1815, Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time. #History #Waterloo
Today in 1815: the Battle of Waterloo takes place in Belgium. The Duke of Wellington described it as the 'the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life'. It was a decisive victory for Anglo-allied forces and Napoleon abdicated four days later. #OTD #onthisday #waterloo
The refusal of Pius VII to ordain bishop only the candidates chosen by Napoleon led the Emperor to call a national council, which opened #OnThisDay 1811. Cardinal Joseph Fesch took the side of the Pope against his nephew, losing the benefits Napoleon had conferred on him.
Happy 1st Anniversary of The Loud House short “Put a Sock in It ” 🏠🧦🎉 it first aired on @Nickelodeon in June 16, 2020 🎊🏡 I love this short where The Loud Siblings put on a puppet show for Lilly. #TheLoudHouse #OnThisDay #Happy1stAnniversary
Vance A. Larson, born #OnThisDay in 1951, was an #American #AbstractExpressionist #painter. He was a prolific artist, creating over 10,000 works during his career.
📷 Credit: https://t.co/XzsGps50aR, "Blowin Smoke" by #VanceALarson, unknown year.
#birthday #OTD
#american author Harriet Beecher Stowe was born #onthisday in 1811. These illustrations are from our very rare Dutch #translation by C.M. Mensing of the classic #UncleTomsCabin (Haarlem, 1853). Find out more:
https://t.co/p2TOOOMx6c
#americana #americanliterature #antislavery
George Parker Bidder the `Calculating Boy' was born #onthisday 1806. A child prodigy who went on to work with Robert Stephenson. Proponent of the electric telegraph and engineer for the Victoria Docks, London. https://t.co/Gc4f3jTfDm