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14 May 1643, Louis XIII, called le Juste, dies aged 41 on the 33rd anniversary of his father's, Henri IV, assassination. Louis was bedridden for 6 weeks with a colic, terrible cough and constant vomiting. #otd https://t.co/aEkmAqC4jo
#OTD 1643: Royalists out of Newark attack Lord Willoughby at Grantham. In his first independent action as a cavalry commander, Colonel Oliver Cromwell leads a charge which routs the Royalist force. #MuseumWeek @MuseumCromwell
#OnThisDay 4 May 1643 Royalist forces commanded by William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle, stormed the town of #Rotherham after a skirmish at the town's bridge, defended by local Parliamentarians including 30 boys from the town's grammar school. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
#OnThisDay 20 April 1643 Prince Rupert's engineers detonate the first ever explosive mine used in England to breach the defences and retake @LichfieldCath Close. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
April 17th is the feast of Blessed Paul of St. Magdalen (born Henry Heath): English librarian, convert to Catholicism, Franciscan friar, Professor of Theology, Vicar and Custos of Douai, writer, missionary to England, and martyr—hanged, drawn, and quartered on this day in 1643.
OTD in 1643, Earl of Essex besieged Reading. Disaster dogged the Royalists. Governor Aston struck on the head in a cannonade (roof tile) & knocked unconscious. His deputy surrenders 10 days later despite the King attacking Essex outside town. Was it treachery?
Essex L & Aston R
Born in Paris, he was set to train under Simon Vouet at 11y & was getting commissions by 14y. Poussin liked his work & the two set off for Rome in 1642. Martyrdom of S John the Baptist (1641-2), Pietà (1643-5) & Daedalus & Icarus (1645-6)
By Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1643) and Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637)
Era l'ultimo mio fiore,
e l'inverno viene già
🎶Angelo Branduardi🎶 Rosa di Galilea🎶
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🎨Pietro da Cortona "Santa Martina" 1643
Abraham Beerstraaten, 1643 – 1670, Dutch Golden Age painter, Winter landscape with skaters
Abraham Beerstraaten, 1643 – 1670, Dutch Golden Age painter, View of Wognum in winter
Abraham Beerstraaten, 1643 – 1670, Dutch Golden Age painter, Skaters on a frozen Lake (near Leiden)
Abraham Beerstraaten, 1643 – 1670, Dutch Golden Age painter, Castle in winter
4 of 6 Frans Hals Masterpieces rediscovered 5 Decades of Dedicated Research-RIGHT 1643 "Herman Doomer" with Rembrandt's Decade earlier Portrait-1636"Gypsy" c/f with Hals other work (Pentimenti poss Hals Daughter)-1625 "Trader in Turban"(X-Ray)-1624"Gentleman"-All Signed & Dated👨🎨
#俺式武器辞典 (盗賊刀編)
【騎士殺しのミセリコルデ】
1624年から1643年にかけてフランキス全土を震撼させた連続強盗殺人鬼ル・ルージュの茨の吸血剣。警護についた幾人もの騎士や兵を強固な鎧の隙間から貫いて息の根を止めてきた。別名“無慈悲なミセリコルデ”。防御力無視の特殊効果アリ。
#IsaacNewton was born on Jan 4, 1643 (acc. to Gregorian calendar).
A key figure in the scientific revolution, his 'Principia Mathematica' laid the foundations of #classicalmechanics.
He made seminal contributions to #optics, and co-developed #calculus with Leibniz.
#iteachmath
Peasants Drinking in an Inn
Adriaen van Ostade
Drawings
Dutch, c. 1640-1643