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Born in 1766: Swiss painter (1766-1849)

Portrait of Anne-Francoise Moulinié (1801-57), Madame Rodolphe Töpffer, ca. 1821

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Today in The Second Council of Constantinople begins. (553 CE)

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Born in 1766: Swiss painter (1766-1849)

Portrait of Elizabeth Brinckman (1801-89), 1818

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Died 200 years ago: (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as

Portrait as King of Italy by (1754-1817), 1805

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Died 200 years ago: (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as

Portrait Crossing the Alps by (1748-1825), 1801

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On 5th May 1945, the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath became effective, encompassing all German armed forces opposing the 21st Army Group in northwestern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
VIDEO ON WW2 HERE: https://t.co/KfoUjCGsds

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in 553 CE the Second Council of Constantinople began under the Emperor Justinian.

It aimed to unify Chalcedonians and Monophysites in the empire, however like past efforts by other emperors, it failed.

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Karl Marx was born on Trier
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Happy Birthday for our brave socialist revolutionary!
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“France, the army, head of the army, Joséphine.” (Last words)

🇫🇷 200th Anniversary 👑#OnThisDay in 5 May 1821,  died in exile, aged 51, on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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At 24 years-old Huxley published his first paper in which built on his zoological observations on board HMS Rattlesnake as Assistant-Surgeon. Explore a collection of his work from the Royal Society archive: https://t.co/LV8qSrv3gZ https://t.co/x2dvHT04Qw

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Happy birthday to now living in the UK, the artist was in Gutu, Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa from the ages of nine to seventeen. Her work reveals a deeply personal vision of Southern African life: https://t.co/9AUAiwPNxd

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4th May 1799 - The siege of Seringapatam comes to an end with British forces successfully storming the city. Tipu Sultan was killed in the fighting, having led from the front.

The British forces proceeded to plunder the city.

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Born in 1857: Irish-born writer (1857-1911), Lady Colin Campbell

Portrait by (1842-1931), 1894

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210 years ago, the Battle of Fuentes D'Oñoro began - a battle Wellington very nearly lost due to a blunder. Hear the full story, including the experiences of those in the thick of it at https://t.co/qACYN81yNk

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in 1536, Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London. In just 17 days she was condemned and executed.

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Há 23 anos, Harry, Rony e Hermione invadiam o Banco Gringotes a procura de uma Horcrux de Voldemort e fugiam em grande e perigoso estilo: montados num dragão.

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in 1930 Pluto was officially named, after a public competition. The winner was 11-year-old Oxford student, Venetia Burney, who proposed naming the (dwarf) planet after the Greek god of the underworld.

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Born in 1680: (1680-1726), son of King of Poland

Portrait by circle of Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), ca. 1696


Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie

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"Nobility, fortune, rank, position! How proud they make a man feel!"

🎶 in 1 May 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna, directed by himself.

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April 30, 1789: George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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