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Born #OnThisDay in 1766: Swiss painter #FirminMassot (1766-1849)
Portrait of Anne-Francoise Moulinié (1801-57), Madame Rodolphe Töpffer, ca. 1821
#Massot #SwissArt
Today in #history: The Second Council of Constantinople begins. (553 CE) #OnThisDay
Born #OnThisDay in 1766: Swiss painter #FirminMassot (1766-1849)
Portrait of Elizabeth Brinckman (1801-89), 1818
#Massot #SwissArt
Died #OnThisDay 200 years ago: #NapoleonBonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as #NapoleonI
Portrait as King of Italy by #AndreaAppiani (1754-1817), 1805
#Napoleon #Bonaparte #Napoleon2021 #Napoleon200
Died #OnThisDay 200 years ago: #NapoleonBonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of the French as #NapoleonI
Portrait Crossing the Alps by #JacquesLouisDavid (1748-1825), 1801
#Napoleon #Bonaparte #Napoleon2021 #Napoleon200
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
#onthisday #history #mannymandoeshistory
#OnThisDay in 553 CE the Second Council of Constantinople began under the #Byzantine Emperor Justinian.
It aimed to unify Chalcedonians and Monophysites in the empire, however like past efforts by other emperors, it failed.
#Classics #Roman #Christian #Church #History
#OnThisDay Karl Marx was born on Trier
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Happy Birthday for our brave socialist revolutionary!
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#karlmarx #Marx203
At 24 years-old Huxley published his first paper in #PhilTrans 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 #OnThisDay #histsci #sciart https://t.co/x2dvHT04Qw
Happy birthday to #KudzanaiVioletHwami: now living in the UK, the artist was #BornOnThisDay 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
#OnThisDay 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.
Born #OnThisDay in 1857: Irish-born writer #GertrudeElizabethBlood (1857-1911), Lady Colin Campbell
Portrait by #GiovanniBoldini (1842-1931), 1894
#WomenWriters
#OnThisDay 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
You can support this podcast at https://t.co/ZMrrPvgdhk
#otd in 1536, Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London. In just 17 days she was condemned and executed. #Anneboleyn #DownfallofAnneBoleyn #History #Tudors #OnThisDay
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. #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay 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.
Born #OnThisDay in 1680: #KonstantyWładysławSobieski (1680-1726), son of King #JanIIISobieski of Poland
Portrait by circle of Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743), ca. 1696
#Sobieski
Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie
"Nobility, fortune, rank, position! How proud they make a man feel!"
🎶 #OnThisDay in #Music #History 1 May 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's #opera THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna, directed by #Mozart himself.
April 30, 1789: George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#GeorgeWashington #FirstPresident #inauguration #POTUS #presidentoftheunitedstates #AmericanHistory #OnThisDay #Freemasons #Bible